The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-02

certain" approved on the naeteenth of June. in
the year one-thousand eight hundred and tn ir-
| teen, shall extend and apply TO the master or
skipper and seamen of vessels of the buttheu 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 if such fish
| cries had been embraced in said aci: Provided.
That the agreement named in said section shall he
duly made, Endorsed ard cauntersigned.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN ACT to incorporate the Celored Union Be-
nevolent Association. F..
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of ReDre.
seatativeS of the United States of Ae RIGA in Gon,
gress assembled. That Gurden SRowdep, Charles
Brown. famed Wright, Sandy Alexander Henry
Logan, Charles Wilson, Henry Brooks, John
Shorter, Joseph Shorter, and their associates
and successors, be, aad they hereby, consti-
tuted and declared to be body polite and COR
porate, by the name and title of the Colored
Union Benevolent Association located in the Citr
of Washington and by its corporate name said
association shall have perpetual succession with
power to sue and be sued, to implead and be i'm.
pleaded, in any court of the United States or of
the District of Columbia, of competent jurisdic,
ton: to receive subscriptions, gifts and benefits
and to make such rules and bylaws as shall be
deemed necessary and expedient for the govern, 4
ment of tbs association, and to- alter the same
from time to time, in such mode as tball be pre-.
scribed therein: Provided, al,oays, That such
with the constitution and laws of the United
States. or with, the objects of the association.
Cd to be to provide fof tha stsa donort of
such members shall be sick, disabled, OF der
pendent and of the families of such members as
cases where the proper officers of the assoc iation
sha deem il expedients and also TO provide for
the decent internent OF such persons as may die
in membership Of the association or belonging to
the fapilies of such members. .aT
Sec 2. And be 1t further enacted, That said
Al hall E.-o hold kokl
or per-oual and mixed estate, by purchase, gift,
or devise, for the purposes OF such association
and no other, and to lease, sell, or convey such
real astate, or mixed estate OF personal property
as may be devised or donated to such association
and the leasing or sale of which will promote the
interests of said association. lEg
SEC. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That Con-
gress shall have the right at any time, to modify,
amend or repeal this act.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN ACT to increase the pay OF Midshipmen and
otherss .i--u 49,. s.4
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives of the United States of An,erica IN
Congress assembled, That midshipmeu 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 ON sea service.
SEQ. 2. And be it further enacted, That acting
masters mates shall be styled mates, and the Sec
rotary of the Navy is hereby authorized to in
crease their pay to sum not exceeding sixty
dollars per month.
SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That here
after mates 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 his appointment as officer,
shall not discharge him from his enlistment
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That no per-
son appointed or rated officer or clerk in the
navy shall receive any bounty while holding an
appointment.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts
or parts of acts which are Inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed. .si
SEC 6. And be 1t further enacted, That acting
passed assistant surgeons and acting surgeons
mayssno appointed in the same manner IS acting
assistant surgeons are now appointed, who shall
receive the compensation of their respective
grades.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to lease or sell certain Property of the United
Sta situated at Bath, in the State of M ane.
Be II 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 term of
years, the Lessee making all repairs tbereupen;
or hi may sell the same at his discretion if it is
No longer in uss or required Tor the public ser.
vic, and he is hereby authorized to make, exc
cute and deliver all needful conveyances to The
purchaser or purchasers thereof ayl
Approved, March 8, 1865.