Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-10

stoy es, ranges; stoves, where there ara no
CRATES; gravel for parade. grounds; repair or
Tor other purposes, forty thousand dolars;
Prorided, That the amount Of my thousand
dollars appropriated toy section nine OF an act
making appropriations for the legislative, ex-
ecutive, and judicial expenses of the govern
ment for the year ending the thirtieth OF June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, approved
july TIVE IT,, eighteen hundred and seventy, to
be exper ded under the direction of the Presi-
dent In Organizing and sending out an expedi-
ton TO the north pole, shall not be carried to
the surplus fund or covered into the treasury
NJ I'll the purpose Of said appropriation shall
have been comp,e'ed, but may be applied to eI-
penses OF said expedition incorred during any
subsequent year that said expedition may be
SEo. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy /,
hereby authorized to have built, bv contract in
some private yard, floating iron dock, for the
repair Of naval vessels On their stations, and
sum not exceed ding one million dollars IL hereby
appropriated for this purpose. And the said
contract shall only be made to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, aud on plans and specifics
tOps which shall be open for the inspection OF
bidders for at least ninety days before the day
of letting said contract, after the public no ice
by advertisement for at least thirty days I'm at
least one daily newspaper published in each of
phIa. inviting sealed bios for such CONTRACT
which bids shall be opened and the award of
the contract made publicly by the Secretary of
the Navy, at time and place to be specified In
such notice. And no contract shall be made
for a dock under this section at "A cost excestf-
ing one million dollars: Prouided. That if It
be thought best by board consisting of Chi Is
of the bureaus of CONSTRUCTION and Re-
pairs, ""Steam Engineering" and yards and
Docks" that plans and specifications shail be
invited from responsible builders, engineers
and others outside OF the Navy DE partment, tie
Secretary of the Navy may, by public adeertis :
ment, as provided In this sec ion, advertise Z II
such plans and specifications ID accompany bi h.
for the construction of the dock according 70
the same: in which case the Secretary of fhe
Navy shall refer AL such plans and speciicat O 8
and bids and the bids on the plans furnished by
the department to a board of at least FIVE exp :
rienctd officers, majority of whom shall be
constr uctors and engineers, one of whom
may he an experienced civilian engineer WHO
shall consider and report which of all the bids
Is the lowest for the purposes or this contract,
taking into consideration the plans aud specifi
cations on which they are respectively made
Prouided, hoWerer, That if the contract shall be
awarded upon plans and specih cations furnished
by persons outside OF the department, such con-
tract shall not be entered into unless the con.
tractor shall furnish good and sufficient security
in at least five hundred thousand dollars. in
addition to the reservations on said CONTRACT
that the dock, when completed, shall be port
able and cafe, and hall in all respects answer
the purposes for which 1t was built.
SIC. 3. That no chief of bureau shall make
any contract for supplies for the navy to be
executed IN a foreign country, exceptit be on
first advertising for 1T least thirty DAYS in two
daily newspapers of the city of New York in
viting sealed bids for furnishing the supplies
ueslIeu, WHICH olOsshall be opened in the pres-
ence of the Secretary OF the Navy, and the
heads Of two bureaus; and contracts sh all in all
cases be awarded To the lowest bidder: and DAY.
matters for the navy on foreign stations shall
render, when practicable, with their accounts
for settlement, an official certificate from the
resident consul, commercial, or consular agent
Of the United states, If there be one to be f1rn-
ished gratuitously, vouchDg that all purchases
snd expenditures made by said paymRsters were
mace at the ruling market prices of the port Or
place at the time of purchase or expenditure.
SKn hat fha
hereby, authorized to accept the resignation of
any officer In the navy until the number of Off
GERS IN the gra1e to which such officer shall
belong IL reduced to the number authorized nv
law, whose resignation shall take effect on or
before the first day Of January next, and any
officer 20 resgning shall be entitled to one
years sea pay IN addition to the pay due such
officer at the date when his resignation sh All
take effect: Provided, That this section shall
not apply when the number of officers shall
have been reduced to the number allowed BY
Law.
SEC. 8. That the officers of the medical corns
on the active list OF the navy shall be as follows:
Fifteen medical directors, who shall have the
relative rank OF captain.
Fifteen medical inspectors, who shall have
Il e relative rank of commander; and
FIFTY surgeons, who shall have the relative
rank Of lieutenant commander or lieutenant:
shd each and all Of the abOye-naroed Off GERS of
tie medical cCris shall have the pay OF sur
geons i'll the navy as now provided; and medi-
cal directors and inspectors, on duty At sea
shall receive the pay o. fleet surgeons.
One hundred assistant -ur icons, who aall have
the relative rank of master or ensign with
the present paw o! assistant surgeon in the
navy: Procidcd. . i.y #-sstant surgeons of
tEToe years service. WHO have been found
qualified Tor promotion By a medical board of
examiners, shall have the pay OF past asss-
iaDt surgeons, as now provides; and passed
assistant surgeons shall have the relative rank
Of lieutenant or master; and no person under
twenty-one, or over twenty-sx years of age,
shall hereafter be appointed an assistant sur
peOn in the navy.
PAY CORPS.
SEC. 6. That the officers of the paw corps on
the active list OF the navy shall be as follows:
Thirteen pay directors, who shall have the
relative rank OF captain.
Thirteen pay inspectors, who shall have the
relative rank OF commander; aud
Fifty pay masters, who all have the relative
rank OF lieutenant commander or lieutenant.
And each and all OF the above-named officers
OF The pay corps shall have the pay of psymas-
ters In the navy as now provided; and paw di-
TectoIs and inspectors on duty at sea shall re-
ceive the pay OF feet paymasters.
Thirty passed assistant paymasters, who shall,
have the relative rank OF lieutenant or master,
with the pay of passed assistant paymasters in
the navy a. now provided.
Twenty assistant pay asters, who shall have
the relative rank OF master or ensign, with the
pay OF assistant paw IN asters as now provided.
Preceded, hoioerer, That all laws and regulations
relating to the bonds of paymasters shall con-
tinue in full force and application aRd the issuing
Of a new appointment and commission to any
eficer OF the pay corps under the provisions or
this act shall not affect or annul any existing
bond, but the same shall remain In force and
apply to such new appointment and commission
ENGINEER CORPS.
SIC. z. That the officers of the engineer CORPS
on the active list OF the navy shall be as follows
Ten chief engineers who shall have the rela-
tive rank OF captain.
Fifteen chief engineers, who shall have the
relative rank of commander; and
Forty five chief engineers, who shall have the
relative rank OF lieutenant commander or lieu
tenant.
And each and all of the above-named officers
OF the engineer corps shall have the pay OF
Chief engineers OF the navy as now provided.
One hundred first assistant engineers, who
shall have the relative rank Of lieutenant or
master; and
One hundred second assistant engineers, who
shall have the relative rank of master or en-
siRn; and the said assistant engineers shall have
the pay Of first and second assistant engineers
OF the navy. respec tively, rs now provided.
SEC. b. That no person under nineteen or
over twenty-isx years Of age shall he appointed
q second assistant engineer in the IVY; nor
thaii any person be appointed or promoted in
the engineer corps until after he has been found
qualified by board of compe tent engineer and
medical Off GERS designated by the Secretary of
the Navy, and has complied with existing resu-
latiOns.
SEC. 0. That of the naval constructors two
shall have the relative rank OF captain, three of
commander, and all others that OF lieutenant
commander or lieutenant: and assistant naval