The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-12
IGrNERAL NATURE No. ST.

naval service for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
four, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and they are hereby,
appropriated, to be paid out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the naval service of the government for
the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, and for other
purposes
For the pay of commissioned and war
rant officers at sea, Gncluding sea-pay and
rations of officers detailed or appointed as
naval storekeepers abroad,) on shore, on
special service, and those on the retired
list and unemployed, and for mileage and
transportation of officers travelling under
orders, and for pay of the petty officers,
seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen and
boys, including men of the engineers
force, and for the Coast-Survey service,
eight hoasand five hundred men, at an
average pay of three hundred dollars each
per annum, six million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That
no officer on the retired list of the navy
shall be employed on active duty except
in time of war: 4nd provided, That
those officers on the retired list. and those
hereafter retired, who were, or who
may be, retired after forty years.
service, or on attaining the age of
sixty-two years, in conformity with
section one of the act of December, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty lone, and its amend
ments, dated June twenty-ffth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, or those who were
or may be retired from incapacity resulting
from long and faithful service, from wounds
or injuries received in the line of duty,
from sickness or exposure therein, shall,
after the passage of this act, be entitled to
seventy-five per centum of the present
sea-pay of the grade or rank which they
held at the time of their retirement. The
rear-admirals provided for in the act of
June filth, eighteen hundred and seven
two, shall be considered as having been
retired as rear admirals.
For contingent expenses of the Navy
Department, one hundred thousand dol
lars.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For foreign and local plotage and
tonnage of ships of war, fifty thousand
dollars.
For services and materials in correcting
compasses on board ship, and for adjusting
and testing compasses on shore, three
thousand dollars.
For nautical and astronomical instru-
ments, nautical books, maps, charts, and
sailing directions, and repairs of nautical
instruments for ships Of war, ten thousand
dollars.
For books for libraries for ships of war,
three thousand dollars.
For navy signals and apparatus, namely,
signal-lights, lanterns and rockets, includ-
ing running lights, drawings. and engrav-
ings for signal-books, six thousand dollars.
For compass-Gttlngs, including binnacles,
tripods, aad other appendages of ships
compasses, five thousand dollars.
For logs and other appliances for mea-
surfing the ships way, leads and other
appliances for sounding, three thousand dol
lars.
For lanterns and lamps, and their APP
pendages, for general use on board ship,
including those for the cabin. ward-room,
and Storage, for the holds and spirit
room, for decks and quartermaster's use,
six thousand dollars.
For bunting and other materials for
flags, and making and repairing flags of
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lars.
For oil for ships of war other than
that used for the Engineers department
in binnacles, and running-lights; for CHM
igation department, thirty-five thousand
dollars.
For stationery for commanders and nav
yn0fo pf of
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 pay of writ
ers and lahorers, and for purposes Incl
dental to the support of the civil estab-
/. lishment under this bureau at the sew
eral navy-yards, twelve thousand dol
lars.
For contingent expenses Of the Bureau
of Navigation: Freight and transpsrta-
ton Of navigation materials instruments,
books, and stores; postage and telegraph
ing; advertising for proposals; packing
boxes and materials; blank books, forms,
and stationery at navigation offices, six
thousand dollars.
For drawing, engraving, and printing and
photo-lithographing charts, electrotyping
and correcting old plates, preparing and
publishing sailing directions, and other
photographic information, twenty thousand
dollars.
For surveying in the Pacific, fifty thou
sand dollars.
For making charts, including those of
the Pacific cost, thirty thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights, and Office furniture
care of building and other labor; pur-
chase of books for library, drawing mate
rails, and other stationery postage
freight, and other contingent expenses.
seven thousand dollars.
For rent and repair of building, two
thousand eight hundred dollars.
For expenses of Naval Observatory,
namely:
vs. For pay of one clerk, one thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For three assistant observers, at one
thousand five hundred dollars each.
For wages of one instrument-maker, one
messenger, three watchmen, and one
porter; for keeping grounds in order and
repairs to buildings; for fuel, light, and
Office furniture and for stationery, pur-
chase of books for library, chemicals for
batteries, postage, and freight, and all
other contingent expenses, thirteen thou
sand five hundred dollars.