The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-07

certain" approved on the nineteenth of June, in
| the year one-thousand eight hundred aud thir-
| teen, shall extend and apply to the master or
| skipper and seamen of vessels of the bur then of
twenty tons or upwards, qualified according to
law for carr ying on the msckerel fisheries, bound
| from port ia the United States to be employed
in such fisheries, in the same way as II such fish
cries had been embraced in said act: Provided,
That the agreement named in said section shall be
! duly made, Endorsed and c0untersgued.
| Approved, March 3, 1865.
| AN ACT to incorporate the Lelored Union Be-
| .nevolent Association.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiUeS Of the United States Of America 81 Cons
| gress assembled. That Gurden SsowdeD, Charles
| Brown. famed Wright, Sandy Alexander, Henry
Logan, Charles Wilson, Henry Brooks, John
| Shorter, Joseph Shorter, and their associates
and successors, be, ahd they are hereby, eopsti-
| tinted and declared to be body polite and corr
porate, by the name and title of the Oolored
| Union Benevolent Association located in the City
| of Washington, and by its corporate name said
association shall have perpetual succession with
power to sue and be sued, TO implead and be im-
| neaded, in any court of the United States or of
| the District of Columbia, OF competent Jurisdc'
ton: to receive subscriptions, gifts and benefits
| and to make such rules and bylaws as shall be
| deemed necessary and expedient Tor the govern.
| ment of the association, and to alter the same,
| from time to time, in such mode hall be pres
| scribed therein: Provided, alooys, That such
rules and BY flaws shall be in nowise Inconsistent
| with the constitution and laws of the tied
States or with the objects of the association
| The objects OF the association are hereby decIars
| ed to be to provide Tor the and comfort of
| such members shall be sick, disabled, or des
pendent and of the families of such members as
cases where the proper officers of the association
| shall deem il expedient, and also to provide for
I the decent inerment of such persons as may die
| in membership of the association or belonging to
| the aniies of such members.
| SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted That said
i matt hall 10 nld raala tate
| or per~onal and mixed estate, by purchase, gift
| or devise, for the purposes of such issociation
| and no other, and to lease, sell, or convey such
real estate. or mixed estate, or personal property
l as may be devised donated to such assoca ton
and the leasing or sale of which will promote the
| interests of said association.
SEQ. 8. And be It further enacted, That Con-
gress shall have the right at any time, to modify,
| amend or repeal this act.
| Approved, March 3, 1865,
AN ACT to increase the pay OF Midshipmen and
| others
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rep.
| resentatives of the United States of America in
| Congress assembled, That mdshipmen, after their
final academic examination and until their pro-
motion to the grade of ensign, shall be paid at
| the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum,
| while sea service. {.
SEC. Q. And be it further enacted, That acting
masters mates shall be styled hates, and the Sec
/ Tebhry Vi tHo Navy 10 netcuy hutholiAeu W
| crease their pay to a sum not exceeding sixty
/ dollars per month.
SEC s. And be 1t further enacted, That here
after M tes may be rated under authority of the
| Secretary of the Navy, from seamen and ordinary
| seamen, who have enlisted in the naval service
for not less than two years. and such rating of an
| enlisted man, or bis appointment as an officer,
| shall not discharge him from his enlistment
| Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That no per-
| son appointed rated an officer or clerk in the
navy shall receive any bounty while holding an
appointment.
| SEC. S. And be 1t further enacted, That all acts
| or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the
| provisions of this act hereby repesled.
SEQ. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That acting
passed assistant surgeons and acting surgeons
may,,no appointed 10 the same manner IS acting
| assistant surgeons are now appointed, who shall
| receive the compensat of their respective
grades
! Approved, March 8, 1866.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to lease or sell certain Property OF the United
States situated at Bath, in ths State of Maine.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America IN
Congress Assembled, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury is hereby authorised TO lease the wharf
property belonging to the United States situated
at Bath, in the State of Maine, for a term of
years, the lessee making all repairs thereupon
or he may sell the same at his discretion if it is
no longer in use or required Il the public ser
vice, and he is hereby authorized to make, exc
cute and deliver all needful convey ances to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved. March 8, 1865.