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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 294, 295. 1870. 321 bellion, for ninety days, and remained loyal to the government, and every {md ¤¤¤¤’i*}¤¤¤¤‘V· seaman, marine, and officer, or other person, who has served in the navy mg’Sf°;,,i?;T§?Q- of the United States, or in the marine corps or revenue marine, during beiiitiu andrethe rebellion, for ninety days, and remained loyal to the government, ‘””l"l“8 1°Y*"• shall, on payment of the fee or commission to any register or receiver of :i,Y,,°;:tQ°;,;;,,, any land office required by law, be entitled to enter one quarter section oflaud oulines of land, not mineral, of the alternate reserved sections of public lands °ff§§;°°g°*.,g’°‘ along the lines of any one of the railroads or other public works in the Vol. fiii p. sez. United States, wherever public lands have been or may be granted by 1“4,SEP·38· acts of Congress, and to receive a patent therefor under-and by virtue of the provisions of the act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the Vol. iaiv. p. es. public domain, and the acts amendatory thereof, and on the terms and 15°?·°}l‘2°2·ggconditions therein prescribed; and all the provisions of said acts, except 0 `xw`p` ° as herein modified, shall extend and be applicable to entries under this act, and the commissioner of the general land office is hereby authorized to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry this section into effect, and determine all facts necessary therefor. Approved, July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCXCV.—An Act moki A ro {ations or the naval erca ending June thirtieth, eighteen Iii;/hdrgd 41% seventgfone, and for Y r Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United State: of America in Congress assembkd, That the following sums be, and Navy approthey are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treas- P"°·“°°· ury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy- one. For pay of commissioned and warrant officers, and for mileage or Pay ofofficers transportation of officers travel[l]ing under orders, and for pay of the ;Qi‘?e;°”m°“· . . . ge &c. petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, including ’ men for the engineers’ force, eight thousand five hundred men, at an average pay of three hundred dollars each per annum, seven million dollars. For contingent expenses of the Navy Department, one hundred and Co¤tiugeutex— twenty-five thousand dollars. P°“"’°’· Bureau of Yards and Docks.- For the Naval Asylum at Phila- Bureau of delphia.—For annual repairs of buildings and care of grounds, eight Y*§g$8j”gSgQ;E: thousand six hundred dollars. For improvement of cemetery, five hundred dollars. For support of the beneficiaries, fifty-four thousand dollars; and this and the two preceding sums shall be paid out of the naval pension iiind. For civil establishment at the navy yard, Kittery, New Hampshire. -— _Navy yard at For civil engineer, two thousand five hundred dollars; for draughts- K‘°°°"yi man and clerk to civil engineer, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; for clerk of pay-rolls and mustering clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; for receiver and inspector of stores, one thousand five hundred dollars; for clerk to commandant, one thousand five hundred dollars ; for clerk to receiver and inspector, one thousand five hundred dollars; for chief accountant, one thousand eight hundred dollars; gatekeeper and detective, one thousand dollars; and for messenger at commandant’s office, six hundred dollars; making in all fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars. _ _ At the navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts. — For civil engineer, two Boston. thousand five hundred dollars; for draughtsman and clerk to civil engineer, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; for clerk of pay-rolls and mustering clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; for receiver and inspector of stores, one thousand five hundred dollars; for writer to receiver and inspector of stores, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; for v01.. xvr. Pun.-2l