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 54 TIIIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 64, 65, 66. 1864. muy pr<=s¤¤t_ establish and equalize the grades of line officcrs of. the United Smeg ° the right to present themselves for examination, according to the provis. ions of this act, and if found duly qualified, and such finding be approved Wh b by the President of the United States, they shall be promoted to the same Promoigdvmy B grade and place as, if they had been recommended by the board, and shall receive the corresponding pay according to the service which they have performed from the date of their rank to that of their promotion. And no further promotions shall be made upon the active list until the number in each grade is reduced to that provided by law. Sec. 6. And be it furt/wr enacted That any officer in the naval service A“>’°m°°"m“>' b and with the advice and consent of the senate, may be advanced noi be advanced fbi- y . . . . . . . ’, congctiu bn. exceeding thirty gumbeiiis, in his own grade, for dxstmgmshed conduct in tim ¤· batte or extraor inury eroism. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United t FI€€%Pa>f¤¤¤· States shall appoint paymastcrs of the Heel: and engineers of the fleet in gg3e3Q_ °° the same manner and with the same rank and pay as fleet surgeons ; and Retgrodpay of the retired pay of surgeons, paymasters, engineers, and other stat? officers ¤¤rg¤y- in the navy shall be the same as that of the retired oincers of the line of m°SmS’ °‘ the navy with whom they have relative rank. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts which Repsulivg are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed “l“""‘ Ammovmn, April 21, 1864. April 21, 1864. C1-Lu·. LXIV.—-An Act to amend an Act for enmlling and calling out the National gorce;1 so as to increase the Rank, Pay, and Emoluments of the Provost-Marshal Vol.,xii.p.H'32. e"" ' Bc it enacted {gy the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the rank, pay, and emolrgjgfl uments of the provost-marshal general, authorized by section five of said g,,,m,,]_ act, shall be those of a brigadier-general. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- Repeaiing clause- consistent herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED, April 21, 1864. AP'-`U me 1864- CHAP. LXV. —A.n Act in change the Name of the District and Part of Presque Isle to the District and Port cy" Erie. ' District of Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pmque mg to States of America m Congress assembled, That the district of Presque be_kn¤wn as Isle, in the state of Pennsylvania, shall hereafter be known as the district E"°· 0; Erie, and the port of Presque Isle shall hereafter be known as the port 0 me. Armovnn, April 21, 1864. Gun;. LXVI.— An Actin Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act relating ta Foreign 1857, ch. 56, Oozns and the Coinqqe of Cents at the Mint of the United States," zppraved February Vol. xi. p. 163. twenty-one, eighteen hundred and jifZy·seven. Standard Be it enacted (gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,veigm’&c_, of States of _AmeMca m Congress assembled, That, from and after the pasthe cent. sage of this act, the standard weight of the cent coined at the mint of the United States shall be forty-eight grains, or one tenth of one ounce troy; pn:] said cent shall be composed of ninety-five per centum of copper, and we per centum of tin and zinc, in such proportions as shall be determined by the director of the mint; and there shall be from time to time struck Two-centpieces and coined at the mint a. two-cent piece, of the same composition, the Shape, devices, ou-nce troy, with no greater deviation than four grains to each piece of sm. sand cent and two·cent coms; and the shape, mottoes, and devices of sand
 * “IE‘2;§;I;°‘&c_ n:avy,” approved July sixteen, eighteen hundred and Sntty-two, shall have
 * °b° °°m°d— standard weight of which shall be ninety-six grains, or one fifth of 0116