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 l<`IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Cris. 1370, 1371. 1906. 105 third, nineteen hundred and three, or autherized for any violation or breach of the rules of the said academy by the said rules, or, in cases of brutal or cruel hazing may, in addition to dismissal, sentence d{g¤l>¤l¤¤:,1!¤¢¤;*i¤,¤¤- such midshipman to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year: 1 on 0 ism M ' Provided, That such midshipman shall not be confined in a military or 1>rm·»;g0._ naval prison or elsewhere with men who have been convicted of crimes R““"°°‘°““‘ or misdemeanors; and such finding and sentence shall be subject to Review. review by the convening authority and by the Secretary of the Navy, as in the cases of other courts-martial. Sec. 4. That the offense of " hazing," as mentioned in this Act, shall ,€f,VSf,"j,€?,'},§Qf,‘j,'j§°*‘ consist of any unauthorized assumption of authority by one midship- ` man over another midshipman whereby the last—mentioned midshipman shall or may suffer or be exposed 'to· sufl`er any cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hardshi, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgment of apyé right, privilldge., or advantage to which he shall be legally entitle. Sec. 5. That it shall be the dut of every professor, assistant pro- b€*QgI{g§,gg°*”l°¤” fessor, academic officer, or an cadet officer or cadet petty officer, or ` instructor, as well as every other officer stationed at the United States Naval Academy, to promptly report to the superintendent thereof any fact which comes to his attention tending to indicate any violation by a midshipman or midshi men of any of the provisions of this Act or any violation of the regulations of the said academy. Any naval officer m};gr';*fg§5’,g:L *°*‘ attached to the academy who shall fail to make such reportasprovided in this section shall be tried by c0urt—martial for neglect of duty and if convicted he shall be dismissed from the service. Any civilian instructor attached to the academy who shall fail to make such report as provided in this section shall be dismissed by the superintendent of the academy upon the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect from the date of its approval, 1****- but no midshipman now connected with the United States Naval Academy shall, by reason of its enactment, be punished for any offense *’¤•>* °¤¤¤¤¤¤· heretofore committed otherwise than in pursuance of the sentence of a court—ma.rtial (if, by existing law, such sentence would be now necessary for such punishment) or punished more severely than is now by law allowed for any offense heretofore committed: Provided, That any  my .. . . . . . . s 3 waive midshipman now in said Naval Academy may waive his right to trial by i-gn: m com-m-mu-uu court—martial under existing law for any offense of hazing heretofore ‘ ’“· "‘°· committed and may accept punishment under the provisions of section two of this Act. Approved, April 9, 1906. GBA?. 1371.-An Act To authorize the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, AlE;il4*M9?6- to receive four three-and-six·tenths·iuch breech-loading field guns, carriages, cais- sons, limbers, and their pertaining equipment from the State of Connecticut. [Public, 1%.88.] Be it enacted by the Senate and [I02t9e of Representat5vee of the United States of America in Oongreas assembled, That the Chief of Ordnance, ggggcmmtmym United States Army, is hereby authorized and empowered to receive tum new zuusew. back from the State of Connecticut the four three—a.nd—six-tenths-inch breech-loading field guns, carriages, caissons, limbers, and their pertaining material, which were sold to the State by the Ordnance De rtment for the sum of twelve thousand four hundred and five dollliars and eight cents on July twentieth, nineteen hundred and one. _ Sno, 2. That no part of the value of this material shall be paid to w§§$*,?,‘}{{§‘,§‘,$‘°“"°“ the State of Connecticut, but the whole amount received from the sale thereof to the State shall stand as a credit to the quota of the State, the same as though allotted from the annual appropriations under the