Chapter LXXVI. making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
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Chap. LXXVI.— An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty.March 3, 1859. *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 treasuryAppropriation. not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty.
For pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers and seamen, includingPay. the engineer corps of the navy, three million nine hundred and thirty thousand four hundred and thirty-nine dollars. For the payment of officers restored to the navy under the provisionsPay of restored officers.1857, ch. 12.*Ante*, p. 153. of the act of January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, during the period of their retirement or suspension, sixty-two thousand three hundred and ninety-four dollars.
For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers and seamen,Provisions. including engineers and marines attached to vessels for sea service, nine hundred and forty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For surgeons’ necessaries and appliances for the sick and hurt of theSick, &c. navy, including the engineer and marine corps, thirty-five thousand six hundred dollars. For fuel for the navy, to be purchased in the mode prescribed by lawFuel and transportation. for other materials, and for the transportation thereof, six hundred thousand dollars.
For the purchase of hemp and other materials for the navy, three hundredHemp, &c. thousand dollars. 405THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 76. 1859. For the repair, armament, and equipment of vessels, one million dollars:Repair, armament, &c.Proviso, as to repairs costing over $1000, of vessel at navy yard. *Provided,* That not more than one thousand dollars shall be expended in any navy yard in the repair of any vessel until the necessity of such repair and the probable cost thereof is ascertained by the report of a board of not less than three officers of the navy.
For ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, including incidental expenses, five hundred and sixty-three thousand dollars.Ordnance, &c. For contingent expenses that may accrue for the following purposes,Contingencies. viz: freight and transportation, printing and stationery, advertising in newspapers, books, maps, models, and drawings, purchase and repair of fire engines and machinery, repairs of and attending to steam engines in navy yards, purchase and maintenance of horses and oxen, and driving teams, carts, timber wheels, and the purchase and repairs of workmen’s tools, postage of public letters, fuel, oil, and candles for navy yards and shore stations, pay of watchmen and incidental labor not chargeable to any other appropriation, transportation to and labor attending the delivery of provisions and stores on foreign stations, wharfage, dockage, and rent, travelling expenses of officers and others under orders, funeral expenses, store and office rent, fuel, commissions, and pay of clerks to navy agents and store-keepers, flags, awnings, and packing-boxes, premiums and other expenses of recruiting, apprehending deserters, per diem pay to persons attending courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and other services authorized by law, pay to judges advocate, pilotage and towage of vessels, and assistance to vessels in distress, and for bills of health and quarantine expenses of vessels of the United States navy in foreign ports, eight hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the expenditures under the foregoingEach bureau to show its disbursements. appropriations shall be so accounted for as to show the disbursements by each bureau, under each respective appropriation.
For the payment of the charter, or purchase of vessels for the ParaguayPayment, &c. of vessels of Paraguay Expedition.*Ante*, p. 370.Proviso. Expedition for nine months, two hundred and eighty-nine thousand dollars: *Provided,* That if the said vessels shall not be purchased, no more shall be used of the sum herein appropriated, than may be necessary to pay for the charter of said vessels, at the rate agreed on, for such time as they may be employed by the government of the United States. *Marine Corps.*—For pay of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians,Marine Corps. privates, clerks, messengers, stewards, and servants, for rations and clothing for servants, additional rations for five years’ service, for undrawn clothing and rations, bounties for reënlistments, four hundred and twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty cents.
For provisions, seventy-one thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars. For clothing, seventy-three thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars. For fuel, twenty-two thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty-five cents. For military stores, viz.: pay of armorers, repair of arms, purchase of accoutrements, ordnance stores, flags, drums, fifes, and other instruments, twelve thousand dollars. For transportation of officers and troops, and expenses of recruiting, fourteen thousand dollars.
For repairs of barracks, and rent of offices where there are no public buildings for that purpose, eight thousand dollars. For contingencies, viz: freight, ferriage, toll, carriage, wharfage, compensation to judges advocate, per diem for attending courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and for constant labor, house rent in lieu of quarters, burial of deceased marines, printing, stationery, postage, telegraphing, apprehension of deserters, oil, candles, gas, forage, straw, furniture, bed-sacks, spades, shovels, axes, picks, carpenters’ tools, keep of a horse for the messenger, 406 pay of matron, washerwoman, and porter at the hospital head-quarters, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars. [Navy Yards.]Navy Yards.
For the preservation of works and for the current repairs at the severalPreservation of works and current repairs. navy yards, viz: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ten thousand dollars. At Boston, fifteen thousand dollars. At New York, twenty thousand dollars. At Philadelphia, fifteen thousand dollars. At Washington, ten thousand dollars. At Norfolk, twenty thousand dollars. At Pensacola, ten thousand dollars. At Mare Island, California, twenty thousand dollars. At Sackett’s Harbor, one thousand dollars.
Hospitals.Hospitals. For the construction and completion of works, and for the current repairs of the several naval hospitals: *Boston.*—For repairs of hospital buildings and fences, two thousand fiveBoston. hundred dollars. *New York.*—For repairs of buildings and fences, seven thousand dollars.New York. *Naval Asylum.*—For paving and curbing on Shippen street, pavingNaval Asylum, Philadelphia. sidewalks on Shippen street, painting and repairing buildings, furniture and repairs of same, house-cleaning and whitewashing, furnace, grates, and ranges, and repairs, trees and tree-boxes on Shippen street, gas tax, and water-rent tax, eleven thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars.
For support of beneficiaries at the asylum, twenty-six thousand sixBeneficiaries. hundred and eighty dollars. *Norfolk.*—For repairs of buildings, eighteen thousand two hundred andNorfolk. seventy dollars. Pensacola.—For general repairs of hospital buildings, and for drainingPensacola. and filling ponds, ten thousand five hundred dollars. Magazines. For the construction and completion of works, and for the current repairs of the several naval magazines: *Portsmouth, New Hampshire.*—For gun-skids, shot-beds, new powderPortsmouth. magazine, and repairs of all kinds, forty-six thousand four hundred and ninety-seven dollars. *Boston.*—For repairs of all kinds, two thousand five hundred dollars.Boston. *New York.*—For completing armory, and repairs of all kinds, eightNew York. thousand dollars. *Philadelphia.*—For repairs of all kinds, one thousand dollars.Philadelphia. *Norfolk.*—For completing stone pier and landing at Fort Norfolk, powderNorfolk. boat, and repairs of all kinds, fifty-five thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. *Pensacola.*—For repairs of all kinds, one thousand dollars.Pensacola.
For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil establishmentsCivil establishments at navy yards and stations. at the several navy yards and stations, one hundred and fifty-two thousand four hundred and fifty-four dollars. For the purchase of nautical instruments required for the use of the navy; for repairs of the same, and also of astronomical instruments; andInstruments, books, maps, &c. for the purchase of nautical books, maps, and charts, and for backing and binding the same, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydrographical surveys,Printing, &c. and astronomical observations, in addition to the balance on hand, seven thousand dollars. 407 For continuing the publication of the series of Wind and CurrentWind and Current Charts. Charts, and for defraying all expenses connected therewith, fifteen thousand dollars. For models, drawings, and copying; for postage, freight, and transportation; for keeping grounds in order; for fuel and lights; and for allContingencies of Observatory and Hydrographical Office. other contingent expenses; and for the wages of persons employed at the United States Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office, viz: one instrument maker, two watchmen, and one porter, six thousand dollars.
For the erection and repairs of buildings, improvement and preservationNaval Academy at Annapolis. of the grounds, and for contingencies at the United States Naval Academy, fifty thousand dollars. For completing seven screw sloops and one side-wheel steamer, authorizedCompleting Screw Sloops, &c. 1858, ch. 153, § 6.*Ante*, p. 319. by act twelfth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, six hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the following general orderGeneral order of Secretary of Navy, of Jan. 13, 1859, confirmed. issued by the Secretary of the Navy, and dated January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed.
" “*General Order*. Chief engineers of more than twelve years will rank with commanders.Rank of engineer officers. Chief engineers of less than twelve years, with lieutenants. First assistant engineers, next after lieutenants. Second assistant engineers next after masters. Third assistant engineers, with midshipmen. Commanding and executive officers of whatever grade will take precedence over all engineer officers. This order confers no authority to exercise military command and noLimitation of general order. additional right to quarters.
ISAAC TOUCEY, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, January 13, 1859.” " Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the sixth section of the act ofConstruction of act of 1857, ch. 12, § 6, as to dropped or retired naval officers.*Ante*, p. 154. sixteenth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled “An act to amend an act to promote the efficiency of the navy” shall be so construed as to include officers who, at the time they were dropped or placed on the reserved list, had been detached from duty or removed from command for supposed inefficiency or unfitness, but who have since been restored to the active list, and such officers shall receive the same pay theyPay. were receiving respectively when they were so detached or removed, up to the termination of their cruise when so detached, deducting any pay they may have otherwise received during the time aforesaid, and that this shall extend to any officer who has been transferred from the furlough list to the leave of absence list by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.
That such officers of the navy as were dropped from thePay of dropped officers since restored. service by the action of the late “Naval Retiring Board,” and who have been subsequently restored to the service and placed upon the “furlough” or “leave pay” list, shall be allowed furlough pay, if placed upon the furlough list, and leave pay if placed upon the leave list, for and during the time they were so dropped, deducting any pay which they otherwise received during the time aforesaid.
Approved, March 3, 1859.