Chapter CCLII. to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the Education of Naval Constructors and Steam Engineers, and for other Purposes
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Chap. CCLII.— An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the Education of Naval Constructors and Steam Engineers, and for other Purposes.July 4, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatEducation of naval constructors and steam engineers.Cadet engineers. the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to provide, by regulations to be issued by him, for the education of such midshipmen or others at the Naval Academy as show a peculiar aptitude therefor as naval constructors, or civil and steam engineers, and may form a separate class for this purpose, to be styled cadet engineers, or otherwise afford to such persons all proper facilities for such a scientific mechanical education as will tit them for such professions.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That,Appointments of such persons. upon the recommendation of the academic board, such persons connected with the scientific and mechanical class as graduate therein with credit, may be immediately appointed as assistant naval constructors or warranted as engineers. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatNumber and appointment. cadet engineers, not to exceed fifty in number, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy: *Provided,* That no person, other than midshipmen, shall be eligible for such appointment who shall not produce satisfactory evidence of mechanical skill and proficiency, and that he has been employed at least two years in the actual fabrication of steam machinery.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAge.Examination.May be admitted to naval academy. cadet engineers, when appointed, shall be under eighteen years of age, and shall have passed a mental and physical examination. They shall be admitted to the Naval Academy, where they shall be examined from time to time, according to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy; and if found deficient at any examination, or dismissed for misconduct, they shall not be continued in the academy, or in the service, except upon recommendation of the academic board.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatLength of academic course. the academic course of cadet engineers shall be two years, and their pay the same as that of midshipmen. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatNumber of chief and assistant engineers for vessels.Pay of engineer officers of navy;of chief engineer. the number of chief engineers shall not exceed one for each first and second rate vessel in the navy, with such first, second, and third assistant engineers, or those acting as such, as the wants of the service actually require.
And that, from and after the passage of this act, the annual pay of the engineer officers of the navy, on the active list, shall be as follows:— Every chief engineer on duty, for the first five years after the date of his commission, two thousand two hundred dollars. For the second five years after the date of his commission, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the third five years after the date of his commission, two thousand eight hundred dollars. After fifteen years after the date of his commission, three thousand dollars.
Every chief engineer on leave or waiting orders, for the first five years after the date of his commission, one thousand five hundred dollars. For the second five years after the date of his commission, one thou sand six hundred dollars. For the third five years after the date of his commission, one thousand seven hundred dollars. 394THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 252, 253. 1864. After fifteen years after the date of his commission, one thousand eight hundred dollars. EveryPay of first assistant engineer; first assistant engineer on duty, one thousand five hundred dollars.
While on leave or waiting orders, one thousand one hundred dollars. Everyof second assistant engineer; second assistant engineer on duty, one thousand two hundred dollars. While on leave or waiting orders, nine hundred dollars. Everyof third assistant engineer. third assistant engineer on duty, one thousand dollars. While on leave or waiting orders, eight hundred dollars. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* ThatWhere articles are bid for in classes, certain bids may be rejected.Vol. xii. p. 828. section two of joint resolution “authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to adjust the equitable claims of contractors for naval supplies, and regulating contracts with the Navy Department,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to the same the following proviso, viz: *Provided,* That where articles are advertised and bid for in classes, and in the judgment of the head of the department, any one or more articles appear to be hid for at excessive or unreasonable prices exceeding ten per centum above their fair market-value, he shall be authorized to reject such bid.
Approved, July 4, 1864.