THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 109. 1852. 101 For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil esta- Navy-yards,. blishments at the several navy-yards and stations, ninety thousand nine &°· hundred and sixty dollars; and the navy agent at Memphis, for the time M,,m,,h;,,_ during which he has performed or may perform the duties of purser, in addition to his own, shall be allowed and paid the annual salary of a purser on duty at navy-yards of the second class, which shall not be in` addition to his commissions, but in lieu thereof; and the salary of the assistant to purser for the navy-yard at Kittery, Maine, who also dis- Kittery. charges the duties of clerk and steward, shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars ; and the pay of the “ first clerk to the commandant" at the navy- yards at Norfolk, New York, and Boston, shall be at the rate of one Gommandaut-s’ thousand dollars per annum; and that the " second clerk to the com- §gf,:k’N£ YE; mandant " at the same yards, shall be at the rate of eight hundred dollars andiBoston. per annum from and after the passage of this act. For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers and seamen, Provisions. including engineers and marines attached to vessels for sea-service, six hundred and eighty-six thousand two hundred dollars. It being provided, that so much of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An act making appropriations for the naval ser- Gq¤¤¤¤¤¤>·¤<>¤ vice of the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hun- °f@°“:,,_ M_ dred and fifty-two," as provides, that " no commutation of rations shall i be allowed, except to officers and their attendants, and for the spirit part of the ration," be and the same is hereby repealed. For a scientitic investigation and experiments upon the character of Eyrperimente alimentary substances used as subsistence in the navy, and means to 2gb::;?:;?" prevent their deterioration, two thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. For surgeons’ necessaries and appliances for the sick and hurt of the Sick. &<=- navy, including the marine corps, thirty-seven thousand six hundred dollars. For repair of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in Repairs. commission, including fuel and purchase of hemp, one million three hundred and sixty-Eve thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized and required to have completed with the least possible delay, the war-steamer contracted for with Robert L. Ste- f lvlgbsgmif vens, in pursuance of an act of Congress, approved April fourteenth, one °§;,,.m,,,,_° ' thousand eight hundred and forty-two; and the balance of the appro- 1842,ch. 22. priation heretofore made, which has been carried to the credit of the Pm- P- Gm surplus fund, shall be used for that purpose. And the Secretary of the Navy may, if he deem it proper, cause to be applied, as soon as practicable, to one or more of the steam-vessels belonging to the United States, steam con- l any steam-condenser which may be found best calculated for the pur- d°¤S°¤’·- pose, for furnishing fresh water to marine boilers and for the use of the crews. For ordnance and ordnance stores, and smallarms, including inciden- Ordnwcstal expenses, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For preparing for publication the American Nautical Almanac, nine- N=m¤<>¤l A1- teen thousand four hundred dollars. mm"' For the purchase and repair of nautical instruments required for the Nautical House of the navy, ten thousand five hundred dollars. *t“’·m°“*·’· For the purchase of all the books, maps, and charts required for the Books, &e. use of the navy, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For backing and binding the same, and for printing and publishing Contingencies. sailing directions, hydrographical surveys, and astronomical observations, nine thousand two hundred dollars. For models, drawings, and copying, postage, stationery, freight, and transportation, for pay of lithographer, and for working lithographic press, including chemicals, for keeping grounds and buildings in order, for repairing and protecting from further depredations brick wall on[the]
