Chapter LI. *making further Appropriation for the Support of the Naval Service for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other Purposes.* August 5, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Naval appr
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Chap. LI.— An Act *making further Appropriation for the Support of the Naval Service for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other Purposes.* August 5, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Naval appropriations. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of the coal depotCoal depot at Key West. at Key West, Florida, and repairs of the wharf belonging to the same.
For the completion of the marine barracks at Charlestown, Massachusetts,Marine barracks at Charlestown. twelve thousand dollars. For the purchase of the right to manufacture and use Coston’s night signals,Coston’s night signals. twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the full right to manu-316THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 52, 53, 54. 1861.facture and use the same can be purchased at a price not exceeding that sum. Ordnance.For the purchase of ordnance for the use of the navy, three hundred thousand dollars.
Fort Abercrombie.For repairing the quarters and outbuildings at Fort Abercrombie, seven thousand dollars. Volunteers.For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, under the acts authorizing the President to accept the services of five hundred thousand men, twenty millions of dollars. Sec. 2. Secretary of Navy may change the names of purchased vessels. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to change the names of any vessels purchased for the use of the Navy Department by authority of law, and they shall be thereafter known by the names so given them by virtue of this act.
Sec. 3. Gunboats for Western rivers. *And be it further enacted,* That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, in like manner, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, for the construction and equipment of gunboats for service bu the Western rivers. Approved, August 5, 1861. Chapter LII: making Appropriation to pay the Expenses of the Investigating Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate appointed the first Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and of the Commission authorized to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government. 11 Stat. 316 1861-08-05 Chapter LII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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*making further Appropriation for the Support of the Naval Service for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other Purposes.* August 5, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Naval appr
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