676 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 198. 1855. That in lieu of two thousand dollars per annum, the maximum of com- Y¤€r <>f¤¤·Yy pensation now allowed by law to navy agents, there shall be allowed two “g°" S' per eentum commission on the first hundred thousand dollars, or under, disbursed by them; and one per eentum on every succeeding one hundred thousand dollars, or under, disbursed by them, until the compensation reaches the sum of three thousand dollars per annum, which amount shall be the maximum of compensation for said agents: Provided, That the compensation named herein shall be in lieu of all extra compensation for services of every nature and description, rendered by navy agents, by order of the Navy Department, from and after the passage of this act.. And provided furt}wr, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to reduce the salary to which any navy agent is entitled under existing aws. Provisions. For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers, and seamen, including engineers and marines attached to vessels for sea·service, six hundred and eighty-six thousand two hundred dollars. Pay of purser That the purser of the navy at Washington, District of Columbia, shall, “"w”h‘”·‘=¥*·°“· from and after the passage of this act, receive the same pay as is now allowed by law to the pursers at the navy-yards at Boston, New York, Pay of pursers Norfolk, and Pensacola: Provided, That when pursers of the navy shall
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Pwhile so acting, receive the same compensation as the pursers of the navy- yard to which they may be attached. M°dici,m,&c_ For surgeons necessaries and appliances for the sick and hurt of the · navy, including the marine corps, thirty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. Ships and For increase, repair, armament, and equipment of the navy, including “'*°“m°"“· the wear and tear of vessels in commission, fuel for steamers, and purchase of hemp for the navy, two million seven hundred and ninety-nine thousand tive hundred dollars. 5mm.mg,,m_ To continue the construction of the six steam frigates authorized to be iso-1,cn. 82. built hy aln act of the first session of the thirty-third Congress, three million 0 do lurs. stcvensw war- For Stevens’s war-steamer, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: °w_z$?‘P_ 101 That the Secretary of the Navy may, at his discretion, apply ’the said sum in whole or in part during the fiscal year ending thirtieth 9 I June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. A¤=*l¤ ¤¤¤P¤di- To enable the Secretary of the Navy to carry into effect the “ joint u°°' resolution respecting the Arctic expedition, commanded by Passed Assistant Surgeon, E. K. Kanc," or so much thereof as may be necessary, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Ordnance, &o. For ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, including incidental expenses, five hundred and forty thousand dollars. N:mticn1A1m¤- For preparing for publication the American Nautical Almanac, twenty ““°‘ thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. Instmments, For the purchase of nautical instruments required for the use of the b°°k“»°l*““‘•&°· navy, for repairs of the same, and also of astronomical instruments; and for the purchase of nautical books, maps, and charts, and for backing and binding the same, twenty~t1u·ee thousand dollars. Printing. For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydrogrnphical survey, C V i nncérastronomieal observations, ten thousand dollars. <>¤ ¤¤z¤¤¢¤¤ or models, drawing and cop in , ostave, freight, and trans ortation, ?§,,l§$:gFr”ph' and for working lithographic yp;-gssli inclauding ghemicals, forp keeping grounds in order, for fuel and lights, and for all other contingent expenses of the hydrographical office and United States observatory, seven thousand six hundred dollars. , Wind and our- For continuing the publication of the series of wind and current charts, '°“°‘ °h”°“· sind for defmying all the expenses connected therewith, eighteen thousand c dollars.
