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 4-20 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 6, 8, 9, 11. 1865. Dec. 21, 1864. CHA:. VI.- An Act to establish the Grade of Wee-Admiral in the Umled States Navy, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of  United Gnjadc cfvice- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the $5d °“°“b‘ United States be, and be is hereby, authorized and empowered, by and ` with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one vice-admiral, who shall be selected from the list of active rear-admirals, and who shall be the Appointment, ranking officer in the navy of the United States, and whose relative rank "°"k» &°· with officers of the army shall be that of lieutenant-general in the army. p,y_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the pay of the vice-admiral of the navy shall be seven thousand dollars when at sea, six thousand dollars when on shore duty, and five thousand dollars when waiting orders. Provision of Sec. 3. And be it jiu·ther enacteci That the first section of an act, ap— f°¤'¤;¤*i1¤¤¢t¤°U·‘° proved December twenty-'Erst, eighteen hundred and SlXl7y·0¤B, Bufitlcd °P{°8‘:]  § L "An act further to promote the eiiiciency of the navy,” shall not be so v°1_k5_ p_’3gg_ construed as to apply to any one holding a commission as vice—admiral in the navy. APPROVED, December 21, 1864. Dec. 22, 1864. Cin?.   EA:; Act to amend die Act entitle; "An Amprgde intevzzal gevenue ze """"";" su rtte ovemment, to a nteredon ic ,:1 crater u1posc.s," §   °“· 173* apfilizvee June mmm, etyntzez mm: and ssujzym. f A'"’* p' 24*1 Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United }§“;,’;§f:;° f°;'n entitled "An act to provide interna,1 revenue to support the government, swim iZy.gv¤_ to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purp0ses," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be amended by striking out the word “February " wherever it occurs in said section, and inserting, in lieu thereof, the word January. APPROVED, December 22. 1864. Dec. 22, 1864. CHAP. IX. —— An Act to extend the Time allowed bf2r the `Wilhdrawaz of certain Goode ';""""' therein named from pu ic Stores. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Time for with- States of America in Congress assembled, That in computing the three d’“§'“}r‘;€I;’°’;gl“ years allowed by the twenty-first section of the act entitled "An act igztzm EX? increasing temporarily the duties on imports, and for other purposes," tended- approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for the with- 1862, <>lr 163, drawal of goods from any public store or bonded warehouse for exportation §%l_  P_ H9_ to foreign countries, or transshipment to any port of the Pacific or western coast of the United States, if such exportation or transshipment of any goods shall, either for the whole or any part of the said term of three years have been prevented by reason of any order of the President of the United States, the time during which such exportation or transshipment of such goods shall have been so prevented, as aforesaid, shall be excluded from the said computation. Approved, December 22, 1864. Jan. 10, 1865. Cnr. XL — An Act to repeal the Provision of Law requiring certain Rqenls dthe Smith- "*"`—_" srmian Institution to be Members of the National Insmute. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hume of Representatives of the United Tworegeuts States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act "T0 mxgksigzd establish the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of non, membm, knowledge among men" as requires that two of the regents of said instio§N¤ti<m¤1In— tution shall be members of the National Institute in the city of Washing- ““t“t°‘ ton, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. .APPROVED, January 10, 1865.
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