262 ’I‘1rm-1 xv.--THE NAVY.—Ch. 6. C H A P T E R S I X . VZESSELB AND NAVY-YARDS. ss;. l 8*- 1g?. . Iljlour clatgases; their commanders. l gcepairs on hull srpars. , . . airs on sm s ng. l531. Rdlev fdr naming. · 1540. Salg of vessels unfit wg repaired. 1532. Two vessels not to bear the same 1541. Sale :;f_ unserviceable vessels and name. ma ns s. 1533. Names of purchased vessels. r 1542. Commandants of navy-yards. 1534. Vessels kept in service in time of §aa§(t:;r:o;·;mt;nimtcd 1535. Hgvixifhcered and manned. 1545. Salaries; 'per diem compensation. 1536. Cruising to assist distressed naviga— 1546. Requiring contributions for political tors. purposes at navy-yards. 1537. Patented articles connected with marine engines. ; Four clams; Sec. 1529. The vessels of the Navy of the United States shall be
- h°“`°°mm““d°”· divided into four classes, and shall be commanded as nearly as may be
16 July, 1862, c. as follows: 183, ¤- 3r V· 12v P· First rates, by commodores; second rates, by ca tains; third rates, by 583 commanders; fourth rates, by lieutenantcommanders. _H0W mW6s__ Sec. 1530. Steamships of forty ns or more shall be classed as first 12 ·l“¤°» 185*% °· rates, those of twenty guns and und; forty as second rates, and all those ggj " 5* v' u’ p' of less than twenty guns as third rates. Ruleicrnaming. S20. 1531. The vessels of the Navy shall be named by the Secretarv
of the Navy, under the direction of the President, according to the fol-
,_ 1, v_ p_ 535, ’ lowin rule: 12 June, 1858, c. Saigni-vessels of the first class shall be named after the States of the {gg E- 5· V- uz P- Union, t ose of the second class after the rivers, those of the third class ‘ after the principal cities and towns, and those of the fourth class as the President may irect. Steamships of the first class shall be named after the States of the Union, those of the second class after the rivers and principal cities and towns, and those of the third class as the President may direct. Two vessels not Sec. 1532. Care shall be taken that not more than one vessel in the 2;*;;* *l'° ”°"’° Navy shall bear the same name. 3 Mar., 1819, c. 7, s. 1, v. 3, p. 538. 12 June, 1858, c. 153, s. 5, v. 11, p. 319. Names of pur- Sec. 1533. The Secretary of the Navy may change the names of any °h*-Bed "°*‘°l'· vessels purchased for the Navy by authority of law. 5 Aug., 1861, c. 51, s. 2, v. 12, p. 316. Vessels kept in Sec. 1534. The President is authorized to keep in actual service in time °°"';€°° m "““° °f of peace, such of the public armed vessels as, in his opinion, may be
reured by the nature of the service, and to cause the residue thereof
35, s. 2Pv. 2, .3130: to laid up in ordinary in convenient ports. H o w ctlijcered Sec. 1535. Vessels in actual service, in time of peace, shall be officered and m8Dl\§d;_ and manned as the President may direct, subject to the provisions of 352; ¢};P;1lél:0gb3· section fifteen hundred and twenty-nine. _cmir:;3;wsssist 1536. The President may, when the necessities of the service perd1S¤"€S~ ¤*Vl8*‘ mlt xt, cause any suitable number of public vessels adapted to the pu ose t1L____ to cruise upon the coast in the season of severe weather and to allllrrd 22 Dec., 1837, c. such aid to distressed navigators as their circumstances mav require: 1»V·5» P· 208· and such public vessels shall go to sea fully prepared to render such assistance. Patented articles Sec. 1537. No platented article connected with marine engines shall connected with hereafter be purc ased or used in connection with any steam-vessels of f”'”° °“€"’°°· war until the same shall have been submitted to {competent board 18 July, 1861, e. of naval en ineers, and recommended by such board, in writing for 8. ¤· 3.1/- 12, p- 268- purchase and use. " l Repairs on hull Sec. 1538. Not more than three thousand dollars shall be expended ¤·§___ at any navy-yard in repairing the hull and spars of any vessel, until the
