New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-06

the award of the contract made publicly Dy
the Secretary of the Navy. at time and
place to be specified in such notice: Ana
no contract shall be made for docklunder
this section at q cost exceeding one million
dollars: Provided, That if it be thought
best by board consisting Of chiefs OF the
bureaus of "ConstructiOn and Repairs,
Steam Engineering" and Yards and
Docks" that plans and specifications shall
be invited from responsible builders, eng1-
neers and Others outside of the Navy De
partment, the Secretary of the Navy may,
by public advertisement, as provided in
this section, advertise for such plans and
specifications to accompany bids for the
construction of the dock according TO the
same; in which case the Secretary of the
NAVY shall refer all such plans and
specifications and bids and the bids
on the plans furnished by the
department to a board of at least five
expe,ienced officers, a majority OF whom
shall be constructors and engineers, and
one of whom may be an experienced
civilian engineer, who shall consider and
report which of all the bids is the lowest
for the purposes of this contract, taking
into consideration the plans and speclhca-
tons on which they are respectfully maze:
Provided, however, That if the contract
shall be awarded upon plans and speclflca-
tions furnished by persons outside OF the
hls
tered into unless the contractor shall furnish
good and sufficient security in at least I'VE
hundred thousand dollars, in addition to
the reservations on said contract, that the
dock, when completed, shall be portable
and safe, and shall in all respects answer
the purposes for which it was built.
SEC. s. That no chief of bureau shall
make any contract for supplies LOT the
navy, to be executed in foreign country,
except it be on first advertising for at least
thirty days in two daily newspapers OF the
city of New York, inviting sealed bids for
furnishing the supplies desired, which bids
shall be opened i'll the presence OF the Sec
retary of the Navy and the heads OF two
bureaus; and contracts shall IN all cases be
awarded to the lowest bidder, and pay
masters for the navy on foreign stations
shall render, when practicable, with their
accounts, for settlement, an official certlfl-
cate from the resident consul, CONNER
cial, or consular agent Of the United States,
if there be one, 10 be furnlsned
gratuitously, vouching that all purchases
and expenditures made by said paymasters
were made at the ruling market prices OF
the port or place at the time OF purchase or
expenditure.
SEC. 4. That the President be and he is
hereby authorized to accept the resignation
of any officer in the navy until the number
of officers in the grade to which such Off
Ger shall belong is reduced to the number
authorized by law, whose resignation shall
take effect on or before the first day of Jan
uary next, and any officer so reslgnlng shall
be entitled to one years sea pay IN addition
to the pay due such officer at the date when
his resignation shall take effect; provided,
that this section shall not apply when the
number of officers shall have been reduced
to the number allowed by law.
SpC ( That the officers of the medical
corps 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 the relative rank of commander: and
Fifty surgeons, who shall have the rela-
tive rank of lieutenant commander or lieu
tenant: and each and all of the above
named officers of the medical corps shall
have the pay of surgeons IL the navy as
now provided; and medical directors and
inspectors on duty at sea shall receive the
pay of fleet surgeons
One hundred assistant surgeons, who
shall have the relative rank Of master
or ensign, with the present pay of
assistant surgeon in the navy; provided,
that assistant surgeons of three years SER
vice, who have been found qualified for
promotion by medical board of examiners,
shall have the paytjf passed assistant sur
geons as now provided; and passed assistant
surgeons shall have the relative rank of
lieutenant or master; and no person under
twenty-one, or over twenty-six years of
age shall hereafter be appointed an assist
ant surgeon in the navy.
PAY CORPS.
SEC 6. That the officers of the pay 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; and
Fifty paymasters, who shall 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 paymasters in the navy as now provided;
and pay directors and inspectors on duty
at sea shall receive the pay Of feet pay
masters.
Thirty passed assistant paymasters, who
shall have the relative rank OF lieutenant
or master. with the pay of passed assistant
paymasters in the navy as now provided.
Twenty assistant paymasters, who shall
have the relative rank of master or ensign,
with the pay of assistant paymasters as
Low provided: Provided, however, That
all laws and regulations relating to the
bonds of paymasters shall continue in full
force and application, and the issuing of a
new appointment and commission to any
officer of the pay corps under the provisions
of this act shall not affect or annul any ex-
listing bond, but the same shall remain in
force, and apply to such new appointment
and commission.
e .,,. ENGINEER CORPS.
SEC. I. 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
relative rank of captain.
Fifteen chief engineers, who shall have
the relative rank of commander; and
Forty-hv chief engineers, who shall have
the relative rank of lieutenant commander
or lieutenant.
And each and all of the above named Off
GERS 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 lieu
tenant or master; aud
One hundred second assistant engineers,
who shall have the relative rank of master
or ensign; and the said assistant engineers
shall have the pay of first andIsecond as
sistant engineers of the navy, respectively,
as now provided.
SEC. 8. That no person under nineteen or
over twenty-siX years of age shall be APP
pointed second assistant engineer in the
navy; nor shall any person be appointed or
promoted in the engineer corps until after
he has been found qualified bya board of
competent engineer and medical officers
designated by the Secretary OF the Navy,
and has complied with existing regulations
SEC. 9. That of the naval constructors
two shall have the relative rank of captain,