Civil establish- thousand four hundred dollars each; in all, eight thousand seven hundred dollars. ment at navyyard at Washington; Norfolk; Pensacola; Mare Island. Right to use certain patents. Bureau of At the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For draughtsman to naval constructor, one thousand four hundred dollars; clerk to naval constructor and clerk of storehouses, inspector of timber and timeclerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, six thousand two hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For draughtsman to naval constructor and clerk of storehouses, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand dollars. At the navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For clerk of storehouses, one thousand four hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For draughtsman to naval constructor, one thousand four hundred dollars; inspector of timber, clerk of storehouses, clerk to naval constructor, superintendent of floating-dock, and time-clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, eight thousand nine hundred dollars. For the purchase of a license to use in all the works of the United States Gorman and Siegfried's process of tempering steel for the term of their patents, ten thousand dollars; and for the purchase of the right to manufacture and use, on government vessels, the Emery and Cheney patent elastic chain-stopper and surge-reliever, twelve thousand dollars. Bureau of Steam Engineering. For repairs and preservation of steam-engineer- machinery and boilers on naval vessels, one million one hundred thousand ing. dollars. Repairs, &c., of machinery. Civil establishment at navyyard at Kittery; Charlestown; Brooklyn; Philadelphia; Washington; Norfolk; Pensacola. For fitting, repair, and preservation of yard machinery and tools, fifty thousand dollars. For labor in navy-yards and stations, not before included, and incidental expenses, one hundred thousand dollars. For purchase and preservation of oils, coal, iron, and all materials and stores, four hundred thousand dollars. Civil establishment at the navy-yard, Kittery, Maine: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For clerk of storehouses, one thousand two hundred dollars. At the navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to chief engineer and store-clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and time-clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. Civil establish ment at navy- Naval Academy. For pay of professors and others: One professor of Naval acadmathematics, two thousand five hundred dollars; four professors, namely, emy. of mathematics (assistant), of French, of chemistry, and of ethics and English studies, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; twelve as- Pay of professistant professors, namely, four of French, one of Spanish, three of ethics sors, assistants, teachers, &c.; and English studies, one of mathematics, one of astronomy, and two of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword-master, at one thousand two hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks to superintendent, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, one at one thousand dollars, and one at eight hundred dollars; clerk to commandant of midshipmen and clerk to paymaster, at one thousand dollars each; apothecary, seven hundred and fifty dollars; commissary, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; messenger to superintendent, six hundred dollars; cook, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; armorer, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; quarter-gunner, four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; gunner's-mate, four hundred and sixtynine dollars and fifty cents; cockswain, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; three seamen, in departments of seamanship, at three hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents each; band-master, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; eighteen first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; two drummers and one fifer (first-class), at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; in all, fifty-eight thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars. For pay of watchmen and others, thirty thousand six hundred and fiftynine dollars and fifty cents. For pay of mechanics and others, seventeen thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-five cents. For pay of employees in the department of steam-enginery, for machinists, boiler-makers, and others, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. watchmen, mechanics, and laborers. For repairs and improvements of public buildings, and for repairing Public buildthe wall inclosing the grounds of the academy, fourteen thousand ings. dollars. For contingent expenses, sixty-four thousand dollars: Provided, That Graduates of graduates of the Naval Academy shall take rank according to their pro- naval academy. ficiency as shown by their order of merit at date of graduation. Marine Corps. For pay and subsistence of officers of the marine corps, and for pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, and others of the corps, six hundred and seventy-eight thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars. For provisions, one hundred and twenty-six thousand five hundred and one dollars and seventy cents. For clothing, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. Marine corps. sistence. Provisions. Clothing. Fuel. For fuel, thirty thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars. For military stores, namely: For pay of mechanics, repair of arms, Military stores. purchase of accoutrements, ordnance stores, flags, drums, fifes, and other instruments, ten thousand dollars. For transportation of officers, and their servants, and troops, and for expenses of recruiting, twelve thousand dollars. For repairs of barracks, and rent of offices, where there are no public buildings, ten thousand dollars. Transportation and recruiting. Barracks and rent of offices. Forage. Hire of quarters. Contingent expenses. No part for naval engines. Secretary of navy may sell, &c., certain vessels and materials. tisement. For forage for horses belonging to field and staff officers, six thousand dollars. For hire of quarters for officers where there are no public quarters, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. For contingencies, namely: Freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; wharfage; purchase and repair of boats; labor; burial of deceased marines; printing, stationery, telegraphing; apprehension of deserters; oil, candles, gas; repairs of gas and water fixtures; water-rent, forage, barrack furniture; furniture for officers' quarters; bed-sacks, wrapping-paper, oil-cloth, crash, rope, twine, spades, shovels, axes, picks, carpenters' tools; repairs to fire-engines; purchase and repair of engine-hose; purchase of lumber for benches, messtables, bunks; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; purchase and repair of hand-carts and wheelbarrows; scavengering; purchase and repair of galleys, cooking-stoves, ranges, stoves where there are no grates; gravel for parade-grounds; repair of pumps; brushes, brooms, buckets, paving, and for other purposes, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no money appropriated by this act shall be expended on account of naval engines contracted for during the war. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to sell, at public sale, such vessels and materials of the United States navy as in his judgment cannot be advantageously used, repaired, or fitted out: Provided, That before any such sale shall be made, public notice Public adver- shall be given by advertisement in some leading newspaper or newspapers in at least four of the principal cities of the United States, which advertisement shall state the number of vessels and the amount of materials proposed to be sold, with a description thereof so far as the same shall be practicable, together with the time and place when and where such vessels and materials Report to Con- can be seen and examined. And the Secretary of the Navy shall, at the opening of each session of Congress, make a full report to Congress of his acts under the authority given by this section, which report shall contain a statement of all vessels and materials sold, the parties buying the same, and the amount realized therefrom, together with such other facts as may be necessary to a full understanding of his acts; and the total amount received on such sales shall be covered into the United States treasury: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed as compelling the Secretary of the Navy to accept any bid or offer which in his judgment is grossly inadequate to the value of the vessel or materials offered for sale. APPROVED, May 23, 1872. gress. Grossly inade quate bids need not be accepted. May 23, 1872. Military CHAP. CXCVI.- An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and academy appro- the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not priation. otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, viz.: For additional pay of officers, and for pay of instructors, cadets, and musicians, two hundred and twenty-two thousand nine hundred and thirtyseven dollars and fifty cents. For repairs and improvements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wall-strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, nails, screws, locks, butts, hinges, glass, paint, turpentine, oils, bricks, lime, cement, plaster, hair, blasting-powder, fuses, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of citizen-mechanics employed upon repairs that cannot be done by enlisted men, eight thousand dollars. For fuel and apparatus, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges, firebricks, and repairs, fourteen thousand dollars. 1 For gas-pipes, gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, six hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets' mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand five hundred dollars. For postage and telegrams, two hundred dollars. For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, wax, and ink, five hundred dollars. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, one thousand two hundred dollars. For printing-type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates, registers, and blanks, seven hundred dollars. For compensation of lithographer, one hundred dollars. For clerk to disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For clerk to adjutant, one thousand five hundred dollars. For clerk to treasurer, one thousand five hundred dollars. For department of instruction in mathematics, viz.: For plane-table, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; repairs of instruments, thirty dollars; text-books and stationery for instructors, twenty dollars. Gas-pipes, &c. Fuel. Postage, &c. Stationery. Transportation Departments of instruction. Mathematics. For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, viz.: For tan- Tactics. bark for riding-hall and gymnasium, one hundred and fifty dollars; stationery for assistant instructors, one hundred dollars; guidons, marker-flags, camp-colors, and embroidering colors for caps of cadets, fifty dollars; repairing camp-stools, tents, and furniture, five hundred dollars; foils, masks, gloves, and repairs for fencing, two hundred dollars. For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps, Engineering. repairs of instruments, and text-books and stationery for use of instructors, five hundred dollars. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For chrono- Natural, &c., graph for observatory, one thousand dollars; two sextants, three hundred philosophy. dollars; surveyor's transit, two hundred and fifty dollars; barometer, fifty dollars; repairs and contingencies, five hundred dollars; compensation to attendant, fifty dollars. For department of drawing: For Turner's Liber-studiorum for the use of the second class, one hundred and twenty dollars; topographical models, architectural models and ornaments, and models of machines, for the use of the third class, one hundred dollars; colors, brushes, pencils, and papers, for the use of instructors, ten dollars. Drawing. For department of law and ethics: For books of reference, text-books, Law and and stationery, for the use of instructors, one hundred dollars. For department of French: For text-books and stationery, for the use ethics. French. of instructors, fifty dollars. For department of Spanish: For text-books and stationery, for the use of instructors, fifty dollars. Spanish. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals, Chemistry, including chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, and &c. sheet-metal, five hundred and fifty dollars; material for practical instruction in photography, two hundred dollars; rough specimens, files, alcohol, lamps, blow-pipes, pencils, and agate mortars, for practical instruction in mineralogy and geology, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; fossils illustrating the different rock formations, for daily use in section-rooms, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; gradual increase of the cabinet, five hundred dollars; repairs and improvements in electric, galvanic, magnetic, electro-magnetic, and magneto-electric apparatus, four hundred and fifty dollars; repairs and additions to pneumatic and thermic apparatus, one hundred and fifty dollars; improved adjustable electric lamp, one hundred and fifty dollars; carpenters' and metal work, and materials for the same, sixty-five dollars; improved binocular microscope, complete, three hundred dollars; diagrams illustrating chemical and geological phenomena, one hundred and twenty-five Chemistry, &c. dollars; mechanics' tools, twenty dollars; pay of mechanics, to be employed in chemical and geological section-rooms and in the lecture-room, one thousand and fifty dollars; for bringing steam directly to chemical rooms, and for chemical and mechanical operations, two hundred and seventy dollars; steam cylinder and piston, five hundred dollars; setting up Ludd's dynamomagnetic electric machine, one hundred dollars; replastering and painting section-rooms, one hundred and twenty dollars; reflooring lecture-room, eighty dollars; covering floor of mineralogical section-room, one hundred and ten dollars; compensation to attendant, fifty dollars. Practical engineering. Ordnance and gunnery. Board of visitors. Miscellaneous and contingent. Losses of cadets by fire. Roads and paths. Coal-house. For department of practical engineering: For ten box-compasses, fifty dollars; repairs of instruments, twenty-five dollars; lumber for profiling, tracting-tapes, and turpentine, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For department of ordnance and gunnery: For building sink, repairing and pointing walls, and for new doors, five hundred dollars. For expenses of the board of visitors, five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses: For gas, coal-oil, for lighting the academy, cadet barracks, mess-hall, hospital offices, stable, and inside walks, four thousand dollars; water-pipes, plumbing, and repairs, two thousand dollars; cleaning public buildings (not quarters), five hundred and sixty dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, and cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayons, sponge, and slates for recitation-rooms, one hundred dollars; compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars; compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; compensation of non-commissioned officer in charge of mechanics, fifty dollars; compensation of soldier writing in adjutant's office, fifty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus, cadet barracks, chapel, and philosophical academy, including the library, one thousand five hundred dollars; pay of assistant of same, seven hundred and twenty dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand two hundred dollars; increase and expense of the library, books, magazines, periodicals, and binding, two thousand dollars. For reimbursing cadets for losses incurred by their efforts in extinguishing a fire in their barracks, in the year eighteen hundred and seventyone, six thousand eight hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-two cents. For pay of librarian's assistant, one thousand dollars. For contingencies for superintendent of the academy, one thousand dollars. For furniture for cadet hospital, one hundred dollars. For repairing and opening roads and paths, two thousand five hundred dollars. For ice-house and an additional store-room and servants' room, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For coal-house, five thousand dollars. For re-covering south wharf, two thousand five hundred dollars. May 23, 1872. CHAP. CXCVII. from what ap -An Act defining and limiting the Appropriation of certain Moneys for the Preparation, Issue, and Reissue of the Securities of the United States, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Expenses of the issue, &c., of States of America in Congress assembled, That the expenses of the issue, public securities, reissue, transfer, delivery, redemption, and destruction of securities, legal&c., to be paid tender notes, fractional currency, checks, certificates, commissions, and propriation, and for any plate and seal engraving and printing required by the Treasury Department, shall be paid from and shall not exceed the appropriation of one per centum of the amount of legal-tender notes, fractional currency and securities issued during each fiscal year: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to increase or enlarge the appropriation contained in the second section of the act entitled "An act not to exceed, &c. § 2. 1870, ch. 256, Vol. xvi. p. 272. |