The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-22

SEC. 4. That the President be, and
he 10 hereby, authorized TO accept the
resignation of any officer in the navy
until the number of officers in the q ade
to which such officer shall belong is
reduced to the number authorized by
law, whose resign alton shall take effect
on or before the FIRST day of January
next, and any officer 50 rcsigning shall
ee entttiei to oae years sea pay in addi-
tion 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
mum ber allowed by law.
SEC. 5. That the officers of the med
ical 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
relative rank of lieutenant commander
or lieutenant and each aad all of the
above-named officers of the medical
corps shall have the pay of surgeons in
the navy as now provided aud med.
icaI directors and inspectors, on duty
at sea, shall receiAe the pay of feet
surgeons.
One hundred assistant surgeons who
shall have the relative rank of master
or ensign, with the present pay of as
sistant surgeon in the navy Provided.
That assistant surgeons of three years;
service, who have been found qualified
for promotion by medical board of
examit ers, shall have the pay of past
assistant surgeons, as now provided
and passed assistant surgeons shall
have the relative rank of lieutenant or
master and no person under twenty
one, or over tweEty.six years of age,
shall hereafter be appointed an assist
ant surgeon in the navy.
PAY CORPS.
SEC. 6. That the oficersof the paw
corps on the active list of the nayS 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 in
spectors on duty at sea shall receive
the pay of feet paymasters.
Twenty assistant paymasters, who
shall have the relative rank of master
or ensign, with the pay of assistant
naymaskara pau prnuiJad Dro,,,JaJ
however, That all laws and regulations
relating to the bonds of psymasters
shall continue in full force and appli.
cation, and the issuing of new ap-
pointment and commission to any Off
Ger of the pay corps under the provis-
ions of this act shall not feet or annul
any existing bond, but the same shall
remain il force, and apply to such new
appointment and commission.
ENGINEER CORPS.
SEc. 7. That the officers of the en-
gineer 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 Eve chief engineers, who shall
have the relative rank of lieutenant
commander or lieutenant.
And each aud 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 6rst assistant engineers
who shall have the relative rank OF
lieutenant or master and
One hundred second assistant engi-
neers, who shall have the relative rank
of master or ensign aud the said as
sistant engineers shall have the pay OF
first and second assistant engineers of
the navy, respectively, as now provi-
ded.
SEC. 8. That no person under nineteen
or over twenty-six years of age shall be
appointed 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 by board of competent en-
gineer and medical officers designated
by the Secretary of the Navy, and has
complied with existing regulations.
SEC. 8. That of the naval construct
ors two shall have have the relative
rank of captain, three of commander,
and ell others that of lieutenant COM
mander or lieutenant and assistant
naval constructors shall have the rela-
tive rank of lieutenant or master four
chaplaius shall have the relative rank
of captain, seven that of commander,
and not more than seven that of lieu
tenant commander or lieutenant; and
that the President of the United States
is hereby authorized, in his discretion, !,
to determine and fix the relative rank
of civil engineers: ProUided, That the
pay of said officers shall not be in
creased.
Ssc. 10. That the foregoing grades,
hereby established for the staff corps of
the navy, shall be file | by appointment
from the highest numbers in each corps
according to seniority, and that new
commissions shall be issued to the
officers so appointed, in which commits
sions the titles and grades herein es-
tablished shall be inserted and no ex-
listing commission shall be vacated in
the said several staff corps, except by
the issue of new commissions required
by the provisions of this act, and no
officer shall be reduced in rank or lose
seniority in his own corps by any
change which may be required under
the provisions of this act and the off,
GERS of the staff corps of the navy shall
take precedence in their several corps,
and in their several grades, and with
officers of the line with whom they hold
relative rank, according to length of
service in the navy Provided, That in
estimating the length of service for
this purpose, the several officers of the
staff corps shall respectively take pre-
cedence in their several grades and
with those officers Of the line of
the navy with whom they hold relative
rank who have been in the naval serv-
ice six years longer than such officers
of said staff corps have been in said
service And provided further, That in
estimating such length of service, off,
| GERS who have been advanced or lost
numbers on sae Navy Register shall be
considered as having gained or lost
length of service accordingly Ana
propided further, That chiefs of bureau
may be appointed from officers having
the relative rank of captain in the stat
corps of the navy on the active list
And ProUided further, That no staff or
Ger shall, in virtue of his relative rank
or precedence, have any additional
right to quarters And proUided further
| That any staff officer Of the navy who
has performed the duty of chief of q
bureau of the Navy Departments for q
full term shall thereafter be exempt
from sea duty, except in time of war.
SEQ. IL. That officers of the medical
| pay, and engineer corps, chsplains, and