one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight,* entitled "An act Eligibility. Pay. Pay of midshipmotion to ensigns. men prior to pro AN ACT to increase the pay of midshipmen and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That midshipmen, after their final academic examination, and until their promotion to the grade of ensign, shall be paid at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum while on sea service. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That acting master's Master's mates to mates shall be styled mates, and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to increase their pay to a sum not exceeding sixty dollars per month. be styled mates. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter mates Rating of mates. may be rated, under authority of the Secretary of the Navy from seamen and ordinary seamen who have enlisted in the naval service for not less than two years, and such rating of an enlisted man, or his appointment as an officer, shall not discharge him from his enlistment. not entitled to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no person ap- Certain officers pointed or rated an officer or clerk in the navy shall receive bounty. any bounty while holding an appointment. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. and pay of acting surgeons, &c. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That acting passed Appointment assistant surgeons and acting surgeons may be appointed in the same manner as acting assistant surgeons are now appointed, who shall receive the compensation of their respective grades. Approved March 3, 1865. (Vol. 13, p. 539.) *The following is the portion of the act referred to: "For the pay of the superintendent of the Naval Observatory at Washington city, who shall be a captain, commander, or lieutenant in the navy, three thousand dollars, which shall be the salary per annum of said superintendent. And the provision in the act entitled 'An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight,' which is in these words, viz: 'including three thousand dollars for pay of the superintendent, who shall be either a captain, commander, or lieutenant in the navy,' shall be construed to apply to the superintendent of said Naval Observatory, and shall take effect from and after the passage of that act. The effect of the act of March 3, 1865, is to allow the selection of other than an officer of the navy as superintendent of the Observatory, to receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, or of any suitable officer of the navy, to receive the shore duty pay of his grade. Admiral D. D. ture of Fort Fish vices. A RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of Congress to Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, and to the officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the recent capture of Fort Fisher. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Thanks to Rear the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Porter and his the thanks of Congress are hereby presented to Rear-Admiral command for cap- David D. Porter, and to the officers, petty officers, seamen, er, and other ser- and marines under his command, for the unsurpassed gallantry and skill exhibited by them in the attacks upon Fort Fisher, and the brilliant and decisive victory by which that important work has been captured from the rebel forces and placed in the possession and under the authority of the United States, and for their long and faithful services and unwavering devotion to the cause of the country in the midst of the greatest difficulties and dangers. Resolution to be communicated. honorably dis SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate this resolution to Admiral Porter, and through him to the officers, seamen, and marines under his command. Approved January 24, 1865. (Vol. 13, p. 566.) A RESOLUTION to encourage the employment of disabled and discharged soldiers. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Employment of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That charged soldiers persons honorably discharged from the military or naval serand sailors recom- vice by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty should be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they shall be found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. mended. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That, in grateful recognition of the services, sacrifices, and sufferings of persons honorably discharged from the military and naval service of the country, by reason of wounds, disease, or the expiration of terms of enlistment, it is respectfully recommended to bankers, merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, farmers, and persons engaged in industrial pursuits, to give them the preference for appointments to remunerative situations and employments. Approved March 3, 1865. (Vol. 13, p. 571.) A RESOLUTION to encourage enlistments and to promote the efficiency of the military forces of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Freedom to the the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of encouraging enlistments and promoting the wives and children of certain persons may be mustered the United States. tions may be determined. efficiency of the military and naval forces of the United that have been or States, it is hereby enacted that the wife and children, if any into the military he have, of any person that has been, or may be, mustered or naval service of into the military or naval service of the United States shall, from and after the passage of this act, be forever free, any law, usage, or custom whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding; and in determining who is or was the wife and How such relawho are the children of the enlisted herein mentioned, person evidence that he and the woman claimed to be his wife have cohabited together, or associated as husband and wife, and so continued to cohabit or associate at the time of the enlistment, or evidence that a form or ceremony of marriage, whether such marriage was or was not authorized or recognized by law, has been entered into or celebrated by them, and that the parties thereto thereafter lived together, or associated or cohabited as husband and wife, and so continued to live, cohabit, or associate at the time of the enlistment, shall be deemed sufficient proof of marriage for the purposes of this act, and the children born of any such marriage shall be deemed and taken to be the children embraced within the provisions of this act, whether such marriage shall or shall not have been dissolved at the time of such enlistment. Approved March 3, 1865. (Vol. 13, p. 571.) A RESOLUTION to authorize and direct an inventory of articles in the quartermasters' depots of the United States, and in possession of the naval storekeepers of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Quartermasters' department to be the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, directed to cause a inspected, &c. strict inspection to be made of the quartermasters' department, as soon as practicable after the passage of this resolution, and a comparison to be made between the reports of the officers in charge of the quartermasters' depots at New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and Louisville, and the articles on hand. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of Inventory of all the Navy, in like manner, be directed to cause an inventory s. in the possesproperty of the U. to be made of all the property of the United States in sion of naval storepos- keepers to session of the several naval storekeepers of the United made. States. Approved March 3, 1865. (Vol. 13, p. 571.) be INDEX TO LAWS. ABSENCE. Restriction on leave of, with pay, to officers of marine corps. In granting leave of, discrimination to be made in favor of faithful and obedient.. ABSENT. Officers absent from commands without leave may be reduced to rating of ordinary sea- Officers absent, when entitled to examination, pay, and rank of ABUSE. Of inhabitants on shore, or injuring their property.. ACADEMY. (See NAVAL ACADEMY.) Page. 46 77 133 167 .48, 72, 127 133 ACTING OFFICERS GENERALLY. (See VOLUNTEER NAVY.) (See PAYMASTERS, ACTING ASSISTANT.) ACTING ENSIGNS. (See ENSIGNS, ACTING.) ACTING MASTERS' MATES. To be styled mates, and pay increased 209 ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR. Of marine corps, when corps is ordered to duty on shore-how appointed, pay, &c.... In which United States are concerned to be settled in the Treasury Department. Accruing in Navy Department to be received by Fourth Auditor. To be transmitted to Second Comptroller for decision Of receipts and expenditures of public money by Navy Department to be kept by the Of moneys advanced and debts due to be kept by Fourth Auditor Adjusted, to be received from Second Comptroller by Fourth Auditor, and preserved.... 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 Manner of keeping and stating, to be prescribed by Second Comptroller. Defaulting officers, accounting satisfactorily, may be continued in office. Commanding officer to be held accountable for same In statement of unsettled, balances that Congress should remove to be distinguished Balances of, against insolvents not be reported after certaln time.. Of disbursing officers-how to be rendered In settlement of, transfers under appropriation for clothing allowed. Of pursers of lost vessels-how to be settled. In settling, of disbursing officers, credits for disbursements by order of commanding officer Of Congress, Cumberland, and other lost vessels, settlement of. 28 28 37 40, 122 40 40 66 67 71 71 107 If not received, satisfactory evidence of compliance with act to be furnished. Transferred men not to be received on board vessels without their. 141 141 Of seamen and others, not officers, on books of lost vessels-how to be settled.. 191 |