PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS or rms UNITED STATES, Passed at the third session which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Immday, the jirst day of December, A. D. 1862, and ended on Wednesday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1863. ABRAHAM L1NcoLN, President. Hammsnr. HAMLIN, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. SOLOMON Foorn was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eighteenth day of February, and so acted until the end of the session. GALUSHA A. GROw, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Cntr. I. ·—— An Act authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the Z/hited States Dis- Dec, I5_ 1352, trict Court jor the District of Indiana. ‘*""_‘—"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a special session of the Special session United States District Court for the district of Indiana shall be holden, at gaité; the usual place of holding said court, on the first Monday in February, in Com ,0 be held théyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and to in Indianacontinue in session so long as the business thereof may require. Sec. 2. And be itfurt/ter enacted, That all suits and proceedings of a Process pendcivil or criminal nature now pending in or returnable to said court shall and *‘°*“m· be proceeded in, heard, tried, and determined by said court at said special a e' scssion in the same manner as at a regular term of said court. Approved, December 15, 1862. Cue?. III. —An Act to aafust Appropraztions hereto/bre made for the Civil Service of Dec. 19, 1862. the Navy Department to the present Organization of that Department. ··—·*‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and fbuse cy" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Transfer or Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the ,‘}£_P§’E;?¥;’Q;art_ amounts heretofore appropriated for the pay of chiefs of bureaus, clerks, mw; messengers, and laborers connected with the Navy Department, so that they will correspond with the present organization and pay as authorized 1862 Cb_ B4_ by the act of Congress of July fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, viz: Ant2,p. 510. For the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, three thousand eight Bureau of hundred and seventy-Four dollars. ggéfgfgigt °“d For the Bureau of Yards and Docks, ten thousand six hundred and of Yard; and forty-three dollars. Docks, For the Bureau of Navigation, three thousand and fifty-seven dollars. of Navigation, For the Bureau of Ordnance, six thousand nine hundred and fifty-four of Ordnance. dollars. For the Bureau of Construction and Repairs, nine thousand five hun- _ of Construcdred and thirty-four dollars. “°“ ““d "l"‘“`“· For the Bureau of Steam Engineering, four thousand two hundred and E <>*`_S*€%m twenty-four dollars. "gm€°"°g’ For the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, five thousand eight hun- of Provisions dred and flfty-eight dollars. md CI°thmg’
