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TH1RTY·—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 123, 124, 125. 1865. 539 hereby appropriated be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sales of In- To be reimqlian reservations in said state under the provisions of the act to provide b“‘""‘l ‘"’°"‘_”l°’ _ . . . . . . . _. of the reservaior the better organization of Indian affairs m Cahfornia, approved April tions_ eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-ibur.1864, ch. 48. Approved, March 3, 1865. ATMP- 40- Cnnr. CXXIII. —-An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to lease or sell March 3.1865; certain Property of the United States situated at Bath, in the State of Maine. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Wharf at Bath, nry is hereby authorized to lease the wharf property belonging to the fl“‘“§» "‘“Y,g° United States situated at Bath, in the State of Maine, for a term of years, ease or so ` the lessee making all repairs thereupon; or he may sell the same at his discretion if it is no longer in use or required for the public service, and he is hereby authorized to make, execute, and deliver all needful convey- ances to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Approved, March 3, 1865. CHAP. CXXIV. ·-An Act to increase the Pay of Midshipmen and others. March 3, 1865. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That midshipmen, after their pay of midfinal academic examination and until their promotion to the grade of en- Shipmensign, 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 masters’ mates shall be Pay and style styled mates, and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to in- °*` “°tl¤% m¤S*€’¤’ crease their pay to a sum not exceeding sixty dollars per month. mms" Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter mates may be rated, Mates, how under authority of the Secretary of the Navy, from seamen and ordinary may be medseamen 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. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That no person appointed or rated Noperson rated an officer or clerk in the navy shall receive any bounty while holding an {’);§L‘;'k appointment. y' Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts which Rgpgaling are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. clause- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That acting passed assistant surgeons Acting passed and acting surgeons may be appointed in the same manner as acting as- “s£;;°’g;€“;0w sistant surgeons are now appointed, who shall receive the compensation §pp0;,Q,,d;’p,,y’ of their respective grades. &c. Approved, March 3, 1865. CHAP. CXXV. -—- An Act to incorporate the "€apitol Hotel Company,” in Washington March 3, 1865. City, District of Columbia. ’*‘”`—` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles C. Little and A. Cspatoi Hotel C. Washburn, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts; George Folsom, C<>mP=*¤>’ i¤<><>¥· Charles A. Stetson, and Frank Moore, of New York city, in the State of p°m°d` New York; and Z. C. Robbins, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body corporate, by the name of “The Capitol Hotel Name. Company," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, of competent jurisdiction, and be entitled to use and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incident to such corporation, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said Purposes of city of Washington building or buildings for a hotel, with rooms, shops, and °°*P°"“‘°“‘ offices, to be used therefor and therewith; and they may purchase and hold real and personal estate required and convenient therefor; and may,