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 SU THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS} Sess. I. Ch. 92, 93. ISBL m tem" mntés aswhey may be best qualified upon the recommendation offlghcir commzihding officcxj, approved by Qc bag-officer pq the department. Upon such promotxon, they shall reconvc a gmtunty of one bmw dred dollars, and axmedal of honor to· be prepared by the navy depm ment. Approvedg May 17, 18643.. jninnni ML), yy, 186]* cmp_ XQIIQ ... ,4);.4;;: lo wganize a Régiment of Veteran Volunteer Engineers Bc ifenacted  lfé Senate' and Ifmsc of Representatives of the Uhitéd Regiment of Slam of America in Oangress assembled, That the Secretary of War be; "°*°'°¤ Y°*'“" and he is hereby, authorized to enlist, out of any volunteer forces in the mr °§l,§::,°E`;,,; an-my of the Qumbcrlimdz that have served, or are now serving, as pies ¤¤<{s>rz¤¤i¤¢d· nears, puntomcrs, or cngmecrs,   serve vvhercvcrjcquxrcd for three 1865; ch. 79, years, or during` they war, t0·c0ns1sf of ten' compamcs, and to hav? thd §°7· 488 same organization, psy, and cmolumcuts as arc allowed to engmeer PML p`soldiers under the provisions of the fourth section of an act entitled “Lu 9}861*°b‘42’ act providing for the Better organization of the military establishment," Vol. xii. p. 287. approved'August third, eighteen hundred and sixty-cnc. Omcers up- Sec. 2. And bk: it furthér enacted, That the offccrs of the engineer! vQi¤§¤¤€¤{» <><¤¤· authorized to be raised under the provisions of the foregoing section shall
 * m;?:;‘?y’“d be appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States, mj

· the recommendation of the commander of the army of the Cumberland, and shall receive the same pay and. allowances as engineer offncsrs of similar grade in the regular army: Approved, May 20; 1864. May 21, 1864. Cnr. XCIII. -—-An Abt making Approprzhtionsfar the Naval Service for the Yearencb Be it enacted by ther Senate and HP$us·e of Representatives of the United Navy umm,. States of America in" Oéngres: assembled, That tho following sums· be, P¤‘i¤¢i¢¤· and they are hereby, appropriated, ho be paid out of any money in thd treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirticth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five:—— pq-_ For pay of commission, warrant, and petty ofHccrs ana} seamen, including the engineer corps of the navy, nineteen millions four hundred and twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty-one dollars. V R · ,,gm_ f For repair and maintenance of vessels of the navy labor materials, vuniun- 0 and stores, eleven millions five hundred thousand dollars. ’ Complexion or _F;or the completion of sixteen fasty steam screw sloops-of-war,-seven. zjgm *°*'°W mnllwns two hundred thousand dollars. vzgm for For the purchase, construction, and repairs of vessels, materials, and wgstgrn www labor, for the we,st0rn·watcrs, {bur millions of dollars. for naval and For the purchase and charter of vessels for naval and blockading pur- ‘;;:gFdi¤€ P“" poses, three millions of dollars. ' For extra labor, expense of repairs and so forth, on foreivu stations;- six hundred thousand dollars., c Bounty_ For payment of the three months' bounty to seamen and ordinary seamen under the joint resolution of February twenty-fourth, eightecxrhundred and sixty-bur, five hundred` thousand dollars. Armored plhmd For the completion of armoredplatcd vessels, three million six hundred '°”°"· thousand dollars. H¤¤¤p¤¤¢U’¤¤i· For the purchase of hemp and other materials for the navy, sewn hundred thousand dollars; For fuel fo: the navy; aud· for the transportation and expenses thereof} three millions civbt. hundred and·forty thousand dollars. _ Flor the equipzncnb of vessels iq the navy, yiz :—- U E<1¤¤P¤¤¢¤*· lor the purchase of varmus 8'tl0l8S of eqmpment, v1z: canvas,_leathe1;
 * 1** ing Juno thirtiet/2} eighteen hundred and sixtygive, and for other Pmpascs.