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Rh Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the thirty-fifth section of the act entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," approved March three, eighteen hundred and and sixty-three, shall not be deemed hereafter to prohibit the payment to enlisted men employed at the military academy of the extra-duty pay heretofore allowed by law to enlisted men when employed at constant labor for not less than ten days continuously.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the annual pay of cadets at the military academy at West Point shall be the same as that allowed to midshipmen at the naval academy, and the amount necessary for that purpose is hereby appropriated.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That cadets found deficient at any examination shall not be continued at the military academy, or be reappointed except upon the recommendation of the academic board.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be applied to the support or pay of any cadets here-

after appointed not in conformity with the express provisions of law regulating appointments of cadets at that academy. APPROVED, April 1, 1864.

CHAP. XLVI. An Act to increase the Pension of the Revolutionary Pensioners now on the Rolls of the Pension Office.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That there shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred dollars per annum to each of the surviving soldiers of the Revolution, now on the pension rolls, during their natural lives, in addition to the pensions to which they are now entitled under former acts of Congress; said payment to date from, and commence on, the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to cease at their death. APPROVED, April 1, 1864.

CHAP. XLVII. —An Act relating to Acting Assistant Paymasters in the Navy, and regulating the Appointment of Cadets in the Naval Academy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That whenever the President of the United States shall nominate any acting assistant paymaster in the volunteer naval service, on account of his faithful, diligent, and efficient discharge of duty in the volunteer service, to be an assistant paymaster in the navy, it shall be no objection to his appointment and confirmation that he is over twenty-six years of age:

Provided, That he be not over thirty years of age: And provided, further, That the number of  paymasters and assistant paymasters, as authorized by law, be not increased thereby.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the students of the naval academy, when examined for admission thereto, shall be between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years.

APPROVED, April 1, 1864.

Chap. XLVIII.—An Act to provide for the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, {{right sidenote|California to constitute one Indian superintendency. That, from and after the first day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the state of California shall, for Indian purposes, constitute one superintendency, for which there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a superintendent of Indian {{sidenotes end}}