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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 14, 15. 1861. 273 lieutemmts, acting paymasters, acting assistant surgeons, acting masters NS°°"**:gu*;;d and masters mates, are hereby ratified and confirmed as temporary acting &:Yy °° ’ appointments, until the return of the vessels in which they are respectively employed, or until the suppression of the present insurrection, as Pcsz,pp.5S7,818. may be deemed necessary; and the rate of compensation allowed for the several grades specified is hereby legalized and approved. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying ApP,0p,m;0¤_ into efect the foregoing act, and to suppress piracy, and render more effective the closing of the ports of the insurgents, there be appropriated and placed at the disposal of the Navy Department the sum of three millions of dollars. Approved, July 24, 1861. CHA?. XIV. —An Act or the Relie a the Widows and hans 0 the O s Sea- Jul 24, 1861. men, and Marines of td; United SgtesfSZ00p-cfwar Levzzrgiznd other   Q Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ihe United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of iixing the time at which shall commence the pensions under the existing laws, bcrggguggvgggogg of the widows and orphan children of the officers, seamen, marines, and Jimi; 30, 1861,for others in service, who were lost in the United States sloop-of-war Le- cemm P¤¤'P°$°¤· vant, as well as the time to which the pay of said officers, seamen, marines, and others in the service, shall be allowed, the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the said sloop-of-war Levant foundered at sea. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widow, or child,_or chil- Additional pay dren, and in case there shall be no widow, or child, or children, (as afore- ;°fd¥_£;ws&?d0f said,) then the parent or parents, and if there be no parents, the brothers mcse los:. and sisters of the officers, seamen, marines, and others in service, who were lost in said sloop-of—war Levant, including captain’s clerk and assistant draughtsman, shall be entitled to and receive, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve months' pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of said vessel. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers drA°°°g“*%$fA¤· of the Treasury Department be, and are hereby, authorized and directed WB]; mmefmu to settle the accounts of Andrew J. Watson, late purser in the navy, who was lost in the sloop·of-war Levant, with all his accounts and vouchers for expenditures and payments made by him, and with all the money, stores, and supplies procured for the use of said vessel and to allow him a credit for whatever sum appears to be due from him on the books of the Department. Approved, July 24, 1861. . .—'' oldiers stat' Can XV An An fn- zhe fw  and S zoned az Fort July 24,186L Be it enacted Zgy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the _ _ Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay, out of any money in the dg3x380E; Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eleven hundred and fifty at Fm Summm dollars to remunerate soldiers and members of the band stationed at Fort be paid for losses Sumter, in South Carolina, for losses of private property incurred in the gftyIj"v“t° P’°P‘ removal from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, on the evening of December twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty; said sum to be distributed as follows, namely: To the band, four hundred dollars; to company E, first artillery, five hundred dollars; to company H, Erst artillery, two hundred and fifty dollars; and to be divided among the members of said band and vox,. xm. Pen.-35