THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 76. 1859. 407 For continuing the publication of the series of Wind and Current Wind and Cur- Charts, and for defraying all expenses connected therewith, fifteen thou- "°“" Ch'“`“· sand dollars. For models, drawings, and copying; for postage, freight, and transportation; for keeping grounds in order; for fuel and lights; and for all- 0<>¤tlng¢¤<=i¤¤ other contingent expenses ; and for the wages of persons employed at the ;§£€I°;£’§;;gh United States Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office, viz: one ical Oince. instrument maker, two watchmen, and one porter, six thousand dollars. For the erection and repairs of buildings, improvement and preserva- Naval Acadtion of the grounds, and for contingencies at the United States Naval “°A“"“P°' Academy, fifty thousand dollars. `cumplmng For completing seven screw sloops and one side-wheel steame1·, author- Screw Sloops, ized by act twelfth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, six hundred &<>- 1858. °h·153» and seventy-four thousand dollars. § 3,,,6 p_ 3,,, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following general order Gendral oi-der issued by the Secretary of the Navy, and dated January thirteenth, eigh- g S°°‘;.*gg teen hundred and fifty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed. 18?§"c,,Ds,,,{,,d ’ " General Order. Chief engineers of more than twelve years will rank with command- egagtlppgrgngiers. “ ‘ Chief engineers of less than twelve years, with lieutenants. First assistant engineers, next after lieutenants. Second assistant engineers next after masters. Third assistant engineers, with midshipmen. Commanding and executive officers of whatever grade will take precedence over all engineer officers. This order confers no authority to exercise military command and no Limitation of additional right to quarters. general order- ISAAC TOUCEY, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, January 13, 1859." Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sixth section of the act of Construction sixteenth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled “An act to ggagtffaisigv °h’ amend an act to promote the eiliciency of the navy" shall be so con- dropped] or i-s. strued as to include officers who, at the time they were dropped or placed med ¤=W¤l <>m· on the reserved list, had been detached from duty or removed from com- °°;‘ mand for supposed inediciency or unfitness, but who have since been re- m’p’ m4` stored to the active list, and such officers shall receive the same pay they pay, were receiving respectively when they were so detached or removed, up to the termination of their cruise when so detached, deducting any pay they may have otherwise received during the time aforesaid, and that this shall extend to any officer who has been transferred from the furlough list to the leave of absence list by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. That such officers of the navy as were dropped from the Pay ofdropped service by the action of the late “Naval Retiring Board," and who have ggggs Sm" "°‘ been subsequently restored to the service and placed upon the " furlough " ' or “ leave pay " list, shall be allowed furlough pay, if placed upon the furlough list, and leave pay if placed upon the leave list, for and during the time they were so dropped, deducting any pay which they otherwise received during the time aforesaid. Approved, March 3, 1859.
