New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-31
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Laws Of the United States Passed as the
Third Session of the FOrty.SecOnd
E0urreSS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 80

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GENERAL NATCRE-NO. 80,
Ap act making appropriations for the naval
service Tor 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 he, and they are hereby ap-
propriated. to ue 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 pay Of commissioned and warrant
officers at sea tincluding sea-pay and rations
OF officers detailed or appointed as naval
stOreheepers abroad), on shore, on spe-
| cal service, and of those on the retired
list and unemplt yed, and for mileage and
transportation OF officers travelling under
orders, and for pay of the petty officers, sea
men, ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys
including men of the engineers force. and
for the Coast Survey service, eight thou
sand five hundred men, at an average paw
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; and
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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, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one. and its amendments. dated
June twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and
sixty four or those who were or may be re-
tired from incapacity resulting from long
and faithful service, from wounds or iniu-
rapaiUaA in tho limo nf Hnfv from, clio l.
ness 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 admi-
rails provided for in the act of June fifth,
eighteen hundred and seventy two, shall be
considered as having been retired as rear
admirals.
For contingent expenses of the Navy De
partment, one hundred thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
For foreign and local pilotage and tow
age 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 thou
sand dollars.
For nautical and astronomical instru-
ments, nautical books, maps. charts, and
sailing directions, and repairs of nautical
Instruments IOr snlpS 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, inclu1-
ing running lights. drawings and engrav-
ings for signal books. six thousand dollars.
For compass fittings, including binnacles.
tripods, and other appendages of ships
cOmpasses, five thousand dollars
l. Al.
ing the ships way, leads and other ap-
plances for sounding, three thousand dol
lars.
For lanterns and lamps, and their ap
pendages, for general use on board ship, in
GLIDING those for the cabin, ward room and |
steerage, 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 all kinds, |
i've thousand ive hundred dollars.
For oil for ships Of war other than that !