Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1872-12-12
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED sTATEs
,,saed at the Second Session Of ths Forty-seoond
COndress

PIgged at He DoooH0 ocdstoh " tho FOftY-tooonn
Congress.
GENERAL NATURE, No. fs.l
AN ACT mnking appropriations for the naval SER
vice for the year ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and aeventy-three and Tor other pur-
poses.
n, II enacted by the Senate and HOUSE Of Representa-
,,s Of he United states Of America 81 Congress as
ssnbied, That the following sums be, and they are
hereby, appropIlated 70 oe pau oaooi any money IN
naval service Of the government for the year ending
June thrtleth, eighteen hundred and Beventythree,
For pay Of commissioned and warrant ofIicers al
sea- on Shore on specshl service, and OF those on
the retired list and unemployed, and for mileage
aud transportation OF otlicen travelling under Or
ders and for pay OF the petty Officers, Beamen, or
binary seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men
Of the engiuters force eight thousand i've hundred
each per annun, six million two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
one hundred Thousand dollars.
BURkAU OF NAvIaATI0R.
For foreign and local pilotage and towage Of ships
of war, nifty thousand dollars.
For services and materials in correcting COM
passes on board ship and for adjusting and testing
cOmpasses on shore, three thousand dollars.
For nautical and astronomical Instruments, nauti-
cal books maps, charts, and sailing directions and
repairs Of nautical Instruments for ships Of war, ten
For Books for libraries for ships of war, three
thousand dollars.
For naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal
lights, lanterns, and rockets, including running
lights, drawings, and engrayings for signal books.
Elk thousand dollars
For compass nttings including binnaclea, tri-
pods and ether APPENDICES of ships compesseB,
10 be made In the navy-yaTd, five thousand dollars.
For logs and other appliances for measuring the
ships way, leads and other appliances for sounding,
For lanterns and lamps, and their appendsgea, for
general use on board ship, including those for the
cabin, ward room, and steerage for the holds and
spirt-rsom, for decks and quartermasters use, six
thousand dOllafB.
For bunting and other materials for nags, and
making and repairing hags Of all kinds, nve tnous-
For oil for ships Of war other than that used for
the Engineer department candles when used as
substitute for oil in binnaclos, runniDglghts, Iol
chimneys and wick and soap used 10 Navigation de-
partment. thirty i've thousand dollarH-
For stationery for lmmandera and naVigators OF
vessels OF war, four thousand dollars
For musical instruments, and muHic for vessels OF
war, one thousand dollars.
For steering signals and Indicators and for speak
ing-tubes and gongs, for signal communication OF
board vessels Of war, two thousand nve hundred
dollars.
era and for purposes incidental 10 the support OF
the civil establishment under this bureau 1t the
several navy-yards, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses OF the Bureau OF Navi
CATION: Freight and transportation OF navigation
materials; Instruments books, and stores; postage
and teegrayh'ng on public business; adyertl,slng
books, forms, and stationery at navigation oflces
six thousand dollars.
lltnographing onarts electrotyping and correcting
old plates, preparing and publishing sailing direc
tons and other photographic Information, seven
teen thousand seven hundred dollars.
For surveying In the Pacific nifty Thousand dol
lars.
For making charts, twenty thousand dollars.
For fuel lights, and office furniture care OF build
ing and other labor purchase OF books for library
drawing materials, aud other stationery; postage
freight and other contingent expenses, seven thou
tRnd dollars.
For rent and repair Of building, two Thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For eXpenses.of Naval Observatory, namely:
For pay of one clerk, one thousand eight hundred
dOll3rsL
For three assistant observers, four thousand nV'
hundred d0llars.
For wages of one instrument maker, one messen
ger, three watchmen, and one porter; for keepinl
grounds In order and repairs 70 buildings for fuel
light and Office furniturei and for stationery pur
chase or books for library, chemicals for bate
ries, postage, and freight, and all other contin
gent expenses, thirteen thousand nYe hundred dol
lars.
ger computation for theory and tables Of tn
moon, two thousand dollars.
For hitting up transit-circle room and completing
it's arrangement, one thousand Two hundred dol
lars.
sheets for publication, one thousand two hundre'
dollars.
For erecting of tower and dome for the new re
fractlng telescope, ten thousand dollars.
For payment, in part, for the great refractng tel
escope now In the course OF construction, ten thou
sand dollars.
For pay OF computers and clerks for compiling
and preparing for publication the American Ephe
meriH and the Nautical Almanac, twenty thousan
dollars.
For preparing elements and tables OF new planet
discovered by American astronomers, three thoui
For rent, fuel labor, stationery boxes, expresses
and miscellaneous items, one thousand i've hundre
dollars.
For one thousand two hundred and atty barrels Z
gunpOwder, twenty five thousand dollars.
For fuel and materials necessary In carrying
the mechanical branches OF the Ordnance depar
lnent a. the navy-yards and stations, one hundro
thousand dollars.
For labor at all the nayy-yards, three hundre
Thousand dOllcrs: Provided That lahOrers shall
employed in the several navy-y ards by the pr0pt
officers In charge with reference TO skill and eic
ency, ane without regard TO other considerations.
To enable the Secretary OF the Navy to carry Q
his experiments towards converting heavy smootl
bore guue into rified guns, with view to obtain
combination gun possessing the qualities OF Dol
BmOOth-bOre and ride forty Thousand dollars.
For repairs to ordnance buildings magazines, GU
parks machinery, and other necessar1es OF the Ill
character, fOrty-seven thousand ak hundred an
one dollars.
For miscellaneous items, six thousand one hui
For experiments in ordnance. twenty thousar
dollars.
For the gun-park at the navy-yard at ,Pensacol
eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-six d'
For shot-park at Pensacola, I'VE thousand sew
hundred and sixty dollars.
twenly-three thousand seven hundred ane eight
i've dollars
For the railroad to the shell.house at Pensacol
one thousand and Rinety-six dollars.
For railroad 10 the magazine, six thousal
three hundred and ninety eight dsllara.
Fer gun-sklda and sh0t-bed at hayward, Ms
Island, ten thouBaud dollars.
For reservoir and pipes at magazines, nfte
thousand dollars,
For new car and railr0ad-track At magazine o
thousand i've hundred dollars.
For the torpedo corps: For the purchase and ma
uracture of gunpowder nitro-glycertne, and gu
cotton, twelve thousand dollars,
FOR purchase and manufacture OF electrical n
chimes, g6lvanic batteries, and insulated Wtre,twe
ty-four thousand dollars.
For purchase Of copper, iron, wood, anu other n
teri Ills necessary for the manufacture OF tarped0'
and fur work on the same, twenty-ssven thousa
dollars
For construction of torpedo boats, purchase
cOifee-wOrk or hulks and contingent expenses, tn
ty1ve thousand dollars.
For additional buildings, and machine sh
ana additional quarters, twenty-five Thousand q
lars
For labor, including one chemist at two thouBa
dOlarH, one foreman machiniBt at one thousand
hundred and sixty-nve dollars, and two Gle ks
one thousand seven hundred dollars each, TWEEN
one thous ind and sixty-hve dollar.
Clvil establishment: For pay of the superintel
enta and the civil establishment of the several ma
yards, under this bureau, which shall include {
store clerk OF ordnance at the Philadelphia ma
yard, at the salary of one thousand four humid
dollars, fifteen thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the ordnance serV
of the navy, one thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.
For equipment OF vessee: For coal for hteam'
use, including expenses OF transportation; BtOra
labor, hemp, wire, and other materials for the M
ufRcture OF rope; hides, cordage, canvas leath
iron for manufacture OF cables, anchors, and q
leys; coRdensng and b0at-detaching apparatus,
anrhnra hpEn-QVRna.