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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 219, 220. 1864. 373 register and receiver of the proper land-ofiice to receive all applications Duty ofregisin cases presented under this act, pursuant to such instructions as may ;?§;*’t°;1{;;€:°“ be prescribed by the commissioner of the general land-0fHee, and to ad- ` judge all such cases as preliminary to a final decision in due course of law. Approved, July 2, 1864. CHAP. CCX].X.—An Act to authorize assimilated Rank to be given to the Warrant July 2, 1864: Officers of the United States Navy, and for other Purposes. "_"_""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives gy' the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the m£jQ;"_£;:gnt United States is hereby authorized, i£ in his judgment, it shall be con- Omcmin the dncive to the interest of the service, to give assimilated rank to the war- n¤vy· rant officers of the navy, viz: boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers, as Follows : After five years of service to rank with ensigns; and after ten years service to rank with masters. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of “To be called this act, the oficers named in the preceding section shall be known as 0i§';;f"E*&c_ “ warrant ofiieers in the naval service of the United States," and shall be ’ so entered upon the Naval Register. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where it has been, Expenses of or may be, found necessary during the present war to detain in confine- °‘;';£;‘;“t};S:1(‘;fm ment persons Found on board of captured vessels, the expenses of the Eaptured vessels, detention of such persons, when not chargeable to the proceeds of prize or other fund, shall be paid out of the appropriation for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and that the expenses of prisoners sentenced by naval c0urt—martia1 to confinement in a penitentiary shall be defrayed from the same fund. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following addition be made Additional to the clerical force now authorized by law in the Navy Department : —— g;'];2;;*;l";Na"Y Bureau of provisions and clothing, two clerks of the third class and p ` two of the first class. Bureau of ordnance, one clerk of the third class. Bureau of equipment and recruiting, one clerk of the second class and one clerk of the first class. Ar1>R0v1:1>, July 2, 1864. Cnr. CCXX.—An Act for increased Faciities of Telegraph Communication between the July 2, 1864- Atlantic and Paczfc States and the Territory of Idaho. Yi Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives <y" the United States ey" America in Congress assembled, That the United States Tele- The United graph Company, and their associates, are hereby authorized to erect ag;'m;ff1;€’;ph line or lines of magnetic telegraph between the Missouri River andthe erect 11nés becity of San Francisco, in the State of California, on such route as they “"°‘i“g}‘f Mis;} may select, to connect with the lines of the said United States Telegraph gtglprilizsigi to Company, now constructed, and being constructed through the states of connect with the Union. The said company shall have the use of such unoccupied land 0m'" lm"' of the United States as may be necessary for the right of way, and mate- Right of way rials, and for the establishing of stations along said line For repairs, not &°‘ exceeding at any station one quarter section of land; and such stations Stations. not to exceed one in fifteen miles on the average of the whole line, unless said lands shall be required by the government of the United States for railroad ori other purposes: And provided, That no right to preempt any Ijto right to 0f said lands under the laws of the United States shall enure to said com- P"°’“P“°“· pany or their agents, or any other person or persons whatsoever. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said United States Telegraph Company, under the direction of the President of the United States, VOL. xm. PUB. — 32