272 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. S1-ass. I. Ch. 121. 1848. Report thereof ferred, and their application, shall be laid before Congress at each ses- ‘° C°”€"°`”· sion, previous to its adjournment. N¤*P'°°°?{l°*;f Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the ggiiigge 1;:,;] Postmaster-General, under the direction of the President, to cause the lines of ¤¤¤=¤¤¤¤j¤ net receipts of postages collected on the several lines of steamers from
New York to Liyerpool,hfr0ip Neyv Yopkéo Chagnes, ;u;ddf1;_om_ Papa.
now to be ap- ma to some omt m the erri cry 0 rego¤,s1pu a e or in con- P“°d- tracts made wiith the Secretary of the Navy, to be deposited in the treasury to the credit of the appropriation for the annual compensation for the service to be rendered under said contracts, or otherwise apply the said postages in payment of the said annual compensation. The provision Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That so much of the proviso of °f th? ¥‘"*‘l “¥" the act of third of March one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, ropnation act of . . ’ . . Y. gd Mm-ch, 1848, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the •=h· 83, ¥¤<1¤E*i¤8 half calendar year beginning the first of January, and endnng the thirigituzg 2in2E; ticth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four," &,¤__ as ngvy be furnished requires that materials of every name and nature for the use of the
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- ;°gi_§'1g‘ navy be furnished by contract with the lowest bidder, be, and the same
moditied so faras is hereby, so far modified, that it shall be lawful for the Secretary of ¤‘¤!¤¤>¤ *° *;°¤· the Navy, hereafier, to enter into contract for tobacco, from time to 22m rm tO ac` time, as the service requires, for a period not exceeding four years; and in making such contracts, he' shall not be restricted to the lowest bidder, unless, in his opinion, economy and the best interests of the service will be thereby promoted. f Numb? °Y¥>;°‘ SHG. I2. And be itfurt/ner enacted, That the number of professors
° i;°° H; of mathematics in the navy shall not exceed twelve ; that they shall be
navy not to ex- appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States, by °°.j’_,"L‘?"‘*1'°· . and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall perform such mr duties . . my pay, duties as may be assigned them by order of the Secretary of the Navy, at the Naval School, the Observatory, and on board ships-oiZwar,1n instructing the midshipmen of the navy, or otherwise. That when on duty, the pay of a professor of mathematics shall be at the rate of fifieeu hundred dollars per ·annum, with a ration; and when on leave of absence or waiting orders, the pay shall be at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum, Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy mmm persons be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause persons in the naval service i'? ‘h° *******1 S"' or marine corps, who shall become insane while in the service, to be vice to be placed . . . . . . . . in ,,,0h lunatic placed IH such lunatic hospital as m his opinion will be most G011- }餤Pi¢¤}¤ Hf 3:** Venient and best calculated to promise a restoration of reason; HH!} l\§g;?:g,gi,€cg that in addition to the pay which may from time to time be d11€¥0 such person, he may, from the annual appropriation for the naval service, under the head of pontingent enumerated, pay any deficiency of at reasonable expense; provided, that in each case it does not exceed one hundred dollars per annum. lfumberofmid- Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the proviso of thi? act of
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842 eh_ HL of 05061*5 of the navy of the grade of midshipmeu to the number that ’ were in service on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-one, be, and is hereby, so modified as to authorize the z1pp0xntment of officers of that grade, to the number of four hundred and pl-mso as m sixty-four: Provided, That the appointments shall be made acccrdmg ·PP°*“““°“*'- to the directions of the hiih section of the act approved March ihllid, 1845* °h‘77' €ightB€I1 hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act making appl'0P\'|¤· tions for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth I une, eighteen h\1Ildl’€d Hlld fOl‘ty··siX;” and in appointing from each State, h€l’88f[€|`¤ itsproportion of officers of that grade, the appointments shall be upportioned, as nearly as practicable, equally among the several congressional districts therein.
