The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-06
CHAP. III.

An Act to adjust Appropriations heretofore made
for the Civil Service of the Navy Department
to the present Organization of that Depart
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress mbled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and di-
rected to transfer the amounts heretofore appro-
priated for the pay OF chiefs of bureaus, clerks,
messengers, and laborers connected with the
Navy Department, SO that they will correspond
with the present organization and pay as author-
zed by the act of Congress of July fifth, eighteen
hundred and siXty-twO, viz:
For the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting,
three thousand eight hundred and seventy-four
dollars.
For the Bureau of Yards and Docks, ten thou
sand six hundred and forty-three dollars.
For the Bureau of Navigation, three thousand
and fifty dollars.
For the Bureau of Ordnance, six thousand nine
hundred and fifty-four dollars.
For the Bureau OF Construction and Repairs,
nine thousand five hundred and thirty-fOu dol
lars
For the Bureau of Steam Engineering, four
thousand two hundred and twenty -four dollars.
For the Bureau OF Provisions and Clothing, five
thousand eight hundred and ffty-eight dollars.
For the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, five
thousand eight hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all re-
manning balances shall attach to the office of the
Secretary of the Navy, and may be expended by
him for such clerical services he shall judge the
interests of the department require.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum
of one thousand dollars, heretofore appropriated
for the contingent expenses of the Bureau of
Construction, Equipment, and Repair, be trans
ferred to the Bureau of Steam Engineering and
the sum of one thousand dollars to the Bureau of
Equipment and Recruiting And also that the
sum of thousand dollars, heretofore appro-
priated for the contingent expenses of the Bureau
of Ordnance, be transferred to the Bureau of
Navigation
Approved, December 10, 1862.
CHAP. ".
An Act to amend Act entitled " An Act to
provide Internal Revenue to support the Gov
ernment and to pay Interest on the Public
Debt,'' approved July first, eighteen hundred
and sixtytwo.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, TIL the assessors, assistant
assessors, collectors, and deputy collectors, ap-
pointed, or who may be appointed, under the
provisions of an act entitled " An act to provide
internal revenue to support the Government and
to pay interest on the public debt" approved
July first, eighteen hundred and sixty two, and
all subsequent acts in relation thereto which
have been or may be enacted, are hereby author
lied and empowered to administer oaths affr-
nations in all cases where the same are or may be
required by the acts as aforesaid: Provided, That
no fees shall be charged or allowed therefor.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall be
thorzed and empowered, and hereby is author
lied and empowered, to furnish and supply the
assistant treasurers or collectors OF the United
States at San Francisco, State of California, and
Portland, State of Oregon, with adhesive stamps,
or stamped paper, vellum, or parchment, accord
ing to the provisions of the internal revenue laws
referred to in the preceding section, under such
regulations and conditions as he may from time
to time prescribe, and without requiring payment
in advance therefor, anything in existing laws to
the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That
no greater commission shall be allowed than is
now provided for by law.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That no in
strument, document writing, or paper of any de-
scription, required by law TO be stamped, shall be
deemed or held invalid and of no effect for the
want of the particular kind or description of
stamp designated for and denoting the duty
charged on any such instrument, document,
writing, or paper, provided legal stamp, or or
have been duly affixed and used thereon: Provi-
ded, That the provisions of this section shall not
apply to any stamp appropriated to denote the
duty charge on proprietary articles.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That all Off
cial Instruments, documents, and papers, issued
or used by the officers of the United States Gov
ernment shall be, and hereby are, exempt from
duty.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
ninety-ffth section of an act entitled An act to
provide internal revenue to support the Govern
ment and to pay interest on the public debt" ap-