342 THIR'I`Y—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 201, 202, 203. 1864. July 1, 1864. Gun-. CCI.-—An Act to provide for the of the Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United famous iu_ States of America in Congress assembled, That any person enlisted in the
gggssv military service of the United States, who shall apply to the Navy Dew mm; wvgw partment to be transferred to the navy or marine corps shall, if his application be approved by the President of the United States, be transferred
to the navy or marine corps to serve the residue of his term of enlistment therein, subject to the laws and regulations for the government of the P¤>Vi¤¤- navy: Provided, That such transfer shall not release the transferred person from any indebtedness to the government, nor, without the consent of the President of the United States, from,any penalty incurred for a breach of military law. Seamen, &c_._ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any seaman or mariner, or f;"“;g£l;;“I;£" person who may have served as such, drafted into the military service, bg,-,ms;mBd {Z may, by order of the President of the United States, be transferred to ¤¤V¤¥ Service- the naval service, to serve therein, subject to the laws and regulations for the government of the navy, for the term, or residue of the term, for which he was drafted. Enlistmeutsin- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all enlistments into the naval
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,,,,,g;{,,d_ appropriate township, precinct, or district, in the same manner as enlistments thr the army. pm.,,,, ,,,,;;,,t. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That persons hereafter enlisted into ivrg into Mvy 01* the naval service or marine corps during the present war shall be entitled lz2Q3g :;,2; t° to receive the same bounty as if enlisted in the army. And the resolubozintynsifen- tion approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixtyyfour, llsgggegli Egg; entitled “A resolution relative to the transfer of persons in the military ,,;_ut;§,,_ service to the naval service," is hereby repealed: Provided, nevertheless, P¤b· Res- No That such sums as may have been paid as bounty to persons transferred 15;,,05, p_ 402 from the military to the naval service or marine corps shall be charged to, Proviiso. and paid out of, the proper naval appropriation, or appropriation for the marine corps. Approved, July 1, 1864. -—-· July 1, 1864. Ciur. CCII. —- An Act to establish Portland, in the State of Oregon, and Leavenworth, "'_‘”'*"" in the State ¢y" Kansas, Ports ofDeIzvery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Portland and States ofAgnericos in Congress assembled, That Portland, in the State of
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d,,uv,,¥y_ the State of Kansas, and within the collection district of Mississippi, be, and hereby are, declared to be ports of delivery within their respective Surveyors collection districts. And there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs, ¤¤m°¥iZ°d· to reside at each of said ports, who shall perform the duties and receive 1831,ch. 87. the compensation and emoluments prescribed in the act of congress ap- V°l· iv- P- 48°· proved March the second, eighteen hundred and_ thirty-one, being "An act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez to be secured and paid at those places." Approved, July 1, 1864. July 1, 1864. CHAP. CCHI.—An Act to compensate the Ojcers and Crew xy" the iron-clad Gunboat ·—·—‘*‘*‘ Essex for the Destruction of the rebel Ram Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-tive §‘;cp°§;?:;g;;;¤ thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any ·· "¤ ’ money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay to the officers and crew of the iron-clad gunboat Essex, for the destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas, the bounty provided
