FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 230. 1873. 547 For improved machinery and instruments for testing American iron and Machinery, steel, twenty-five thousand dollars. ima ff" *°€*i“g Aprnovnn, March 3, 1873. mm CHAP. _CCXXX.—An Act making Appropriations for the naval Service jor the Year March 3, 1873. ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventyjbur, and for other Purposes. `Q;" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States q" America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Navy approthey are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treas- P’i?°i°¤ W Y°¤F ury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the government iggiiig June 30* for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-fou.r, and for other purposes: For pay of commissioned and warrant officers at sea, (including sea—pay Pay of officers and rations of officers detailed or appointed as naval storekeepers abroad,) mid S“‘m¤» on shore, on special service, and of those on the retired list and unem- ;°,;,i€;§§{,u§!f ployed, and for mileage and transportation of officers travelling under Y oiders, and for pay of the petty-officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men of the engineers force, and for the coastsurvey service eight thousand five hundred men, at an average pay of three hundred dollars each per annum, six million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no officer on the retired list of the navy Retired officers shall be employed on active duty except in time of war: And provided, DY; E;’db:n°£'dvc That those officers on the retired list, and those hereafter retired, who Hniy except, &e. were, or who may be, retired after forty years’ service, or on attaining the mP**Y_°f °°§*¤·i¤ age of sixty-two years, in conformity with section one of the act of Q52E {QF ° December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and its amendments, dated 1861, cn.1,§ 1. June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or those who were or v‘fé6’;"g,l" may be retired from incapacity resulting from long and faithful service, vol, Xin, IQ_ isi from wounds or injuries received in the line of duty, from sickness or 1865i_9h· 6» 9 3- exposure therein, shall, after the passage of this act, be entitled to seventy- v°l' xm p' Xl2O' five per centum of the present sea-pay of the grade or rank which they held at the time of their retirement. The rear-admirals provided for in the act of June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall be con- 1872, eh. 301. sidered as having been retired as rear-admirals. A”‘°· P· 22* For contingent expenses of the Navy Department, one hundred thou- Contingent sand dollars. °‘P°“S°“‘ Bureau of Navigation. — For foreign and local pilotage and towage of Bureau of ships of war, fifty thousand dollars. ¤°I‘j{R**°¤· d For services and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and t,,WQ;;°gc an for adjusting and testing compasses on shore, three thousand dollars. Correcting, For nautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, charts, _ and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war, ments, bogkg, ten thousand dollars. chami &°· For books for libraries for ships of war, three thousand dollars. For navy signals and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns and Navy Sigma, rockets, including running lights, drawings, and engravings for signal- &°· books, six thousand dollars. For compass-fittings, including binuacles, tripods, and other appendages _ Compsssntof ships’ compasses, five thousand dollars. °"gS‘ For logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, leads and Logs, &c. other appliances for sounding, three thousand dollars. For lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on Lanterns, &e. board ship, including those for the cabin, ward-room, and stcerage, for the holds and spirit~room, for decks and quartermaster’s use, six thousand dollars. For bunting and other materials for Bags, and making and repairing Bunting and flags of all kinds, five thousand five hundred dollars. niss- For oil for ships of war other than that used for the engineer depart- O¤i· ment; candles when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running-
