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 38 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 45, 46. 1866. Allowance to Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the second section °*H°°" f°*` "°”* of an act entitled An act to regulate the pay of the navy of the United ggéuzzmgl  States, approved March three, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, as pro- Voli iv.·p. 967- hibits any allowance to any officer in the naval service for rent of quarters, or for furniture, or for lights, or fuel, or transporting baggage, and all acts Navy agents and parts of acts authorizing the appointment of navy agents, be, and the •l>01i¤b¤<i· same are hereby, repealed. _ _ _ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the examination of candidates Examinations for admission to the Naval Academy shall be held at such stated times as f°’ N*“’“l A°°d‘ the Secretary of the Navy may direct. °m,{',;,,,t,u,ti,, Sue. 6 And be it further enacted, That the office of assistant in Bu- Bureau of 9rd· reau of Ordnance be, and the same is hereby, abolished. · ""Q,‘;:::‘;l;:ligd‘ Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That hereafter no vacancy in the was ertplwres- grade of professor of mathematics in the navy shall be Hlled. . •}°¤'°fm¤ °¤°·'*· Sue. 8. And be it further enacted, That the act approved August thir- QQQQTN t° b° ty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for " surveys :m[d£·econnoissances, SurvsyofBsh· for naval and commercial purposes, of such parts of ehring’s Straits   of the north Pacific ocean, and of the China seas, as are frequented by md Chim, SJ,,,, American whale ships and by trading vessels in their routes between the l852.<=h·109,§2· United States and China," be, and the same is hereby, revived, and the v°l' x' P' m4` Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and required to recommence and continue surveys and reconnoissances in the Pacific ocean, not yet fully examined, by using such vessels, officers, crews, outfits, and supplies of the navy, as may be necessary and available for that service: Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of settling the Tramferofap accounts of disbursing ofheers of the navy, where payments for contingent E;`3i‘;":;:’;L':m expenses have been made from the appropriation for " the pay of the nagf digbuysing og; vy" prior to the passage of the act making appropriations for the fiscal Bw`- year eighteen hundred and sixty-three——four, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer from the appropriation for the pay of the navy to the appropriation for contingent, the sum of two hundred and forty-five thousand and nine hundred and four dollars and twelve cents. Approved, April 17, 1866. . CHAP. XLVI. —An A tas` ·= i¤¤» - H,.   Sm i,.   ¥33;’.i’L3‘7£°Z§“’SZ’L£§ pressing the Rebellion. Commissioners Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mziled ey, expended by passage of this act the President shall by and with the advice and cougtisgonpi for _ sent of · the Senate appoint three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to m";’mg;f:; $6 ascertain the amount of moneys expended by the State of Missouri, iu Rglimuion, enrolling, equipping, subsisting, and paying such State forces as have been called into service in said State since the twenty-fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to act in concert with the United States forces in the suppression of rebellion against the United States. And the Autpoxity of said commissioners shall be authorized and required to sit as a board "°m¥¤¤S$¤°¤6¥‘¤· at some place in the State of Missouri, and shall be authorized to call witnesses before them and examine them under oath. And said commis- Cl¢¤‘k· sioners shall be authorized to employ a clerk at a rate of compensation not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners so appointed shall proceed, subject to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Its? of ex- War, at once to examine all the items of expenditure made by said State gggrsintgglm b° for the purposes herein named, allowing only for disbursements made and w;,,,,,;,,,;,, ,1. amounts assumed by the State for enrolling, equipping, subsisting, and l<>*¤d~ paying such troops as were called into service by the governor, at the request of the United States department commander commanding the dis-
 * °m”::;’::*:}“m0n_ States of America in Congress assembled, That immediately after the