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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 164. 1862. 565 For wages of watchmeu and contingent expenses of the Naval W¤*¢h¤¤¤¤· Academy, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars. For the pay of mileage of the visitors to the Naval Academy, onc MU¤¤1§:°*`Vi¤i'=· thousand dollars. ‘X`:3em;"“1 For preparing for publication the American Nautical Almanac, twenty- Ammcén Nm. five thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. tica1Almana.c. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the pay of any captain of Payofeaptain the navy who shall, in pursuance of law, perform duty as chiefof 2. bureau of Qavy 21;*}***3 f in the Navy Department, shall be the pay of a captain in the navy "0n bgggi le 0 other duty," to take eH`ect from the date of the “Act regulating the pay of 1g6g_ ch, 67, the navy," approved June one, eighteen hundred and sixty. Ame, p- 23- S20. 3. And be itflcrther enacted, That the pay of the clerks of Pay of clerks, the navy yard and navy agency at Mare Island shall be as follows, viz: fgthef M“’° One clerk to navy agent, two thousand dollars per annum; one clerk to navy agent, fifleen hundred dollars; one clerk to the commandant, Bfteeu hundred dollars; one clerk of the yard, fifteen hundred dollars ; one clerk to the paymaster and inspector of provisions, and so forth, fifteen hundred dollars; one clerk to the naval constructor, nine hundred dollars; one clerk to the civil engineer, nine hundred dollars; one dmughtsman be civil engineer, twelve hundred dollars; one steward to paymaster, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Sec. 4. And be it furt/wr enacted, That from and after the first Spirit ration to day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the spirit ration in the °““°· navy of the United States shall forever cease, and thereafter no distilled spirituous liquors shall be admitted on board of vessels·of-war except as medical stores, and upon the order and under the control of the medical officers of such vessels, and to be used only for medical purposes. From and after the said Erst day of September next there shall be allowed commutation and paid to each person in the navy now entitled to the spirit ration mueu thereof. tive cents per day in commutation and lieu thereof; which shall be in addition to their present pay. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the orders, regulations, and Orders, &c.,ot instructions heretofore issued by the Secretary of the Navy be, and they §‘:v;::';:‘Zg3f are hereby, recognized as the regulations of the Navy Department, subject, {mom of Navy however, to such alterations as the Secretary of che Navy may adopt, D¢p¤¤¤¤¤¢¤*- with the approbation of the President of the United States. Sue. 6. And be it further enactech That the pay of the secretary of ff’¤Y°*`S*°*&°*¤'5; n commander of a squadron shall hereafter be fifteen hundred dollars Sqn2g:.];,!? °r° a. year and one ration. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That chaplains in the navy shall Ageqfchaplqins be no less than twenty-one nor more than thirty-five years of age at ge;??" “PP°"‘°' the time of their appointment as such. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Pr9¤i<i¤¤f my States be, and he is hereby, authorized to annually appoint ten acting ffg°*::Qd;;’§ midshipmen for education at the Naval Academy, who shall be selected from sons exp of1H- from the sons of officers or soldiers who distiuguis[h]ed themselves in ¤¤¤·&°· the service of the United States, or from the sous of officers or men in the naval or marine service of the United States who have thus distinguished themselves. _ _ _ Sec. 9. And be it furdher enacted, That the District of Columbia To qppoint- hall be regarded for all the puxiposes of appointment to the Naval g*;'£:l;’y§l:‘g:s_ Academy as a congressional district, their appointment tlnerebo to be mctog Columbia designated by the President of the United States from residents of the :<>c;>: r¤g=5rd¤<{vs . . gl'0SSl0D8 District. district. Approved, July 14, 1862.