New Orleans Republican., 1871-07-08

i the award OF the contract made publicly by
4 the Secretary of the Navy, at time and
| place to be specified in such notice. And
r no contract shall be made for dock:undeI
: this section at cost exceeding one million
g 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 engi-
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
experienced 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-
tions on which they are respectfully made:
Provided, however, That if the contract
shall be awarded upon plans and specitca-
tions furnished by persons outside of the
department, such contract shall not be en-
Iereu unless llt sudli
good and sufficient security in at least five
hundred thousand dollars, in addition to
the reservations on said con -ract, that the
dock, when completed, shall be portable
and safe, and shall in all respects answer
the purposes for which it was built.
Sec. 3. That no chief of a bureau shall
make any contract for supplies for the
navy, to be executed in a 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 certiti
| cate from the resident consul, CONNER
cial, or consular agent of the United States,
! if there be one. to be furnished
| 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 resignati ton
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 resigning shall |
be entitled to one years sea pay in addition |
TO the pay due such officer at the date when |
Ills 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.
SEC ). 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 in 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 pay of 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 wears of
age shall hereafter be appointed an assist
ant surgeon in the navy.
PAY CORPS.
SEC. 6. That the officers of the nav 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 nav
OF paymasters in the navy as now provided:
and pay directors and inspectors on duty
at sea shall receive the pay of feet paw
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 l
Gow provided: Provided, however. That i
all laws and regulations relating TO the
bonds OF paymasters shall continue in full :
force and application, and the issuing of a I
new appointment and commission to any !
otiicer OF the pay corps under the provisions
1f TINS act shall not affect or annul anv ex-
sting bond, but the same shall remain in
orce, and apply to such new appointment
md commission.
ENGINEER CoHps.
Sec. 7. That the officers of the engineer =
'orps on the active list Of the navy shall be [
rs follows:
Ten chief engineers, who shall have the "
'elative rank of captain. p
fnteen chief engineers, who shall have
ne relative rank OF commander; and L
torty-five chief engineers who shall have
ne relative rank of lieutenant commander z
" lieutenant.
And each and all of the above named off
ers of the engineer corps shall have tbe
'ay OF chief engineers of the navy as now
provided. ~ ~"
One hundred first assistant engineers
Who shall have the relative rank of lien, tc
enant or master; aud s.
cne hundred second assistant engineers -
Who shall have the relative rank of master
# ensign; and the said assistant engineers
hall have the pay of first and,sec0nd as. q
lstant engineers of the navy, respectively.
s now provided.
SEC. 8. That no person under nineteen or
yer tWenty-slX years of age shall be an I
olnted second assistant engineer in the u
aVy; nor shall any person be appointed or
lomoted In the engineer corps until after Il
g mas been found qualified by board of
ohipetent engineer and medical officers
esignated by the Secretary of the NAVY, -
no mas complied with existing regulations L
SEC y That of the naval constructors 4
"o snail have the relative rank of CAPTAIN ~
ai'. liee Vi commander, and all others that of