The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-18


thirtie,h. eighteen hundred and seven
ty.four, and for other purposes.
Be ii enacted by The Snate and House Of
Representatives, N he J'Raed SGtes Of .Anr.
scG in COh1Yy@ ass mblcd, That the fol-
lowing sums he, and they are hereby, ar-
prOpriated, To be raid out of any moneys
In ihe treasury not otherwise approNri-
ated, for the naval service of the govern
ment for the year ending June thiricth,
eighteen hundred and sevonty-four, and
for other purposes:
For nay of commissioned and warrant
officers at sea. Including Sca-nay and ra-
tions OF officers detailed or appointed aS
naval storekeepers Abroad on shore. ON
special service, and of those on the retired
list and unemployed. and for mileage and
transportation Of officers travelling under
orders, and for pay of the pe,ty.oticerS,
seamen, ordinary seamen, hndsmen, AMI
boys, including men of the engineers
force, and for the COaSt-Survey service,
eight thousand five hundred men, at an
average pay of three hundred dollars each
per annum, six million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars: Plmid,d That no
officer on the retired list of the navy shall
be employed in active duty except In time
of war Ind prOuid'd. That those officers
on the retired list, and those hereafter re-
tired, who We're, or who may be, retired
after forty years service, or on attaining
the age Of slXty-two years in conformity
with section one OF the net of December,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and lis
amendments, dated June twenty-ttfth,
eighteen hundred and six!y-tour. or those
who were or may be retired from incaraC-
ity resulting from long and faithful SER
vice, from wounds or injuries received in
the line Of duty, from sickness or expos
ure therein. shall, after the passage OF this
act, be entitled 10 seventy-tiVe per centum
Of the present Sca-ray of the grade or rank
which they held at the time Of their re-
tirement. The rearAlmirals provided for
in the act of June fifth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, shall he considered as
having been retired as rcar-admins.
For contingent expenses OF the Navy
Department, one hundred thousand dol
lars
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For foreign and local pilofage and tow
age OF ships Of war, nifty thousand dollars
For services and materials IN correcting
cOmpaSSes on board ship, and for ADJUST
ing and testing compasses on shore, three
thousand dollars.
For nautical and astronomical instru-
ments, nautical books, mans, charts, and
sailing directions, and rerairS of nautical
instruments for ships OF war, ten thou
sand dollars.
For books for libraries for ships of war,
three thousand dollars.
For navy signals and anraratus. namely.
signaLlights, lanterns and rockets, include
ing running-lights, drawings and engrav
lngs for signalbookS, six Thousand dollars.
For comrasStittingS, including binna-
cles, tripods. and other hppendages Of
u
For logs and other appliances for meas
uring the ships way, leads and other ap-
pliances Tor sounding, three thousand dol
lRrs
For lanterns and lamns. and their an
pendages, for general use ON board ship,
Including those for the cabin. ward-rOOm,
and steerage, for the holds and spirit
room, for decks and quartermaSter's use,
six thOumnd dollars
For bunting and other materials for
flags, and making and re|arng flags of
8ll kinds, five thousand live hundred dol
lars.
For oil for ships Of war other than that
used for the Engineer department; can
dies when used asa substitute for oil in
binnacles. and running-lights for chin
ncys and wicks, anl SOAP used in naviga-
tlon department, ihirty-tiye thousand dol
lars.
For stationery for commanders and nav
tgators of vessels Of war, four thousand
dollars
For musical Instruments. and music for
vessels of war, one thousand dollars.
For steering signals and indicators and
for speaking-tubeS and gOngs. for signal
communication on board vessels Of war,
two thousand five hundred dollars.
Civil establishment For nav of writers
lnh fop al
to the support Of the civil establishment
under this bureau at the several navy
yards, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent cXDcnSeS Of the Bureau
of Navigation: Freight and tranSporfa-
tiOn ofnavigatiOn materials: instruments.
books, and stores; postage and telegraph.
ing advertising for prnooSals: packing
boxes and materials; blank books, forms,
and stationery at navigation Offices, six
thousand dollars.
For drawing, engraving, and printing
and photo-lithographng charts, electro
typing and correcting Old plates, preparing
and publishing smiling directions. and 9th
er hydrOgraplc information, twenty thou
sRnd dollars
For surveying in the Pacific, fifty thou.
sand dollars
For making charts, including those of
fhe Pacific coast. thirty thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights, and OAiu- furniture: care
of building and other labor; purchase of
books for library, drawing materials, and
other stationery; postage, freight. and
other contingent expenses. seven tNou-
Hand dollars.
For rent and rerair Of building, two
thousand eight hundred dollars
For expenses of Naval observatory,
namely:
For pay OF one clerk, orc thousand eight
hundred dollars.
For three assistant Observers, at one
thousand five hundred dollars each.
For wages Of one Observation-Disclosures one
messenger, three waichmen and one nor
ter; for keeping grounds In order and re-
pairs 10 buildings; for fuel, light, and Of
fee furniture; and for stationery, nur-
chase of books Tor library, chemicals for
batteries. postage, and freight, and MI
other contingent expenses, thirteen thou.
sand five hundred dollars.
For transcriblng astronomical nhscrya-
tions upon sheets for publication, one
thousand two hundred dollars.
For completing tower anu dome for the
new reffactinS telescope, five thousand
dollars.
For computations for catalogue Of zone.
stars Observed 3N the United States naval
astronomical eXne lition to the southern
hemispherc,in eighteen hundred and fifty,
eighteen hundrcIland fifty-onc. anl eirht.
cen hundred and tiftv-twO, one thousand
hve hundred dollars.
For switchboard for telegraphing anna.
ratus, six hundred dollars.
For payment of second instalmcnt for
the great refractory telescope now in the
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