The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-03

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the year one-tbonsand eight hundred aud thir-
teen shall extend and apply to the master or
skipper and seamen OF vessels OF the bui then oil
twenty tons Or upwards, qualified according to
law for carr wing on the mRckert fisheries, bOund
from a port in the United States to be employed
in such fisheries, in the same wav as if such fish
cries had been embraced in said act: Provided,
That the agreement named in said section shall be
duly made, Endorsed and counterslgned
Approved, March g. 1865.
AN ACT to incorporate the Oelored Union Be
nevolent Association.
Be it enacted BY the Senate aud House of Repre-.
sentatives fthe United States Of America IN Con.
qress assembled. That Gurden Saowden, Charles
Brown. famed Wright, Sandy Alexander, Henry
Logan, Charles Wilson, Henry Brooks, John
Shorter, Joseph Shorter, and their associates
and successors, be, asd they are hereby, consti.
tuted and declared to be body polite and corr
porate, by the name and title OF the Colored
Union Benevolent Association located in the City
of Washington, and by its corporate name said
association shall have perpetual succession with
mower to sue and be sued, to implead and be inns
HEADED, 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.
ment OF tho association, and to alter the Same,
from time to time, in such mode as hall be pres
scribed therein: Provided, at,Ooys, That such
rules and flaws shall be in nOwise inconsistent
| States. or with the objects of the association.
The objects OF the association are hereby declar.
ed to be to provide for the care and con fort of
such members as shall be sick, disabled, or des
pendent and of the families of such members as
cases where the proper officers of the ciaton
shs II deem ii expedieHt, and also to proYide for
the decent interment OF such persons as may die
in membership of the association or belonging to
| the families of such members.
SEQ. e. And be 1t further enacted, That said
L rel atata
or per~0nal 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, or 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.
| SEQ. 3. And be It further enacted, That Com
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
others.
| Be II enacted by the Senate and House of Reps
resemtatiues of the United States of Anperica 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 on sea service.
SEQ. Q. And be it further enacted, That acting
masters mates shall bs styled mates and the Sec.
Rotary of the Navy is hereby authorized to in.
| crease their pay to a sum not exceeding sixty
| dollars per month.
SEQ. s. And be 1t 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 appoistment as an officer,
shall not discharge him from his enli,tment
| SEQ. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That no Pers
| son appointed or rated an officer clerk in the
navy shall receive auy bounty while holding an
appointment.
SEQ. 5. And be 1t further enacted That all acts
or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby repesled.
SEQ. 6. And be It further enacted, That acting
passed assistant surgeons and acting surgeons
may.no appointed 10 the same manner as acting
assistant surgecns are now appointed, who shall
| receive the compensation of their respective
grades.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN AOT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to lease or sell certain Property of the United
States situated at Bath, in thu 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
years, the lessee making all repairs thereupon /;
or he NAV sell the same at bis discretion if il is
no longer in uss or required tyr the public ser.
vice, and he is hereby authorized to make, exa-9
cute and deliver all needful conVeyances to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof.
Approved, March 3, 1865.