Trrm-: x.—DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. 73 Sec. 434. The officer of the Navy employed as superintendent of the Naval Observa- Naval Observatory at Washington shall be entitled to receive the shore- duty pay of his grade. and no’ other. 3 MM, 1865, G- 114, v. 13, p. 533. Sec. -135. The meridian of the Observatory at Washington shall be Mm·5d{am_ adopted and used as the American meridian for all astronomical pur- omg poses, and the meridian of Greenwich shall he adopted for all nautical 80,s_1’£_é, p_ 51; u ses. P 436. The Secretary of the Navy may place the supervision of the Naufiwl Alma- Nautical Almanac in charge of any officer or professor of mathematics T}? in the Navy who is competent for that service. Such officer or professor, 3 Mar., 1857, c. when so employed, shall be entitled to receive the shore—duty pay of his UL S- 3» V- U, P- grade, and no other. 246·
