246 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 111. 1857. Nwfvik- No2;folk.—For ordnance building, engine and machinery, sea-wall at Fort Norfolk, and repairs of all kinds, fifty-six thousand and ninety dollars. Pensacola. Pe*nsac0Za.——For repairs of all kinds, one thousand dollars. Civil estvbiish- For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil estab-
;;d“’Qg_ lishments at the several navy yards and stations, one hundred and twenty-
iions. eight thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars. Instmments. For the purchase of nautical instruments required for the use of the b°°k*· m*‘PS» &°‘ 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, eighteen thousand dollars. Printing. &¤· For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydrographical surveys, and astronomical observations, fifteen thousand dollars. Wind Md wr- For continuing the publication of the series of wind and current charts, mnt °b’“`“‘ and for clefraying all the expenses connected therewith, eighteen thousand dollars. Contingencies For models, drawings, and copying; postage, freight, and transporta-
- EdzBf;’;)'i”§'fi_ tion; for working lithographic press, including chemicals; for keeping
p grounds in order; for fuel and lights; and for all other contingent expenses of the United States Naval Observatory and Hydrographical
Office, eight thousand dollars. For the wages of persons employed at the United States Naval Ob— servatory and Hydrographical Office, viz: one lithographer, one instrument maker, two watchmen, and one porter, three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Naval Academy For erection, improvement, and repairs of buildings and grounds, and at A¤“**P°H$• support of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, forty-two thousand three hundred and seven dollars and twenty-two cents. Almanac. For preparing for publication the American Nautical Almanac, twenty- six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. Publication of For preparing for publication the surveys of the late expedition to the
°3c§g;*h North Pacific Ocean and Bherings Straits, and for finishing the publica—
&c. expedition, tion of the charts made by the late expedition for the exploration and gpd <>h==¤"f¤(gf"_L¤ survey of the River La Plata and tributaries, six thousand seven hundred ma °Xp° mw"' and sixty dollars : Provided, That the whole expense shall not exceed the sum hereby appropriated. For the reappropriation of this sum, (carried to the surplus fund,) Thomas Barnum- being the amounts due Thomas Barnum, of Connecticut, for prize money, as appears from the prize list of the Erie squadron on file in the office 0f the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, two hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-nine cents. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That to enable the Secretary of the _ Testing inven- Navy to test useful inventions and discoveries applicable to and designed gg'; ““ d‘S°°V‘ to advance the ediciency of the navy, the sum of ten thousand dollars is ' hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the same is subject to his control. Supervision of Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter it shall be lawful the ”Jm¤¤°·°· for the Secretary of the Navy to place the supervision of the compilation and publication of the Nautical Almanac in charge of any officer or professor of mathematics of the navy of competent qualiiiczuions: Proz·z'ded, Pay. That such officer or professor when so employed shall receive no higher pay than the duty pay to which his grade shall entitle him. Pay of boat- Sec. 4. And be itfurtlzcr enacted, That the acts making appropriations
- ";Q;‘§»u€”°· °“ for the naval service of the fifth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-
y' four, and of the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be so 1§‘;a°;·2°%8%5· construed as to allow to the boatswains, gunners, sailmukers, and carpen- 1855,;],: Yge § g_ ters of the navy, when on shore duty, the same per ccntage for sca ser- Vol. x. p. 680. vice as is allowed to them when on sea duty. Sm. 5. And be it jiertlzcr enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be
