New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-14

provisions and clothing at navy vards be-
Ton, New York, Philadelphia and Wash;no.
Ton, one thousand six hundred dollars: 70
inspectors in like charge at other insnec.
oons, one thousand three hundred dollars
~, Sho t. ana pc 1t further enacted, That
lne pay prescribed in the next preceding
section shall be the full and entire comnen,
sauon OF the several officers therein named
ana no additional allowance shall be made
IN Iavor OF any of said officers on auv account
whatever, and all laws or parts of laws an
Ihorlzlng any such allowance shall. on the
nrst day of July, eighteen hundred and
seventy, be repealed; but this shall not he
construed as repeating existing laws allow
ing ratlons and travel( ling expenses to Off
GERS; and their travel[ ]ing expenses in for
elgn countries shall be considered to include
such expenses Of transportation of baggaoe
as were necessarily incurred; but no CHARGE
Tor transportation of baggage in connection
with travel in the United States shall be al
lowed. And from and after the thirtietb
day OF June, eighteen hundred and seventy.
SO much OF the fourth section of the act an
proved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and
siXty-two, making appropriations for the
naval service for the year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and
Tor other purposes as allows to persons in
the naval service five cents per day in lieu
OF the spirit ration. is hereby repealed: and
from and after that day thirty cents shall
IN all cases be deemed the Communication
price Of the navy ration.
SEC. D. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the thirtieth day of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy, the pay of ali
officers Ofthe navy now on or hereafter placed
on the retired list shall when not on active
duty, be equal to one-half of the highest nav
prescribed by this act for officers on the
activslist whose grade corresponds to the
nv nt,,on
lively at the time of such retirement. and no
ofhcer, heretofore or hereafter promoted
upon the retired list, shall in consequence
of such promotion, he entitled to any in
crease OF pay. And retired third assistant
engineers shall continue to receive the same
rate of pay they have received up to the
time OF the passage of this act. and the
grade of third assistant engineer on the
active list is hereby abolished.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted. That
10 officer of the navy shall, because Of mis-
conduct, be placed on the retired list but
he shall be brought to trial by court-martal
for such misconduct; nor shall any ieuten-
ant commander lieutenant, master, ensign,
mldshipman, passed assistant surgeon,
passed assistant paymaster, first assistant
engineer, assistant surgeon, assistant pay
master, or second assistant engineer be
placed on the retired list, except on ac-
count of physical or mental disability.
SEC. Z. And be it further enacted, That
the pay of an officer of the navy, upon his
original entry into the service, except where
hels required to give an official bond, shall
commence upon the date of his acceptance
OF his appointment; but where he is re-
quired to give such bond his pay shall com
mence upon the date Of the approval of his
bond by the proper authority; that hereaf-
Yer the increased pay of promoted officer
shall commence from the date he is to take
rank as stated in his commission; but if an
officer of class subject to examination be-
fore promotion shall be absent on dhtv. and
by reason of such absence, or of other cause
not involving fault on his part, shall not be
examined at the time required by law or
regulation, and shall afterward be examined
and found qualified, the increased rate of
pay to which his promotion would entitle
him shall commence from the date when he
would have been entitled to it had he been
examined and found qualified at the time
So required by law or regulation; and this
rule shall apply to any cases of this dc
scriptiOn which may have heretofore occur
red. And in every such case the period of
service of the party, in the grade to which
he was promoted, shall, in reference to the
rate OF his pay, be considered to hive COM
menced from the date when he was 50 en-
titled to take rank
See. 8. And be it further enacted, That
any officer of the navy on the active list be
low the grade of commander, who, upon
examination for promotion. shall not be
found professionally qualified, shall be sus-
pended from promotion for one year, with
corresponding loss of date, when he shall
be re-examined, and in case of his failure
upon such rec examination. he shall be drop
ped from the service.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
no promotion to the grade of lieutenant
commander on the active list shall be made
until the number in said grade is reduced
below eighty; and thereafter eighty shall be
the number allowed by law on said list, and
when the number of lieutenant commanders
shall have been so reduced, section five of
the .1Act to define the number and regulate
the appointment of officers in the navy,
and for other purposes" approved
July twenty-five, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six, shall stand repealed And rs
the number OF lieutenant commanders is
reduced. the number of lieutenants shall be
increased, until the number in the grade OF
lieutenants on the active list shall be two
hundred and eighty, which shall thereafter
be the number of lieutenants allowed by
law on said list.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
the number of masters and ensigns on the
active list authorized by law. is hereby
fixed and established at one hundred in
each grade; and ensigns shall hereafter be
-
watch and division officers; but this shall
not be construed as vacating the commission
of any master or ensign now III the service
SEC. H. And be it further enacted, That,
until the number OF passed assistant pay
masters shall have been reduced below
thirty. there shall be no promotion to that
grade, nor any appointments to the Craze ol
assistant paymaster; and after such reduc-
ton shall have taken place, the number III
aaob of said Grades shall not exceed thirty
in the former and twenty in the latter.
SEC. r. And be it further enacted. That
the students in the Naval Academy shall
hereafter be STYLED cadet midshipmen and
they shall be selected and appointed as pre-
seribcd in the eighth section OF the " Act 10
amend certain acts in relation to the navy,
nassed March two, eighteen hundred ana
sixty-seyen, and shall be subject to the laws
appiicable to students at said academy, ana
receive the pay therein prescribed but this
sbalI not he construed to authorize the ap-
no;ntInent of cadet midshipmen from among
boys enlisted in the navy. When cadet
mid hipmen shall have passed successfully
the graduating examination at said academy
they shall receive appointments as mGshlp-
men. ranking according to merit and may
be promoted to the grade of ensign as vacan-
cies in the number allowed by law IN that
grade may occur. .oa rbo+
SEC. H. And be it further enacted, 1hao
all acts or parts OF acts authorizing the ap-
monument of temporary acting officers III
The navy be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed. except as to assistant surgeons.
SEC. Ia, And be it further enacted, mat
summary courts-martial may be ordered
upon petty officers and persons OF inferior
ratings by the commandments OF navy yarGs'
naval stations. and marine barracks, III me
cases, under the regulations, and with t4e
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