510 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 133, 134. 1862. year ending tbirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one thousand dollars. Rstiou cfcoifec Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be au-
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gw, ’ ’ of coffee, combined with milk and sugar, to be procured in the same manner and under like restrictions and guarantees as preserved meats, pickles, butter, and clesiccated vegetables nrc procured for the navy, if he shall believe it will be conducive to the health and comfort of the army, and not more expensive be the Government than the present ration, and if it shall be acceptable to the men. Painting of E. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the restriction or limitation g°“F;5 in gw contained in tho proviso to tho joint resolution, approved April sixteenth, cfgnotef ,m°d eighteen hundred and sixty-two, transferring the supcriutendency of the paid for· Capitol extension from the War Department be tho Department of the Interior, shall not be so construed or applied as to prevent the completion of; and the payment for, the painting now in progress `0n the wall over tho stairway on the western side of tho south wing agrocably to the terms of the contract made between General M. C. Meigs, on behalf of the Government, ind E. Lcutze, the artist., on the ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, July 5, 1862. July 5, 1862. Cru!. CXXX.IV.—-An Act to reorganize the Navy Department of the United States. Bumusin Navy Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeniafives of the United Department. States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established in the Navy Department tho following bureaus, be wit: D {;;d¤ Mid girst. 3 lgureau 0; §zu·ds and Dogbm ‘ econ ureau o ui ment an cruitin . Rgzqnllllllsglt md Third. A Bureau of Ngvigation. g gmggm Fourth. A Bureau of Ordnance. Consmcdm Fifth. A Bureau of Construction and Repair. and R¤p¤ir· Sixth. A Bureau of Steam Engineering. nam; E“gl` Seventh. A Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. Provisions and Eighth. A Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. €¥:£*s· d Sec. 2. And be it further enacmi That the President of the United Sm. ,;l°° lm States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint Chlefs of Bu- from the list of officers of the navy, not below the grade of commander, "‘.l‘:’;“'lfh:’: gz: a chief for each of the Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Navigation, Equipgf ment and Recruiting, and of Ordnance, and shall in like manner appoint a chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, who shall be a skilful naval constructor; and shall also appoint a chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, who shall be a. skilful engineer, and be selected from the list of chief engineers of the navy; and shall also appoint a chief of tho Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, who shall be selected from the list of the surgeons of the navy, and a chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, who shall be selected from the list of paymastors of the navy of not less than ten years' standing; each of which chiefs of bureaus shall receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars par annum, unless otherwise heretofore provided for bylaw, which shall be in lieu of all other compensation whatever. The said chiefs of bureaus to hold their said officcs for the term of four years: Provided, That nothing herein izontninod be construed to affect any provision heretofore made by aw or spccm cases. Cl°'k° i¤ *l*° Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secreta of the Nav 2;:,3; ,£§°m}, shall appoint the followliing] clerks and other ollioers, tz? wit: y ¤¤1;¤¤>¤h For the odlcc of the Secretary of the Navy, u chief clerk, who shall of gmgr; a? receive a. salary of {wo thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one Nay. clerk at s salary of oxghwcn hundred dollars, who shall also be disbursing
