The Weekly Arizonian., 1871-01-21


 shall be suspended from promotion for o1s year, with corresponding loss oi date, when he shal be re-examincd aud in case of his Iallure upon examination, he shall be dropped from ibe ser vice.
 Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That no pro- m otion to the grade of lieutenant coAmander slali be made untll the number in sad grade shall be reduc ed below eighty and 'heiedtteI eO 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 Act to define the number an reguat the aplloint- ment of officers al the navy, approved Ju.y twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty six shall stand rePea ed.
 See c, And be 1t further enacted, That the number of masters and ensigns the active list, authorize ed by law Is hereby hxed and e-tao.i he'd at one hundred iu each grade; and the eLsigns shall hereaftes be steerage officers, unless ass'gn- ed to dty as watch aud duvislon officers but this shall not be construed as vacatlng he com mission ot any master or euSign now m the ser vice.
 Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That until the number If passed assistant pay ymasters shall have been reduced below thirty. there shall be no promotion to that grade and after such reduction shall have taken place the numb in such grade shall not exceed thirty.
 Sec. F. And be it further acted, That t"e students in the Naval Academy shati hereafter be styled cadet midshipmen, and hey shall be se- ected and appointed as prescribed IL the sHth section of the Act to mend cer'alh acts Hi iei'- ton to the navy,' passed Mach tNu, loO' O''t tbis shaI, not be construed to autuorze the aP- noiutment ef cadet md,bipmen i'om among the boys enlisted in the navy.
 Sec. I3. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts authorizing the appointment of temporarv acting officers in the navy be, and fbe ame are, hereby, repealed, except tp assist ant surgeons
 Sec IA. And be it further enacted, that sum- mary courts martial may be ordered upon 'etY officers and persons of inferior raupgs by the con m,udants of navy yards. naval stations, and m"- ,ine barracks, aud with the effect proyldedIOr ana specified in the Act 10 provide more emc.ent discipline in the navy, approved March :, loo'' Sec. I5 And be it further enacted that the Jo'n' res lution to facilitate the settlement of accoata of disbursing officers, approved Mtrch two, 1857, Sba II not b. construed apply To d's3utslng oi- fcers of the navy but such officers shals reader ,beir accounts us the same were rendered before the passage of sa joini reso'uton'
 Sec. I6. And be it further enacted, That the chiefs of bureans il the Navy D9p'n .ment shaiI 1 be entitled to the pay ot commoooie on Shole dnty. and if retired from said ohce by reason ot age length of service, 10 inc fetleu pay ol 'u'' | grade
 | Sec. F. And be it further enacted, That expen~ ses incl rred by any officer ot the navy Tor meo'- .ires and medical attendance shall not be allowed uuI ss they were incur ed while he was on duty, st, che meC icIucS could not have been 0b;a.ued 1 from naval supplies, ot the attendance of naval medical officer could not have been mad. Nor suaii any funeral expenses of a naval officer who died | in the United states, eNpeH,es ot travel lo aJ tend she funeral of Ohcet Whc died there be ai- 1 lowed butwhen officer on d1ty dies in toi- e. ,n country the expenses of l funeral, not eX- esedug his pay for one month, shall be de ray ed bv the government and paid by the Pay master upon whose booas the name ot such Uhicer was borne TOT pay.
 See IS And be it further enacted That the .upsrintendent of the Naval Observatory be, and he ,s hereby anthorzed t' con lac' for the construction of rehac .ug telescope of the .arcest size. of American manufacture, at cost not ezceedin fifty thousand dollars, and the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropr'- ated in part payment thereof Sec. 19 And e it further eGacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed
 Approved, July b, l0IO