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BY AUTHORITY. -
Acts and Resolutions passed the First Session
of the Thirtieth Congress
: Pcblic No. 121. ' "
n Act makintr appropriations tor the naval service
for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thou
sand eisrht' hundred and forty-nine.
Sec. 1. Be il enacted bu the Senate and House of
licpresentahves of the Untied States of America tn C-on-
press assembled, -That the following sums be appro
priated tor the naval service ior ine yearenouig juub
thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine,
or.t of anv unappropriated money, in. the treasury, in
aifJition to the sum of one million five hundred thou-
anA dollars of the unexpended balances of former
annrrmrintions for the naval service.-. The remainder
of such unexpenuea oaiances, aiier usuuckiw me
' 1 . iii i i. 1 1 -i
Mid sum of one million h?e hundred thousand dol
lars, to be carried to the surplus fund.
For pav of commission, warrant; and petty officers,
and seamen, including the engineer corps of the navy,
.... 1 1 1 1 4 . I 1
two muttons one nunarea ana eigmy-mne mousana
two hundred and eleven dollars.
For the pay of the superintendent of the JNaval
Observatory at Washington city, who shall be acap-
urn. commanuer. or ueuienan n me navy, inree
thousand dollars, which shall be the salary per annum
of said superintendent. And the provision in the act
entitled " An act making appropriations ior the naval
serv ice for trift1 year ending- the thirtieth of June, one
thousand eirut hundred and forty-eight,"- which is
in these words, viz: including three thousand del
hirs for pay of the superintendent, who shall be either
a eaDtain. commander, or ueuienam in me navy,
shall be construed to apply to the supenntenaeni or
snid Naval Observatory, and shall take -eneet lrom
and after the passaee of that act.
For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, ana
all the civil establishments at the severaL navy yards,
spventr-four thousand two hundred and twenty dol
For provisions for commissicn, warrant,.and petty
orhcers, and seameq,, inciuai n-: engineers puu. ma
rines, attached tor vesseU lof -sca-scrvicewx hunarea
- T J: :t.'.i..c-JJ
ana seventy-seven moasiiuu eigm uuhuicu hu sixij
dollars. ' ' .-:.-: -:,- -
For surgeons Becessaries--and appuaaces for the
skk and hurt of tle navy, including thescfariuacbrps,
twenty-eight thousand aye. hunureaoiiars.. .?
For increase', repair, af mamentj-a-nd eripraetif for
the navy, including wear ana iear or vessel meom
mission, coal tor; steamers, purcnasept nerap, sum
nnp mil linn two hundred thousand dollars lor com-
pletinor four first-class steamers, tvrti millions five
hundred and -thirtyXtoa thousand tfour htfndred and
r j !!... . . n
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including inci
dental expenses, two hundred and eighteen thousand
For nautical booksmapschatrts, instruments, bind
ing and repairing the, same, and . all expenses of .the
hydrographical office, thirty-five, thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of the'Navf is hereby directed to
expend five thousand dollarsJpr so much thereof as
may be necessary;' in causing the observations .to be
made which, have been recenUy, recommended Jo him
by the American Philosophical Society and the Acad
emy ot Arts and Sciences. , . f .
For contingent expenses that may accrue 'for -the
following purposes; via i . freight and transportation ;
printing am stationery ; advertising in newspapers;
books,maps,, models, and drawings ; purchase and
repair of fire engines apd machinery. ; repair bf and
attending on steam engines in yards ; trchase -and
support of horsesand oxen, and driving teams; carts,
timber wheels,' and the purchase ana repair, oi work
men's tools; postage of-'public letters; furniture for
government houses ;' fuel, oil, and candles for navy
yards and shore stations; cleaning and clearing-irp
yards; watchmen and incidental labor'not chargeable
to any other, appropriation ; jaoor aitenfling xne ae
liverv of . storesnd supplies on foreign stations ;
wharfage,' dockage, and rent; travelling expenses of
officers; funeral expenses; store and omce rent; sta
tionery and fuel to navy agents and storekeepers ;
flags, awnings, and packing boxes ; premiums and
other expenses of recruiting ;.apprehending deserters ;
per diem pay to persons attending courts-martial,
and courts of inquiry, or other service authorized by
law ; pay to judge advocates ; pilotage and towage
of vessels; assistance rendered to vessels in distress ;
seven hundred thousand dollars.! And the Secretary
of the Navy -is- hereby, authorized, trorja the sum
aforesaid, without further notice or advertisement,
out of the appropriation for provisions, to purchase,
at bis discretion,, a sufficient quaniiiy oi nour anu
corn-meal prepared and dried by the process and
machinery invented by J.-'R. Stafford,' of Ohio, to be
sent to different naval stations- to test, its capacity to
resist the influence of. time and climate,,and to ascer-
tain what advantagetbera may De in imrouucing me
use of the same for the navy.
For the transportation 'of ' the 'United -States mail
between New York and Liverpool between New
York and New Orleans, and Havana-and Chagres,
and between Panama and Astoria, under the act of
the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven
eibt hundred and seventy-four thousand six hundred
dollars. And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby
directed to advance to the' contractors for said service,
or to their assignees, for the purpose of enabling them
to finish the steamshiDS. contracted! for under their
respective contracts, the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars per month on-each of said ships, after such
ship shall have be.en launched ; but, the money so
advanced under anv one of said contracts shall not
exceed the amount of one year's compensation stipj
mated for in such contract, to be secured, in all cases
y a hen ort said ships-, in' such manner 'as the ec
retary of the Navy may require; ? and the money so
advanced shall be faithfully expftdeu-innnreningsaia
ships to the satisfaction of the-Secretary of the Navy I
and comDensation"6h 'the contract from Panama to
Astoria shall commence from the time the ships are
ready for service, and placed at the disposal of the
united States; the said annual compensation, now-
e?er, not to commence until' first October, eighteen
hundred and forty-eight: Provided, .-That the contrac-
l'Jr ior the line from Panama to Astoria, as me con-
ition of this advance, be reauired to stop and deliver
and take mail nt San T)iffro. San Francisco, and
Monterev. in Halifr.Tnia. 4f rp.n nire'd 'so to. do by the
'ecretary of the Navy, with the concurrence of the
1 ostmaster General : And provided further That, in
consideration of the foretroing advance the line of
-tuners provided in the contract witn a. oioo ,
,gf' i '-';-;2
"'i .ii.i ;o i.i.r.;. oj
shall stop,' going and retniiiing,, at' Charleston," if
practitable, and "Savannah: e V'1' ,Jf'"."' ' ' '.'
. i For contingent expenses for objects not hereinbe
fpre enUQijerated, two thousand dollarst ' , i;.--'i
I. vTo. pay ?arparages,tf due !tfor . gradmg Uniyersi,ty
square, and other "expenses', for the " construction ,of
the: depot ' for charts arid instruments, being a reap--propriation
in; part of a sum carried ; to the surplus
i"und, -heretofore:, appropriated for that, purpose,-ten
thousand fortvthree. dollars, and. seventy-seven cents,.
For furnishing the marine hospital building at New
Orleans, seveir thousand five hundred dollars. Ji 1
For metebrological obselvations,' to' be conduct
ed. under the,4reoUon.of the Seci'etary of tbeiNavy,
two thousand dollars.. ..r, . : ! ..;i!tjs1
'" For the establishment of a depot for naval'stpres,
"which !the Secretary of the Navy is ; hereby lequired
to caose to be located" at or near the city of New
Orleans, twenty fth,0HS&nd dollars. : : :
For the construction, .extension, and completion
of the following objects, and for the current repairs
at the7-several navy yards,-viz:' ' ' ' '
: , : ; : At Pobtsmodth. !'- ; - r -1 -
; For completing quay, '.wall and wharf, and iwharf
i-'il w '.ij-.'ifi-iMoiT-
number one ; . wall west side ot atun-nouse numoer
foiir, fcand filling in; timber shed opposite "number
"seven, and addition to smithery It brick 'powder
rnawazino,' enffine, fixtures, &c, for blowinj-fires to-
. fierce s ; and for repairs of all. kinds,, fifty thousand
five hundred and fifty-one dollars. . -
" '" ' At Bostox.
For timber shed number thirty-seven,1 and ' pier
wharf at ansrle number fiftv-nine; coat-house near
drv-dock, -and pier wharf in rear of carpenter's and
joiner's shop ; for eight knee'-rBocks, and tracks for
siowage or guns in gun pane; ror compieung uock.
barn ; and repairs of all kinds, ninety-seven thousand
three hundred and fifty-one dollars. -'
. At; New York, i ,; j. ,. :
For iron and copper store, cooperage, cob wharf,
and filling in timber pond ; dredging channels and
wharf in front of hospital lands; steam engine in
smithery, steam pipes, &c, " and cistern for each re
servoir ; paving and .flagging, and granite skids, and
platforms . for cannon, and for .repairs of all kinds,
one hundred and six thousand dollars.
For the dry-dock three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For the purchase by the Secretary .of the Navy of
the Jand, above and under, water, hounded. by Hush
ing ave'nue, in the city of Brooklyn, in the State of
New York, the United States navy yard, hospital
-grounds, and the Wallabout bay to the channel, two
hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars ; Prvided,
That no part of said sum of money shall be applied
to the payment of the' purchase money until a good
and perfect title is secured to the United States for
the said latid and its' appurtenances'.' y- '
;' ' " ' : . At PniLADELPirfA. " " '
! For removing and extending snip-house ;G; com
pleting u harf number two ;. dredgmg machine ; and
repairs of all, kinds, fourteen thousand five hundred
dollars.'' ' '' .....
- At Washington. ! : '
For chain-cable forges, and fitting up a part of
number eleven for a boiler shop; steam hammer for
smith s si
hop, and alteration in hydraulic proving ma
chine converting joiner's shop in number twelve to
mould loft, and steam hammer in place of old tilt
hammer; ordnance workshops, and extending brass
foundry; extending; blacksmith's shop and iron store
under N, and finishing shop for smithery ; convert
ing old foundry into stables, and for repairs' of all
kinds, thirty-two thousand four hundred and' eight
een dollars. ' ' j ..-"'
V-y:-, : ! - .,.' At NoRTOLK. i .. '' ' ' '
J For the extension ;of quay walls ? completing slip
fortvreiffht,and for the storehouse "namberirtneteen $
brick. Btables' steam: hammer and. engine; culvert
drill -press ; punching -machine and cutting , shears,
and foe: repairs of all kinds, one hundred and forty-
four thousand one hundred and thirty -six dollars.
... At. Pessacola. :
- For two third-class officer's houses; completing
timber , shed number twenty-six ; dredge machine
scows ; .lour-' warrant officer's houses, and guard
house; coal house v paint shop and rail tracks ; per
manent wharf;: drain. in rear of officer's quarters;
wharf and. rail tracks in front of storehouse number
twenty six ; pavinsr, jrrading, planting trees arid lev
elling, and for repairs of all kinds, one hundred and
fifty-nine thousand six hundred and twenty-nve dol
lars..; .. : n-.'-tti-A ' ' "
For construction, in party of a new timber shed at
said : navy yard, nTty thousand dollars. ;
for payment ot such Arrearages as the secretory
of the Navy may in law. and equity decide to be due;
to Jerrison and Foster, seven thousand dollars.''
;-r'u" At j Memphis. :
For completing commandant's house: and store
house; tarring-house ; engine and machinery for saw
mill ; timber shed, and boat builder's shop, and wall
to enclose yard ; embankment and excavations $ ma
chinery for ropewalk, and for repairs of all kinds, one
hundred .and. seventy-four thousaad and thirtyeight
dollars...: , -: ' ; ' " ''
n - - - At ;Sackett's Harbor;
For the completion of officers' quarters, and for re-'
pairs--of all kinds, two .thousand dollars. ,. .
. f OB H0SPITAJ.S, VIZ I .
At Boston. For fepairing hospital buildings and
dependencies, fences and furnaces, painting, glazing,
and whitewashing,: two thousand eight hundred dol
lars. . V ' , ' . :' : -
For the completion ot the marine nospiiais now
building, viz ; At Pittsburg, ten thousand dollars; at
Cleveland; ten thousand dollars ; at Louisville, ten
thousand dollars.'
For the purpose of erecting marine hospitals on the
sites owned by the United States, at the following
places, viz ; - i
At St. Louis, ten thousand dollars ; at Natchez,
ten thousand'-dollars ; at Paducah, ten thousand dol-
ars - '' :-'
At Napoleon, Arkansas, fso soon as the govern
ment title to. the site selected and purchased shall be
perfected,' ten thousand .dollars.
Also for the construction of a marine hospital ori
such site as shall be selected by the Secretary of the
Trersury, on the lands owned by the United States
at Chicago, ten thousad dollars. .. ;-
' At New York, r or purchase .trom the city oi
New York of water front to' hospital lands ; for sur
geon's house; paving,' guttering, and completing
sewer, and for current , repairs, twenty thousand and
fifty-seven dollars.
At Washington. For current repairs, one hundred
dollars. , u
' At Norfolk. ' For repairs of galleries,1 cells ; bath
house, fence-,-ad suTgeon's house, one thousand fbur
hundred dollars ; .and for. making necessary repairs
for the marine.hpspital at Norfolk, sixteen hundred
dollars . . ,..;. .
At "Pensacola. For bricking , tfp ponds and drain,
repairs to hospital, and for current repairs, six thou
sand three hundred and aeYenty-eight dollars : ;
At Rlqbile. . For necessary, repairs of . the-ynarine
hospital one thousand and .ninety dollars. "
- - ;-svj -For Magazines, viz.'1' , '
. AtBotorY, five hundred dollars'.- - --At
New ;York,-five hundred dollars. ( , .. i.
At Washington, two hundred, dollars.
At Norfolk, one thcusand nine hundred and thirty
eight dollars. . ,. . ) :. i
- - ' Marine C6rP3.'-;".'-;' J
-For pay of orfioers, -non-com missioned bfB"cers,:mu
ftirirtris. Drivates; arid r servants serving, on shore,
subsistence of offiqers, and pay for undrawn cjothing,
two hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars. ;
For provisions tor marines, serving on shore, sixty
thousand dollars.' - ... . i . ' '
For clothing, eighty-ono tbcusand lour hundred
and ninetr-two dollars.
For fuel,- eleven thousand three hundred and tlnrty-
four dollars. . .
For military stores, repair ot arms pay ot armor-
ers, ' accouiTemeniSj oruimnii na., uiuuis,
fifesand musical instruments, eight thousand dollars.
For transportation of officers and troops, ' and for
T 'if-':!.!
'expenses' of recruiting,1 twelve thousand dollars."'
--.For c6ntirigences;-vi . Mr-
l : Freight,' ferriage, toll, cartage, wharifage,1 eomperi
sation to judges-advocate, per diem' for'.'atteriding
courts-martial j courts of inquiry and forconstant-la-bor
; houeie-rent, in lieu of quarters; burial f deceas
ed marihesrf ' 'printing, : BtatiohaTy, forage, ' postage.
pursuit of deserters ; 'earidles, ' oil straw,1 furniture,
bed sacks, - spades, axes,' shovels, picks, carperiters,
tools f keep of a'horse for messenger, pay of the mat
ron, washerwoman. ; and porter at hospital headqoar
ters, twenty-two thousand dollars' !I ' - 1 ' '
For the Relief tind protection of American seamen
in foreign counties, further to supplydeficierjcie in
appropriations jnade'folr the service of the fiscal year
ending thirtieth' June, eighteen hundred and lorty
eighth twenty thouSand'dollars;" - ; '
'; Sec. 2'. And be it further knaeted, That the sum of
seventeen thousand and three nunorea dollars De,ana
the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money
iri the treasury not otherwise' appropriated, tor lm
"provements and repairs at the naVal school t Annap
olis, to be expended as follows : For enclosing the
grounds embraced in the new purchase, repainng the
house thereon, docking; grading, and improving the.
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groupas, six mousana eigni nunarea aoirars.'
" For repairing arid tinning superintendent's house,
Xfiie thousand five hundred dollars.' ;' -'For
building an arsenal, five hundred dollars
: For raising the row of houses occupied by profes
sors, one story, six thousand dollars.
For completing mess-room and lyceum, five hun
dred ' dollars. : '
For painting outside of houses, and other necessa
ry repairs, one thousand five hundred. dollars. '
For fire .engines and apparatus, complete, five huri-
dred dollars. '- ' ' ' 5 ' ' ! '
--' Sec. 3. And be - il ' further enacted, That in execu
tion of the act approved March third," eighteen hun
dred and forty-seven, making appropriations for the
naval service, &c., directing among other things the
construction of floating dry-docks at the navy-jards
at Philadelphia, Pensacolaarid Kittery, and in pursu
ance of the reports in favor of the two plans herein
after named as best adapted to naval purposes, made
by a board of officers appointed to examine all the
plans, and by the Bureau of Yards, and Docks, the
Secretary-of the Navy is hereby directed" forthwith
to enter into a contract with Samuel D. Dakin and
Rutherford - Moody, for the 'complete construction,
within a reasonable-' time trom the date ot the con
tract, of a ' sectional floating dry-dock,' basin,' and
railways, at the navyryard at Philadelphia, accord
ing to the plan and specifications submitted by them
to the Navy Department; and! also 'to enter into a
contract with John S. Gilbert' and Zono Secor, for
the complete construction, within- a reasonable time
from the date of the contract, of a balance floating
dry-dock, basin, and rail ways, -at' the navy-yard at
Fensacola, according- to the plan and specifications
submitted by them to the Navy.-Department; and
also to enter into contract with one .or the other of
the respective' parties above-named, for the complete
construction, vithin a reasonable time from, the date
of the contract, at the navy-yard at Kittery, of a float-
inr dry-dock,' hasin, and railways, upon either or the
above-named plans that the said Secretary may prefer
as best adapted. to aid yard ; .the said works at each
yard to be of the largest dimensions proposed in said
plans and specifications r Provided, That in each
case'such contract -can be made at prices that shall
not exceed by more than-ten per cent, the priees
which have been submitted by either of the said pro
prietbrs to the Nvy Department for a floating dry
dock on either of said, plans, and for the basins and
railways, of the dimensions aforesaid, aj any ot the
said navy-yards: And provided further. That the
said Secretary shall also, by further contract with.
8a id parties, enlarge the dimensions of said-works at
each yard to a capacity sufficient for 'docking war
steamers "of the largest class, at least .three hundred
and fifty feet in length; if the dimensionsaboye men
tioned should not be found adequate for that purpose.
. Sec. 4. And be . -it further enacted, tTbat the sura
of four hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropri
ated, towards said works from any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, which sum,, together
with the sums that remain unexpended of the appro
priations made by said act of March third, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven, for floating dry-docks at the
three, navy -yards aforesaid, shall be applied towards,
the payments to be provided for in the said contracts,
and. be equally divided between the said contracts for
the said works at the three navy-yards aforesaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That hereafter
the amount of money commutation allowed bylaw in
lieu of the spirit ration 6hall be increased to four
cents. ' .",'"'
Sec. 6. And be ft' further enacted, That when hy
master in the navy, or passed midshipman, holding
an acting appointment as master from the Secretary
of the Navy, has performed, or shall hereafter per
form the duty of a lieutenant, under an order 'of the
commander of the vessel to which he 'was or shall
be at the time attached, to supply a deficiency in the
established complement of lieutenants of said ves
sels, whether belonging to a squadron or on separate
service, which order shall have been subsequently ap'-'
proved by the Secretary of the Navy, shall be auqwep
the pay of a master for the period or periods during
which he shall have performed such duty: ;-
' Sec. 7. And be if further enacted, That in calcula
ting for the pay of surgeOris In the navy, hereafter,
the time upon the graduated scale ' of pay shall be
reckoned from their original entry, into the service.
Sec. 8. And be it ' further enacted, That the Secre
tary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to
report to Congress, at the cormnencement of the next
session, the number of persons in the naval service
flogged in eaeh ot the years eighteen hundred and
forty-six and eigHteen hundred and forty-seven, spe-
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citying tne name or me snip, me onence, me sen
tence, and the number of lashes inflicted; and it
shall be his duty to make a? -similar report for each
year thereafter. '
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That, on the ap
plication of the Secretary of the Navy, the President
of the United estates be authorized, when, in his
opinion, the contingencies of the public service may
require it, to transfer any portion of the sum of one
. 4 1 . I I 1- II 4 1
million hve hunarea tnousana aonars ot unexpenaea
balances of former appropriations, mentioned m
the first section of this act, from one head of appro
priation to any other head of the appropriations made
for the naval service; and in all cases of such trans
fer, a Special account ofthe moneys transferred, and
their application, shall be laid before Congress at
each session, previous to its adjournmerit.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall
bc'thC'dqty of the Postmaster General, under the
directiorf'of the President, to cause the net receipts
of postages collected on theseveral lines of steamers
from New York to Liverpool, from New York to
Chagres,' and from Panama to some point in the Ter
ritory of Oregon, stipulated for in contracts ' made
with the Secretary-' of the Navy, to be deposited in
the treasury to the credit of the appropriation for the
annual compensation for the service to be rendered
under 'said contracts, of ! otherwise apply the said
postages in payment of the said annual compensation.
' Sec. 11. And be it further, enacted, That' so much iof
the proviso of the act of third of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and forty-three, entitled "An
aetmaking' appropriations for theimaval Iservico-'for
the half calendar year beginning the first of Janua
ry, and ending the: thirtieth 'of June one- thousand J
eight hundred, and forty-four," &c., as requires that
materials of! every name and nature for me . nse-of
the navy be furnished by .contract .with: .the lowest
bidder,' be,' and the same is hereby, so-' far modified,
that it shall be lawful for tho.Secretary of the Navy,
hereafter, to enter into contract for .tobacco, from time
td-time, as the service requires, for a period not. ex-,
ceeeding four years; and. in making such contracts,
hft shalfnot be restricted to the lowest bidder, unless,
in his opinion, economy and the best interests of the
service will be-thereby promoted,
Sec. 12- And be it further enacted. That the num-
ber of professors of mathematics in the navy shall
ffi'ffi'l
u -'.,ti.' it.it ;tV fM.w--5:n ii -n ':i; a -!
l-n&t exceed' twelve ;' that theytshall be appointed and
commissioned by. the President of the United States;
by and whh the ad icej land consent of the' .Senate,
-arid shall perform each duties as may be assigned them
by order of the cecretary -of the Javy, at the Naval
School the Observatory, and on board 6hips-owarj
in instructing the midshipmen of the navy, or other
wise; That when on duty, the pay of a professor of
mathematics shall be at the rate of fifteen hundred
dollars per annum, with a ration; and when, on leave
of absence ot-waiting orders! the pay shall be at the
rate of eight hundred dollars per annum. .i-S::rt
Sec. 13. And be it further tnacled, That 'the Seere-I
tary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to
eause persons, in the naval service or marine corps,
who shall become insane while in the service, to be
E laced in -such lunatic hospital as in his opinion will
e most convenient and best calculated to promise a
restoration. of reason; and that in addition to the
pay. which may. from time to time be idue to such
person, he may, from the annual appropriation for the
naval service, under the head ef contingent enumer
ated, pay any, deficiency of-a reasonable: expense ;
providedythat in each case it does, not exceed one
hundred dollars per annum. m lii i v-'t
Sec. 14. And be -it. further enacted,-Th?A the provi
so of the act of August'ibOrtb,"eighteen hundred and
forty-two, lumttag the jaumber ot officers of the navy
of the grade of midshipmen to the number that were
: ; .u c . .i r t ..
in service on the first day of January, eighteen hun-1
dred and forty-one, be, and. is hereby, so modified
to authorize the appointment of officers of that grade,
to the number of four hundred and sixty-four: Pro
vided, That the appointments" shall be made accord
ing to the directions of the fifth section of the feet ap
proved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five,
entitled "An act making appropropriations for ;the
naval service for the year ending thirtieth June, eigh
teen hundred and forty-six ;" and in appointing from
each State, hereafter, its proportion of officers of that
grade, the appointments shall be apportioned as near
ly as practicable, equally among the several Congres
sional districts therein; - ' tf i '; i '
Sec 15.- And be it further enacted, That from anH
after the passage of this act, the annual pay of boat
swain, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers at the
navy-yard, at Pensacola ; shall be the same as now
allowed by law to the forward warrant officers at the
navy-yards at Boston, New York, and Norfolk.
: Sec 16. And bd it further enacted, That the re
striction established by the fourth section of the act
approved March third, .eighteen hundred and torty
five, whereby no more, than one hundred and eighty
passed midshipmen, and those senior in rank, shall
at the eame time receive the pay fixed by law for that
class of officers, be suspended in its operation from
the passage of this act, untit the class of eighteen
hundred and forty-one and eighteen hundred and forty-two
6hall have been examined, end the relative
rank established among those who shall pass their
examination. : :
.: - ROBT. C. WINTHROP,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
;,'! G. M. DALLAS,
. Vice President cf the United States, and : r
President of the Senate. .
Approved August 3, 1848.' .
- ..... JAMES K. POLK.
fPcBLic No. 122. ' '' 1
An Act supplemental to an act to confirm the survey
and location of claims lor lands in the state ot Mis
sissippi, east of the Pearl river and 'south of the
thirty-first degree north latitude, approved March
three, eighteen hundred and forty-five. - : .
Sec. 1. lie it enacted bu the Senate and Hinae of Rdp-
retciiatives of the United State of America in Oingre&s
amemiiua, 1 bat a. 1 confirmed claims and settlement
rights for lands-situate in the States of Mississippi.
east of the Pearl river and soh of thirty-first de
gree of north latitude which fr-l not been actually
surveyed" on the ground,, and for which: no plats of
actual survey had been' returned to the'stirveyor gen-
erars office south, of Tennessee, on or before the first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine, ehall be, and are hereby confirmed, af-
cording lb actual surveys hereafter to be made as
herein provided for, in the . same marrnei' that said
claims actually surveyed ori'the grouridi and returned
to the surveyor general s office at the time aforesaid,
are confirmed by theact to which this is .a.' supple.'
ment ; and the surveyor general is hereby authorized
and directed, on the request of any'.par'ty interested,.
to cause the survey of said claims,:without delay,
and at any time between the passage of this act and
the first day ot January, eighteen hundred and htty.
to be made and returned to this office, and he shall
certify the return and plats of such actual surveys,
se made to his pmce, to the register and receiver tor
lands in the "Augusta district for said State. Arid the
surveyor general, and the said register and receiver.
shall. regard tlies&'claims and plats .Of actual siifvey;
in all respects, upon the 6ame tootrng With th claims
confirmed as actually1 surveyed upon the ground, by
said act to which this is a supplement,' and subject'
to, and entitled to the benefits of all the provisions
of 6aid act: Provided. That if it shall appear to the
surveyor general,' from the plats of actual Survey al
ready returned to his office, that any of said claims
cannot now be actually surveyed on the ground, ow
ing to their conflict .wjth' other claims already con
firmed as actually siirvej'dd on the ground, by the
act to which this is a supplement, then it shall be
lawlul lor him tb' grant to the claimant, so deprived
of his location, a warrant, as provided by the fourth
section of said act without causing the survey to be
made. , ; '' ' ' '
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all war
rants which have been heretofore issued, or which
shall hereafter be issued, by 'the surveyor general
south of Tennessee, under the provisions of the orig
inal act to which this is a supplement, and under the
provisions of this act, be,: and they are hereby, author
ized to be located upon any lands subject to sale at
private entry in the State of Mississippi, in any of
the land 'districts in said " State, in the same manner
that said warrants are now authorized to be located
in the Augusta land district. " "
Approved August 5, 18-18. '
- i Public No. 140.
An Act to authorize the issuing a register to the bark
. .. r Mary Teressa. .-...it) ,'
. Sec' I..' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled. That there! be issued,' under the di
rection of the : Secretary of the "Treasury, a register
for the bark Mary Teressa, formerly a French vessel,
but now owned by Nathan Rogers and Charles But
ler, citizens of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland;
and which said vessel having been wrecked and. con
demned in the Chesepeaka.bayi and has been . repair
ed at great expense c : Provided It shall be proved to
the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that
the cost of the repairs made in the United estates ex
ceeds three-fourths of .the original cost iof building a
vessel of the same tonnage. in the United States. .
Approved August 7, 1848. .u-r.l .: - i - r..
.. - V . Public No. 141. ' ' . ,.:
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
. . -ti license yachts, end sor other purposes. ..
Ssc. 1. Be it enacted ,by the Senate and .House of
Representatives of the United. Slaiei iof, America in Con
gress assembled, .jThat the Secretary ;tof the Treasury
is.n.ereoy auuiorizea to cause yacnts usea anq em
pioyed.'exclusively as pleasure vessels, and designed
as. models' of naval architecture, and. now entitled to
be enroned as American vessels, . to be licensed on
terms which will authorize them to proceed from port
to port of the United States without entering orclear
ing at the custom-house. Such license shall be in
such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre
scribe t Provided, Such vessel so enrolled and licens
ed .shall not.be' allowed to transport merchandise or
carrypaspenarera for pay ; And 'provided further, -That
the owner of any such vessel, before taking out such
lnse. Shall criva a hnnrl. in snrh form anH rnr onnh !
.. , , , j
ramohnt as tleri'fV:o;;tHerrasIS7, stall pre-
Bcnoe, conuuronai inai ine saia vessel shalfnot en
gagein anyunlavrful trade1,' rior in, anyway? fiolafe
the revenue f laws of' the Uriitied VStatss,'; aBd'liall
comply with the 'laws in all other.' respeefs. 'T 1
:';Scr. '2J 'AfidJ be il further'- enacted, That all 'such
vessels' shli'-in all Respects;' except ' as ;aT6ve, tie
subject to the' law's bf the 'Uniteoi Stoles ihd, shall
be liable tp BeiitiTe'-Aiuf forlefttlre. for ;a'n,ViolaUoB of
the provisions of this act. j" ,;- ,r - - v ..; r''
" Bic:'3J AnHLBe it ftiriher'enatiedXx&i. ali s,uc)i
licensed yachts Shall use a. srghaT.'ofme'forrnji'size,
and colors prescribed by the "Secretary of the Navy;
and the owners thereof shall at all ;times permit the
naval architects in.' the employ of, the United States
to examine'and copy the models of Said yachts.. -. ,
'Approved August 7, 1848." ;' ' : ' ' " .'.' .' ,'
' TPcBLfc No. 143. t
ISO
An Act to change he place of holding ' the district
' court of the United States for "the middle district
of Alabama, and for other purposes'; - .
1 Sec.7 1. Be it 'etutctefrly'the Senate ' and 'lHouse qf
Representatives tf the United, Stales of America in Con-
gress assembled, That : 'the "State of Alabama shall be,
' . J VI . . .-.,1 l: ; : 3 . . 'i ....
ana.ine same is uereoy, aiviuea into inree aistneis
The '-counties of Mobile. Vashington. Baldwin.
Sumpter,; Clarke, Marengo, Green, Pickens, 'Wilcox,
4 i tt'l l t.-.ti " ' , . . t. .
Monroe, Conecuh, shall compose one district, to be
callled the southern district, and a court shall beheld
for the said district, as heretofore, at Mobile. ,
The counties of Montgomery,1 Augusta, Coosa,
Tallapoosa, Chambers, Talladega; Randolph, Macoq,
Kussell, uarbour, Fike; Henry, Dale, Uoaee, .Cov
ington, Lowndes, Dallas, Perrv, Bibb. Shelby, and
Tuscaloosa, shall hereafter 'compose one district, tp
be called the middle district, and a court shall be
hpld for the' said district at Montgomery.'. And the
Tesidue of the counties of said State' shall hereafter
compose1 the "northern ' district Of " Alabama, and
court shall be, held for the same; as heretofore at
Huntsvulel
- Sec. 2. And be it fu'r(her enacted, That the next
term oi tne aisirici court ior xne saiu miuaie Gist net,
and every term thereafter; shall te held at'Mont-
gomery ; and the clfcrk and marshal bf said middle
district are hereby required, forthwith, to remove all
the books and papers and records belonging to their
respective offices from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery.
SeC. 3. And be tt fuYther enacted, That all causes
at law or in chancery, pending' in . the said "district
courts at Mobile' and 'Huntsville,; or in: 'the circuit
court of the United States at Mobile, in 'which the
'defendant or defendents reside in the middle district
(as hereby established) at the 'time of serving pro
cess, shall ''be transferred for trial to the district court
for the. said middle district, and be proceeded in,
heard, adjudged, and determined in the same manner
as though originally commenced or prosecuted in the
said court ; and it shall be the doty of the clerks of
. i . i .1 A 1 1 . ;ti . : i -i . .
ine saiu courw ai numsvuie ana iviooiie, saieiy to
transmit to the clerk of the district court at Montgom
ery the original papers in all cases hereby-, ordered
to be transferred, together with a transcript; of all
orders and other proceedings had thereon. ':
Sec. 4. And' be it further enacted, That all laws or
parts of laws contravening or opposed to the provis
ions of this act; be, and the same arte hereby, repealed.
Approved August 7; lo-B. ..
t--
Public No. 144.
An Act to annex the town of Essex, in the State of
Massachusetts, to the collection district of Clou
' ceslcr. ""
Sec. 1. Bs it .enacted 'by the Senate and House of
Tl : l J 7 IT " i n. , . . w
gress asseinbted, I That the town of Essex fri the State
ft T.. r. ......;' i t ,j ' 1 ' . i . - i -
trict of Newbqryport. shall hereafter 1e included in-
arid form a part . of, the collection -district of Glou
cester.'. ' ! . '. '' . '
Approved Ah usr 7 1848. ,,-'r ,
rPcB.ic4-No. i45.i ' , l; ,
An Act to annex that part of the State oflridiana border
ing on lake Michigan to the Chicago collection
district. . . V '. ' ',,.; '. . i .
Sec. 1. Be il, enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives cf the United States of America in Con
zress ' assembled That, from and after the thirtieth
4ay of September next, all that part of' the State of
Indiana bordering on- lake Michigan, $nd heretofore
iricluded in the Detroit collection i di'strict, be; nd the
same is hereby, annexed to, and made a- part of the
colIectrirdistrict of . Chicago, in the. State, of Illi
nois, r. !-,:
Approved August 7, 1848.
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rPirnr.ic No. 147.1 '"
An, act for the relief of. those pre-emption, claimants
upon the Miami lands in Indiana, who, ! by their,
services in the Mexican war are entitled ito bounty
land ; -'.'i-i.' . i . I
Be it enacted by the. Senate and House'ofBepreseiila
tives of the United Stales of America in-Congrcss assem
bled, That those persons who are entitled to bounty
land,warrants,fpr one .hundred and sixfy acres in vir
tue of their own services during the present war with
Mexico, and, whotmay likewise be entitled to. the.
i.l-'. . ? !' . J -. : !
-right ofpre-empljiorf upon the Miami lands in Indiana,;
under J.h act ol the third of ,Augus.t eighteen. hun
dred and forty-six, shall hayq.the privilegejof . apply-,
ing ' their warrants in payment.or part payment for ,
the tract to which they may . establish their right, of
pre-emption ; said warrant to be estimated,' when re
ceived as aforesaid, at, the sum 'of, one.;, dollar and
twenty-five cents for each acre therein contained :
Provided, That in no case shall the government be
required to refund any excess of the estimated amount
of said warrants, oyer and above the price of the tract
claimed to be entered ; and should the fraet claimed
to be entered as aforesaid exceed, at the rate fixed by
law, the.: said sum, then and in such case the balance
of the purchase money of said tract shall be paid in
cash. . ,
' Approved August 7, 1848. .
Public No- .151.1
An act lor
dividing the State of Georgia into two iu-
dicial districts and organizing and establishing an
additional district court of the United States, with
circuit court powejrs and j urisdiction. . , .
Be it ehacted by. the'. Senate and Htuse of Represen
tatives of the. United States of America in Congress As
sembled. That the State of Georgia shall be, and the
same is hereby, divided into twojudica. districts, -in
manner following, to iwitiJthe counties of Harris,
Talbot, Upson,! Monroe, Jones, Potaam,-Hancock,
Vrarren,vColurubia, and all the other counties in said
State south, of them, shall compose one district, to
be called the southern district; and the courts shall
be held as heretofore, and at' .the. times now author
ized and required by law, at Savannah. The 'coun-'
ties of Troupe, Merriwether, Pike, Butts, Jasper,
Morgan, Greene, Taliaferroy;,Wilkes,' Lincoln,- arid
all the remaining counties m) said -State north of
them, .shall cdai pose one district, to be' called the
northern district, and a court shall be held for the Said
district I.Marietta! in the county of Cobb.- .-ii -!
Sec." 2 And be it further. enact4d,: That there shall
be'two terms of the. district, court for the" northern
district; .held 'at; Marietta, in each-and every year, to
begin on the second' -Monday in March, and on the
second Monday in September. And the district
judge of Hie United. States :'for the 'State' of Georgia
is hereby irequired tor hold the court3 aforesaid; and
furthermore, he is authorized and required to hold one
oc more, special terms. at Marietta! - in' each year; -If.-
in hi Opinion, the business of the court or the pub-"4
i - - . t 1 1 . . . , i - ..i
iiq convenience snan require n to De eone.'. - -i- ?
Sec. ,3 And be it Jurtter enacted, That the second
Monday in March and the second Monday in Sep
tember in each year shall be return- days for writs
and executions, returnable to the said district court
to -be held for the northern district at Marietta ; and
the parties to such suits as shall be so- returned shall
make up their pleadings under such rules as the
oit8 avcd !9hl Ir.-..iiiJcKj i X UMBER: : 4
court shall, prescribe, in order to have, the Cises to
retoned in a state of readiness for trial t the SBceeed
iogregular termkcmi: ,7 : A i ? - n;n.i. ctlr
,i Sc.v4 And be U'further enacted That alf caoses
at.law orja .'ribancery ipending iin; tire Isnid .'district
courts at Savannah; or in the circuit tJOHrt of the- Uni
ted States at Sa VtfnBah and MiDedgeville, where the
defendant oa defeadainta resided. m the; northern i dis
trict (as herebyjestablished) at: the time m iseryrng
proef ss. shall be- transfeired. for trial to. the district
ciourt for .the said: northern district and te proeteded
in, . heard, adjudged and determined in the same maa
ner as though originally commenced or prosecuted tn
said court.; And it sha-Jtbei the dstv of the clerk of
fhe sa.id courts: at. Savannah and Alilledgevrl la saeJy
to transmit, in mecierx ot-tne aisirici court ativian
elta the original papers in all cases hereby ordered to
be transferred, together withr, a transcript of all or
ders and other proceedings had thereon i-L:i&n'
Sec. 5. 'And be 4t further enacted,, That -.all suits
hereafter to be instituted in. either of said courts, not
of a local nature shall be. commenced ib a court of
the district; where !ihe defendant resides ; but if there
be more than one defendant, and they; reside in dif
ferent districts, the plaintiff. mayrsue in either and
send duplicate: writs fo ; the. other defendants, on
which the plaintiff or his attorney shall' endorse-that
the writ thus sent is a copy of a "writ sued out -of the
proper district; and the said writs, when executed
and returned into the office from which they, issued,
shall constitute: one and the same suit, and be pro
ceeded in accordingly. ' . ., -Sec.
G. And be it further enacted, That the judge
,of the 8ad district court shall appoint a clerk of the
.district court ot the northern district, who shall re
side and. keep his office, and records and documents
appertaining thereto,., at the.; place ef. holding said
court. .And the said .clerk,, shall, be entitled to- the
6aine fees allowed by law .to the clerks of the district
courts in the other district in said State, perform the
like duties, and be subject to the same liabilities and
penalties. : . .:
Sec. .7.' And be it farther enacted, Tliat the dis
trict attorney and the marshal of the southern district
of Georgia shall respectively perforin the duties of
the district attorney and marshal of the northern dis
trict... And the said marshal shall keep an office at
Marietta;. and discharges for mileage, in the. execu
tion of the. duties of his office within the said north
ern district, shall bojcortiputed from Marietta.
.-, S?c, 8. And. fee it further, enacted, That th. said
.district court for 4he norllttrn district of Georgia, in
addition to the ordinary. jurisdiction and powers of a
district court of the United StateSj'ishalU wiiliin the
limits of the said .nor.thern district, have jurisdiction
pf, allj eauses,.. except ; appeals .and,, writs.' of error,
wlvch:iiow are or hereafter may be made cognizable
in a circuit court of the United States, and shall pro
ceed, therein in. the same manner as a circuit; court..
-.Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That appeals,
and.writs of error. in the nature of. appeals, shall. lie
and may be sued. from the said district courtat Mari
etta to the Supreme Court of the United State's. . ,i
; Sec. 10. And be it.further enacted,. That, should
the judge of the district courts aforesaid fail to attend
at the time and place of holding, the- court for the
said northern district, at any one of its terms afore
said, before .thecjose of the fourth day of any such
term,, -the business pending in any such court shall
stand adjourned to the next term thereof,
Sec. IL.; And be t further enacted. That all laws
contravening, or opposed to the provisions of .this act
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved August 1I,,18.48.' - :
, ! ;i PuBLir-No. 152. . 10 1 .' ..
Anacrtd authorize the State of Alabama 161 ap)ly
certain .anas neretotore granted -to that State for
internal improvements, for the use of schools- in
the valueless Sixteenth .sections in said'State.Y
Sec . Be it tnacted by the xSenate! and House' of
Representatives 'of the United Slates' of America in Cori-i
gress assembled? That the lands granted to the Statfl
of Alabama for purposes of internal improvement, by
the eighth section of the act-entitled: " An act 'to ap
propriate the proceeds of the sales of the publio
lands, and to grant pre-emption rights,": approved'
September faarth; eighteen hundred and forty-ow;
may be;: arid the same' are hereby,' plaeed at the dis-
posarouthe legislature of "saitf State, "atsueh prioe
as the - said legislature of Said ; Slate' may-d.rect, ' to
be applied' for the' ase-af- schools:fn 'such townsthine
ors-Ki oiaie as in wnicmne sixieentQj or seirool sec
tions are comparativ.y v<ireless; arid" the legislature
may locatesaid -.ands in a-riy legal subdivisfons not-
.ess than forty acres, withi the limits of said State.
- Approved Augttsr-11, 1848.
I. !
' 1
-,; PuBiirc-No. 169.
An ;;conc of the army.'
'."S-Eci"!.1 Be il enacted bv the. Senate and ttni.'h nf
Representatives of the United' Stater tf America in Con
gress assembled, That the Paymaster General be"; 'and'
ha ia 'liirtlw i'ri V HA n1lAn,.'w.U . V . .
.1 .- .'J,lL J'l II i '. ."! tr Jm
umoicis ui me arinvwuu biiaii nave oeen employed
in the payment' of ydlunteferisV duririg the late war
with "Mexico, such a' commission, not exceeding one
half of one per centum on all sums disbursed byhem
aS? aforesaid, as he Sliall' deera a" Treasonable compeh-'
8ariHrifor. the risk and Tabor attending such service i
Prtiiiae'd. ; That e Sato cominissiori to any one:p'ay
master shdll. riot exceed one thousand dollars per-an-num,
frortt' tne commencement to the close of the war.
6fpc. :2i '.''And 'be ' it further' enacted. That -the sai d
Paymaster General may," in his dtscretionrallow, to
any payrriaster's clerk, in lieu of the" pay noW allow
ed by taw;, an annual salary of seven hundred doP
Iars." ' " "., ' "' ':,: '"-':; - .'"' -
Approved Ahgrit 12, 1848. . ;' ' 'l
'"' ', " Public No. 174. : ''
An act. supplementary to','" An act to authorize the
Secretary.of State io liauidate certain claims there
in mentioned,' passed "eighteenth ot April, one
thousand eight hundred and fourteen.
Be il enacted by the. Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United Slate of 'America ih 'Congress as
sembled, That IVb Secretary'of State be,' arid he is
hereby, directed to: examine, according to principles
of equity and-justice,' the claim bf Joseph' De la
Franria for advinces, made for the use and .benefit of
the United States? 'prior' id; and since 'the.Tairirtg ' of
that portiori'of the late'provirice of West'Florida'des-'
cribed in the apt - Capprpyed eighteen hundred ahd
fourteen) to which this is a supplement, as included
witb!nyetlimitbrt!iei State' bf Louisiana, or of 'the'
Mississfppi territory', by the United States; ahd,tbat'i
such, sanji 'of'rribney'as he may find to be Jufetly du
to the' said De la Francia be paidto hin, or tiis legat;
represjirifcitives, but of arty moneys' iii the' treasury"
not otherwise appropriated. ,k ; ' 4
Appjoved' August 14, 1.8.' ; ;i ",',r- lr''
An Act in. relation to the terms of the circuit and dis
trict courts of the United States in and for the dis
trict of New Jersey.-. i-r , p--1"'.
Be it enacted by the Senate aud Home of Representa
tives of the United, States bf; America in Congress assem
bled, That the circuit court:6f the United Sfate for
the district of New Jersey ehall hereafter be held 'on
the fourth Tuesdays ofMarch arid September, instead
of the first days'of April nd ;0 ctober," as' heretofore t
and that the district5 chart -bf the United States fa
the district of New Jersey's"halT hereafter be held on
the third Tuesdays of January, 'April,' Jane1, find Sep
tember, instead of the second Tuesdays. oT Alay and
November, as heretofore ;' and all wntTabttorisap
peals, recognizancesand proceed ingswhaf'ever,' pend
ing, or which may be 'pending in said conrt!: nip-
turnable to the terms as they now exist, shall be con-
unuea, neare, tnea, proceeded with, and disposed pf"
by the said courts, in the same manner as might or
ought to have been done-, if thesaid corirtsrhad been
held. at the times-heretofore directed by law.
Approved August 12, 1848, '