FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 3, 4, 5. 1879. 3 Assay-oliice at Helena Montana Territor : F gm, WO thousand domm. , y or wages of workmen, Hel For contingent expenses, three thousand dollars. Approved, May 10, 1879. , CHAP. 4.-An act providing for a new propeller for the United States ship "Alarm". May 12, 1879. Be it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives of the Untwd States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to enable the Torpedo-boa: Secretary of the Navy to fit a new propeller to the United States torpedo- “Aim-" boat “Alarm", and to conduct experiments as to the best mode of propelling and steering said vessel, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; the same to be available immediately on the passage hereof. Approved, May 12, 1879. CHAP. 5.-An act to amend sections fourteen hundred and seventeen, fourteen hun- May 12, 1879. dred and eighteen, fourteen hundred and nineteen, fourteen hundred and twenty, ·—i——-——— and sixteen hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section fourteen hundred Navel service. and seventeen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended E S- 1,4} so as to read as follows: _ m‘°“ ° ‘ ‘* Sec. 1417. The number of persons who may at one time be enlisted Number or sninto the Navy of the United States, including seamen, ordinary seamen, 11*****1 mm 111 *11** landsmen, mechanics, dremen, and coal-heavers, and including seven N”"y‘ hundred and fifty apprentices and boys, hereby authorized to be enlisted annually, shall not exceed eight thousand two hundred and fifty: Provided, That in the appointment of warrant-officers in the naval service Apprentices as of the United States, preference shall be given to men who have been w¤·¤M¤t·—<>i1i¢<¤1‘¤· honorably discharged upon the expiration of an enlistment as an apprentice or boy, to serve during minority, and re-enlisted within three months after such discharge, to serve during a term of three or more years: Pro- Pr<wi·¢v· vided further That nothing in this act shall be held to abrogate the provisions of section fourteen hundred and seven of the Revised Stat- R. S. 1407. utes of the United States." That section fourteen hundred and eighteen be amended so as to read R. S. 1418, as follows: Am°”d°d‘ “SEc. 1418. Boys between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years may Terms of enlistbe enlisted to serve in the Navy until they shall arrive at the age of m°“'°· twenty-one years; other persons may be enlisted to serve for a period not exceeding live years, unless sooner discharged by direction of the President? · That section fourteen hundred and nineteen be amended so as to read R- S- 1419, as follows: Am°°d°d' " Sec. 1419. Minors between the ages of nfteen and eighteen years Lnlistment of shall not be enlisted for the naval service without the consent of their mm°1`S· parents or guardians." . That section fourteen hundred and twenty be amended so as to read R. S. 1420, as follows: _ Am°{“i°d‘ “ Sec. 1420. No minor under the age of nfteen years, no insane or in- Prvhiblied <>¤· toxicated person, and no deserter dom the naval or military service of 1mm‘°“”· the United States, shall be enlisted in the naval SGFVIOB.7, That article nineteen of section sixteen hundred and twenty-four be if-1%:1iAr¤· 19, amended so as to read as follows; _ _ °” _ “ Sec. 1624. Anrrorn 19. Any orlicer who knowingly enlists mto Peneigjsfgg 1*,: the naval service any deserter from the naval or mihtary service of the P‘°P°"° °“ United States, or any insane or intoxicated person, or any mmor
