Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-08

ioT he yeAr ending June thrtieth. eighteen INN.
oIed and seventeen and for other pur poses.
CONTINUED FROM YEsrERDAYssrAR
&c ARd Be u Further enacted, That the pay pre-
eileed IN he next preceding section shall be tn
insrtin named, asd-no additi5na allowanc shall bs
htnr IN iaV0r II any Of said officers any account
all ii 'al' sts t
eIshtter hundred ard seventy be repealed: but this
SLOWING TstSps and eHpenss. a 10
SGeTs an their travellliog EXPENSES in foreign
expenses Of TRANSPORTATION Of baggage as were
RoStssiy 19eurbsS but nc ehsrgs for trans; h
travel the .Uriied States shsT be allowed.
and c nne Of the
section Of the act approved July fourteen, eighteen
1% the snns
eighteen hundred and sixty three, and for other
dive DAY in lieu 81 the spirit ration hereby
rspsaed, and IRON and after that day thirty cents
alter the thir,ieth day, q june, eighteen hundred
and Seventy, the paw Of all officers Of the nayy
not on active duty be equal to ose hall Of the high
est pay prescribed By this act for ofiics-s the
by such retired officers respectively at thv time OF
sgeh and m, no ON s5 hsretSiGTe or here
9nenoe Of such promotion be entitled to any increase
eodtnue to receive the sans rate of nav thew sare
Received wed up to he time OF the passage OF this act
SIC g. And Be itfRrfher enacsd. That no officer of
the retired list but he shan be brought tri by
court martial for such misconduct, nor shall any
midsbiI man, passed ASSISTANT Surgeon passed asss
tsnt pay master, first assistant engineer assistant
pRseei be- placed dn he s eReps
count Of physical or mental disability.
officer OF the navy, upon his original entry into
the ss5ves where he is re 1nTsd to give a.
acceptance Of his appointment; but VIII ,re he is
to q sss DSnS 6s h 5y
proper authority; that hereafter the increased pay
he is TO take rank as stated in his commission bnt
il an officer Of q class subject to examination be-
reason Il such abs, nee o. of other cause not nvoiy
fault on his part, shall not be examined at the
ward. BE- examined and found Sasiaed .i the ' in.
creased rate Of pay TO which his promotion wonld
would have been entitled to it had he been exsmined
aud to1pd qua9ed at The time 50 Teqared by law or
this de -cript n which may have heretofore occur
the ra ". in the grad. 10 wncS he was bro
NOTED, shall. in reference 70 the rate Of his
dse when he was entitled to take rank.
SEC. 5. And be y tWihsr sracfsf, That any off ,ar
eomu arGer, v no. upon examination for p ON )ti0I,
shall not Re found .ofes ,0ns'ly q1s'id. shall be
pond'De loss o. date When he shaft be examisei
and in Of his failure upon such nation,
sICS And q II ISas1 sngtf.G That no promo
u, n 10 the grade OF leute1aBt commander on the
ScijNe list shalt he made until the number said
grade is redut ed below lightly ard thereafter e; yhty
shas lie the number slloued by law On said list, and
whtn tLe number OF lieutenant command srJ shall
have been SO reducoi, section five OF the "AcI 70
dshne the number and regulate the appointment Of
ohcers 10 the navy and Tor other purposes" APP
proved July sventy nve, eighteen huDdred and SIX
lieutersnt conn auders is reduced, the numb of
iieutenans shall be increased, until the number in
,vo hundred and EIGHTY " hich sha thereatter h.
ne number OF lieutelants allowed by Law said
SEC. 10 And Be- ttCpTthsr sHa1sd That the nun
her q nsters and eDsigns the active st author
hundred in each grade; aud ensigns shall hereafter
be steereee officers untss assign. TO duty aswatch
and dSlslsn ofcers but this shall not be construed
a yacaiIDg the commission of any master ensign
e. IL. AEa b. At further ENACTED, That until the
Lumber OF ps,s@d assistant pay ma-ters snail nave
tn that grade, any ppointment to the era ie
81 ASSISTANT p1ymaster ana alter such reduction
grades shall not exceed iHiry in the former or and
twenty in the latter.
SIC u. Ard Be further enacted That the students
in the Naval Academy shall hereafter styled cadet
ndshirmen: and they shall be selected and ap
Act 20 an end certlin acts il relation to the navy"
passed March two, eighties, IN huEdred aud sixty-
and shall be sub ec TO the laws apple bic
the stncen.s at said academy and receive ths pay
70 autboIiz, The appointment Of cadet midshipnen
from among boys enlisted in the navy. Wren cadet
mating ex animation a. ssd acaiemy they shall
receive appointments as n,id-hipmen. ranking ac
Of ensign a. csEcs in the number allowed by law
in that RI ade may occur.
SIC j. AHd be AZ further sHncfsf. That all acts
OF part Of acts authorizing the appointment OF tenn
polsry scti. cfieers in the navy be, and the
are hereby repealed ext pit as 10 assists surgeons
Sac. ii. And Be a. ts'rf1er enacted. That summa-
y courts nal al may he ordered uron petty officers
al persons Of inferior rarings by the lndan;3
@. navy yards. Raya stations, and ma -ioe barracks
ia the cases. under the reruatons AID wit the Fl
Ct provided for and tpecied in the Act to provide
more efncisnt dii ClpIIe for the navy. apprOyC
March two. eighteen hundred and fifty five
SIC Is And Be uttTthsr enacted, Thst the Joint
lCsoluton 10 aciltate the settlement OF sccountJ of
dlsbursirg officers" approved March two, eighteen
buBdrd AID sixty seven, shall not be construct to
apply TO di-bursng officers of the navy: but tuch
ohcers shall render their accounts the were
sEC. 10 And beu further esdcftd, That the chiefs
Cf bureaus in the Navy Depa tmeut shall be entitled
20 the pay OF commOdores shore duty, and, if re-
tired from said Office by of age length OF
serNice, 10 The retired pay Of that Grade.
&c. H. And Be ~ further enacted. That expenses
incurred by any officer Of the navy for med cineI an
med cal attendant shall LOT be allowed less they
were incurred when he was on duty. aud III meii-
cines cou not have BE- obtained from naval sup-
plies. or the attendance Cf a naval medical officer
could not have been had; nor shall any funeral ex
Sa es ct expenses for travel attend the funeral
Of ffceI who died there be allowed but when an
officer ON duty dies IN foreign country the penses
OF BIZ funeral, not exceeding his sea pay for
paid by the pay mas .er upon whose books the name
OF sreh Of'icer wac borae for pay.
SIC is. And Be ~ further sHa ted, That the super
intepdent Of the Naval observatory be, and he is
hereby, authorized to cont act for the construction
O. aresrscing cope OF the largest sZe of Amer
lean anufscIu, e. at cost not exceeding fifty thon
sand dollars; and the sum Of ten thousand dolars Is
hereby aparonr. Ited IN part pay ment therefor.
SIC. -. Ana be ~ further enacted That all acts
parts Of acts Inconsistent with this hereby
rspealcd d. IApproyed. July Is 1870