536 FOB.TY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 117. 1871. assistant surgeons shall have the relative rank of lieutenant or master; and no person under twenty-one, or over tyveplty-six years of age, shan hereafter be a pointed an assistant surgeon an e navy. Pay corps. Pay Omps.P- Sec. 6. That the officers of the pay corps on the active ¤v2¥i?:’“ °“ “°‘ list of the navy shall be as follows : — _ Numbgr’muk’ Thirteen pay directors, who shall have the relative rank of captain ; and payroft Thirteen pay inspectors, who shall have the relative rank of com- Pay · "°° °"° mander· and pay inspect- _ ’ . . ora; Fifty paymasters, who shall have the relative rank of lieutenanbcom- P°Y¤”°°”? mander or lieutenant. And each and all of the above-named officers of the pay corps shall have the pay of paymasters in the navy as now provided; and pay directors and inspectors on duty at sea shall receive the pay of fleet paymasters. mpsssed assist-. 'llhirty passed assistant paymasters, who shall have the relative rank P"Y““”°°"· of lieutenant or master, with the pay of passed assistant paymasters in the navy as now provided. sssistautpay— Twenty assistant paymasters, who shall have the relative rank of ¤¤¤°°¤· master or ensign, with the pay of assistant paymasters as now provided: _ Bondstoson- Provided, however, That all lavvs and regulations relating to the bonds
- ““*°l¤f°'°°· of paymasters shall continue in full force and application, and the issuing
of a new appointment and commission to any officer of the pay corps under the provisions of this act shall not affect or annul any existing bond, but the same shall remain in force, and apply to such new appointment and commission. Endneer Engineer Corps. -·Sec. 7. That the officers of the engineer corps on °°B°,§cm 0mm_ the active list of the navy shall be as follows :—— tive list. Ten chief engineers, who shall have the relative rank of captain ; mI_;i‘;';‘;":‘,;':,:§{. Fifteen chief engineers, who shall have the relative rank of com- ,,,,8;,,,,,,,-,, mander; and i _ Forty-five chief engineers, who shall have the relative rank of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant. And each and all of the above-named officers of the engineer corps shall have the pay of chief engineers of the navy as now provided. mist assistant One hundred first assistant engineers, who shall have the relative rank °“8 “°°”i of lieutenant or master · and second assist- One hundred second, assistant engineers, who shall have the relative °”*°”8*“°°"· rank of master or ensign; and the said assistant engineers shall have the pay of first and second assistant engineers of the navy, respectively, S¤¤¤r;<! ¤¤=i¤t· as now provided.
- ’,%:"t?p'L°(;;°M hdr?). 8. Tha:. (po persondunderiztiipiieteen or oyerltwenty-six years. p:` age
t tween s a ea om e asecon assis n en t ; s °z¤'*:i¤aY°’*'° °f person bepaibpointed or romoted in thegebmilndelr ccirnsibjiitilngiteddie alia; wsj be found been found qualilied byg board of competgnt engimger and medical odiggghglesugggcgg cers designat{sd_by the Secretary of the Navy, and has complied with · ti ¤_ existing revu ations. pnhgihtiire rank Sec. gfhat of the naval constructors two shall have the relative rank
- {;1::’::sQ°¤· of captain, three of commander, and all others that of lieutenant com-
,,,,,5,,,;,,,,,,, mander or lieutenant; and assistant naval constructors shall have the va! constructors; relative rank of lieutenant or master; four chaplains shall have the rela- 2}*3*1:;*;; five rank of captain, seven that of commander, and not more than neon. seven that of lientenant commander or lieutenant: and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to dlptermmefand fix the relative rank of civil engineers: Provided, That t e pay o said officers shall not be increased. Grades forma` Src. 10. That the foregoing grades, hereby established for the staff f_‘;Q_¥;‘{f°QQj0 be corps of 'the navy, shall be filled by appointment from the highest mm, I numbers in each corps, according to seniority, and that new commissions si::: ¢¢>¤¤¤¤¤— shall be issued to the officers so appointed, in which commissions the
