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

the year One-thousend eight hundred aud thir-
teen, shall extend and apply to the master or
skipper and seameu of vessels the burthen OF
twenty tons or upwards, qualified according to
law for carr ying on the mackerel fisheries bound
from port Ia the United States to be employed
10 such Fisheries, in the same wav as if such fish
cries had been embraced ia raid act: Provided,
That the agreement named in said section shall be
duly made, Endorsed and counferslgned.
Approved; March 3, 1862
AN ACT to incorporate the Celored Union Be-
nevoent Association.
Be 1t enacted BY the Senate and House of Repre-
seatatives of the United States of Amer Con-
oress assembled, That Gnrden Snowdeu, Charles
Brown. famed Wright, Sandy Alexander, Henry
Logan, Charles Wilson, Henry Brooks, John
| Shorter, Joseph Shorter, and their associates
and successors, be, asd they sre hereby, cansti'
<dted and declared to be body polite and cor
porate, by the name and title of the Colored
Union Benevolent Associa ton 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 implsad and be inn
pleaded, in any court of the United States or of
| The District of Columbia, of competent iurisdic'
ton: to receive subscriptions, gifts and benefits,
| and to make such rules and bylaws shall be
deemed necessary and expedent for the govern
ment of tbs association, and to alter the same,
| from time to time, in such mode as bail be pres
| scribed therein: Provided, at,0dys, That such
rules and by-lsws shall be in nowlse Inconsistent
with the constitution and laws of the United
States, or with the objects of the association.
The objects OF the association are hereby declars
| ed TO be to provide for the care and comfort of
| such members shall be sick, disabled, or de-
| 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
l the decent I'M ment of such persons may die
| in membership of the association or belonging to
! the fau>iles of such members.
SEQ. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That said
l association shall have power to hold real estate,
L IL I,-.s.r aA 80 ..ck
or devise, for the purposes OF such sssociation
| and no other, and to lease, sell, or convey such
real astate, or mixed estate or personal property
as may be devised or donated 10 such association
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 it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep,
+ resentatiUes of the United States of America IN
CONGRESS assembled, That mldshipmen, after their
| fiual academic examination end until their pro-
motion to the grade of ensign, shall be paid a.
the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum,
while on sea service.
| SEQ, Q. And be il further enacted, That acting
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 1t further enacted, That here
after mates may be rates. under authority of the
Secretary of the Navy, from seamen and ordinary
seamen, who have enlisted in the pava service
for not less than two years. and such rating OF an
enlisted man, or his appointment as an officer,
shall not discharge him from his enlistment
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That no per-
son appointed or rated an officer or clerk in the
navy shall receive any bounty while holding an
appointment.
SEQ. s. And be it further enacted, That all acts
or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
i SEQ. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That citing
passed assistant surgeons and acting surgeons
may no appointed 10 the same manner as acting
assistant surgeons are now appointed, who shall
receive the compensation of their respective
grades.
Approved, March 3. 1865.
An ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to lease or sell certain Property of the United
States situated at Bath, in tbs State of NJ zine.
| Be erGcted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
| sen,atives of The United States of Anerico IN
| Congress Assembled, That the Secretary OF the
Treasury is hereby authorised 10 Lease the wharf
property belonging to the Unitsa States situated
at Bath in the State of Maine, for term of
years, the leseee making all repairs thereupan
or he may sell the same at his dfcretion it it is
| no longer in U.S. required irr the public SER
| vice, and he is hereby author zed II mike, exc
| cute and deliver all needful c0nveyances to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof
Approved, March 3, 1865. u-