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triaksu, orders, notes, ur scriu for
payment of moofji, iaopt, maps,
writings, title deeds, printings, engrav
ing, pictures, gold, e silver pitta or
plwewd articles, gltM, Cbioa, eitke, in a
manufactured u3myatiAarod state,
And whether wroagbt an or est
wrought p with any Otbax material.
jure, or iaoo, or aaycf thess, contained
ia any parcel, or package, or track,
shall lade the sane as iteight or bag
gage, oa any boat or vessel, without at
tne time of such, lading giving to tbe
muter, clerk, agent, or owner of such
boat or Teste! receding the imt a
written notice of the true character
and value thereof, aod having the same
' entered oa the bill of leading therefor,
the. master. and owner or owner ot
aid boat or vessel a ball cot be liable
m carriers thereof in any form or man
ner ; nor shall any each madier, owner
or owner be liable for an such goods
beyond the value aod according to the
character to the tbereot so notified aod
entered.
Sec. 70. And be it farther enacted. That
it shall be the duty of all collectors, or
other chief officers of the customs, to
require all sailing Teasels to be furn
ished with proper signal lights, as pro
Tided for by tne act I April twenty
nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
entitled " An act fixing certain rules
and regulations for preventing collis
' ions on the water," and every such
vessel shall, on the approach cf any
steamer daring the night time, show a
lighted torch upon that point or quar
ter to which such steamer shall be ap
proaching. . And every such vessel
that shall be navigated without corn
plying with the terms of the said act
of April twenty-nine, eighteen hund
red and sixty-four, aod tbe provisions
of this stfclion, shall forfeit and pay
the tum of two huudred dollars, one
half to go to the informer ; and for
whicb sum the vessel so navigated
shall be liable, and may be seised and
proceeded against by way ot libel, in
any district court of tbe United States
having jurisdiction of tbe offense.
8EC. 71. And be it further enacted. That
th. , &ct entitled " An act to provide
for tbe better security of tbe lives of
passengers on board veaaela propelled
ia w bole or in part by steam,' 1 approved
July seven, eighteen hundred and tbir-.
ty-eight ; also, " An act to modify
the acuentitled An act to provide for
the better security of passengers on
board of vessels propelled in whole or
in part by steam, approved July seven,
eighteen hundred aod thirty-eight,"
approved March three, eighteen band
red and forty-three ; also, An act to
amend an act entitled An act to pro
vide for the better security of tbe lives
of passengjrs on board of vessels pro
pelled in whole or in part by steam,
and for other purposes," approved
Anizust thirty, eighteen hundred and
fif-v-two; also, "An act for tbe pre
vention and punishment of frands in
relation to the names of 'easels ap
proved May fie. eighteen hundred and
sixty-four ; 1V " An act to create
an additional supervising inspector of
Steamboats, and two local inspectors
of steamboats for toe collection district
of Memphis, Tennessee, and
inspectors for the collection district of
Oregon, and for other purposes, ap
proved June eight, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four ; also, An act to pro
Tide two assistant local inspectors of
steamboats in the city ot New York,
and two local inspectors at Galena, Il
linois, and to r-e"-biish tQe board of
local inspectors at Wheeling ; and also
to amend ihe act approved June eight,
eighteen hundred and sixty-tour, en
titled ' An act to create an additional
supervising inspector of steamboats,
and two local inspectors of steamboats
for the collection district of Memphis,
Tennessee, and two local inspectors
lor tbe collection district of Oregon,
and for other purposes," PP"ed,
March three, eighteen hundred and
sixty ne; also, " An act further to
provide for the safely of tbe lives of
vuic' board of Teasels pro
pelled in whole or ia part by steam, to
reeulate the salaries of steamboat in
spectors, and for other purposes, ap
proved July twenty-five, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six, are all and sever
oitt, k.nk, rr.prli,1 : also, all other
acts anp parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed.
' Approved February 28, 1871.
QlNIRAL HATCRK NO. 49.
AS ACT making appropriations for
the naval service for tbe year ending
Jane thirtv. eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, and for other other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate azd Jlouee of
Representative of the United State of
America in Congre astembled;
That the following sums be, and they
are hereby, appropriated, to be paid
ont ot any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the naval
service of tbe government for the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, and for other pur
poses: For pay of commissioned and war
rant officers at sea, on shore, on special
service, and of those on the retired list
and unemployed, and for mileage or
transportation of officers travelling un
der orders, and for pay ol the petty of
ficers, seamen, ordinary seamen, lands
men, and buoys, including men for the
eugioers' force, eight tbouaand five
hundred men, at an average pay of
three hundred dollars each per annum,
six million five hundred thousand dol
lars. For contingent expenses of the Navy
Department, one hundred and twenty
five thousand doll trs.
To restore te the contingent fund of
tbe navy the expet.se or preparing and
furnishing tbe vessel for the expedition
toward tbe north pole provided for in
the act approved Jnly twelve, eighteen
hundred and seventy, fifty thousand
dollars.
BCBEAC OF YARDS ASD DOCKS. ;
i fKi cf -Col a si hi . For dr"':.uaatj, '
it vterc m ivu . engineer, at one
thousand foir hundred collars each ;
for receiver and inspector ot stores,
eae thousand five hundred dollars ; for
clerk of pay-rolls and mustering clerk,
one ihrmaancf five hnnrlMil' Hnlt--.
I for chief accountant, one thousand
eigut uanarea aoiiars; tor clerk to
chief accountant, one thousand two
hundred dollars; for gate-keeper and
detective, one thousand; for mail mes
senger, one thousand dollars; and for
messenger for commandant's office, six
hundred dollars; in all, eleven thou
sand four hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia.
For draughtsman, and clerk to civil .
engineer, at one thousand four hundred
dollars each; for receiver and inspect
or of stores, one thousand five hundred
dollars; for clerk of payarolls and mus
tering clerk, one thousand five hundred
dollars; for gate-keeper and detective,
one toousand dollars; aod for messen
ger for commandant's office, six hun
dred dollars; In all, seven thousand
four hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Pensacola, Flori
da. For superintendent of yard im
provements, two thousand dollars; lor
receiver and inspector of stores, one
thousand five hundred dollars; for gate
keeper and detective, one thousand .
dollars; for messenger for the office of
the commandaut, sixliundred dollars;
in all, five thousand one hundred dol
lars. .
At the navy yard, Mare Island, Cali
fornia. For assistant to civil engineer
and draughtsman, one thousand eight
hundred dollars; for cierk to civil en
gineer, one thousand five hundred dol
lars; for receiver and inspector of stores
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five
dollars; for clerk of pay-rolls,
and mustering clerk, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five dollars;
for chief accountant, oae thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five dollars;
for gate-keeper and detective, one thou
sand dollars; and for messenger for
commandant's office, seven hundred and
fifty dollars; in all, tea thousand six
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
At the Naval Asylum. For steward,
four hundred and eighty dollars; for
matron, three hundred dollars; for cook
one hundred aod sixty-eight dollars;
assistant cook, one hundred and twen
ty dollars; four laundresses, at one
hundred aad eight dollars each; eight
scrubbers and hoosecleaners, at ninety-six
dollars each; six laborers, at
two hundred and forty dollars each,
and seven laborers, at two hundred and
sixty-four dollars each; master-at-arms,
four hundred and eighty dollars; for
ship's corporal, three hundred dollars:
tor barber, three hundred and sixty dol
lars; superintendent, five hundred aod
forty dollars; in all, seven thousand
two nundred and thirty-six dollars.
For the Naval Asylum at Philadel
phia. For support of the institution,
sixty-five thousand one hundred dol
lars; which shall be paid out of the in
come from the naval pension fund.
For protection of timber lands, five
thousand dol'ars.
For contingent expenses of Bureau of
Yards and Docks, vis : For freight and
transportation of materials and stores;
printing, stationery, and advertising;
books, models, maps, and drawings;
purchase and repair of fire-engines;
machinery and patent rights to use the
same; repairs on steam engines, and
attendanme on tbe same; purchase and
maintenance ot oxen end horses, and
driving teams, carts, and timber-wheels
for navy yatd purposes, and tools and
repairs of same; postage on letters on
public service, aud telegrams; furni
ture for government houses and offices
in navy yards; coal and other fuel;
candles, oils, and gas; cleaning and
clearing np yard, and care of buildings;
attendance on fires; lights; fire-engines
and apparatus; Incidental labor at na
vy yards; water-tax, and for toll aod
ferriages; pay of tbe watchmen in the
navy yards; and for flags, awnings,
and packing boxes, eight hundred
thoasand dollars. . ' .
BO BEAU BQUIPMEST AKD BBCBDITISG.
For equipment of vessels. For coal
for steamers' nse, including expenses
of transportation; storage, labor, hemp
wire, and other materials for the man
vfacture of rope; hides, cordage, can
vas, leather; iron for manufacture of
cables, anchors, and galleys; condens
ing and boat-detaching apparatus; ca
bles, anchors, ferniture, hose, bake
ovens, and cooking stovea, life-rafts,
heating apparatus for receiving-ships;
and for the payment of labor in equip
ping vessels, and manufacture of arti
cles ia tbe navy yard pertaining to
this bureau, one million, five hundred
thousand dollars.
Civil establishment at tbe navy yard,
Kittery, Maine. For clerk in equip
ment office, one thousand four hundred
dollars; for store clerk, one thousand
one bundie I co:'as: for time elerk,
nine hnndred dollars; in all, three
thousand four hundred dollars.
At tbe navy yard, Boston. For su
perintendent of tbe rope-walk, one
thousand nine hundred dollars; clerk
to same, one tbousane two hundred
hollars; clerk in equipment office, one
thousand five hundred dollars; for
store clerk, one thousand two hundred
dollars; time clerk, one thousand two
hundred dollars; ia all, seven thousand
dollars.
At the navy yard, Philadelphia.
For clerkin equipment office, one thou
sand four hundred dollars; for one
store and one time clerk, at one thou
sand two hundred dollars each; in all,
three thousand eight hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Washington. For
clerk in equipment office, one thousand
five hundred dollars; ondfor one store
and one time clerk, at one thousand
four hundred dollars, one at one thou
sand dollars; in all, four thousand one
hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, 'Brooklyn, New
I York. For clerk ia equipment office,
For civil establishment at the navy
yard, Kittery, Maine. For draughts
men aod dark to civil engineer, at one
tbousaad four hundred dollars each;
for clerk of -pay-rolls aod mustering
clerk, one thousand five hundred dol
lars i for receiver and iuspector ot stores
one thoasand five hundred dollars; for
. writer to receiver and inspector of
a tore 9. one thousand dollars; for chief
-. accountant, one thoasand eight hun.
dred dollars, for gate-keeper and de
tective, one thousand dollars; aad for
messenger at commandant's office, six
hundred dollars, making in all tea
tbousaad two hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Charlestown, Mas
sachusetts. For assistant to civil en
giaeer, one tboasaud five hundred dol
lars; for draughtsmen and clerk to
rivit engineer, at one thousand . fonr
hundred dollars etch; forcterkof pay
rolls aad mustering clerk, one thou
..nd five hundred dollars; for receiver
and inspector of stores, one 'thousand
- five Hundred dollars; for writer to re-
- ceiver and inspector of stores, one thou
sand dollars: fur writer to command
ant, one thonsand dollars; for chief ac-
coontant, one thoasand eight hundred
dollars: for gate-Keeper ana aetective,
' one thousand dollars; and for messen
ger- far commandant s omce, six nun
dred dollars: in all, twelve thoasand
una hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Brooklyn, New
. York. For assistant to civil engineer,
one thousand five hundred dollars; for
. draughtsman, and elerk to civil engin
eer. r one thonsfnd four hundred do!
; lars each; for receiver and inspector of
stores, one thoasand fire hundred dol
lars; tor Clem or pay-roue uu nuuaver
' i dark, one thoasand five hundred
doltrrs; for writer to commandant, one
thoasand dollars; for chief accountant,
one thoasand eight hundred dollars;
, for rate-keeper and detective, one thou
sand dollars; for mail-carrier, nine
- hundred dollars; and for messenger for
. commandant's office, six hundred dol-
lars: ia all. twelve tbousaad six hun
dred dollars.
At the navy yard, Philadelphia
For draughtsman, and elerk to civil
' engineer, one thoasand foor hundred
' dollars each; for clerk of pay-rolls and
muster nsr cierk, oae thousaoa nve nan
dred dollars; for receiver . aod inspect-
or of stores, one thousand fire hundred
T dollars; for kief eccoanteat, one thou
sand eight k endred dollars; for gate
" keeper and detective, one thoasand
, dollars; and for messenger for the coia-
' mandam s office, six hundred dollars;
in all, nine thoasand two hundred dot'
!. .
' - At tbe bstt yard, Washioton,' Dis-
Jjfcne thousand five hundred dollars; and
fer one store and oce time clerk, at one
thousand two hundred dollars each; in
all, three thousand nine hundred dol
lars. -: "
At the Navy yard, Norfolk. For
clerk in equipment office, one thonsand
four hundred dollars; lor store ciern.
oue thonsand one hundred and twenty-
five dollars; aad for time clerk, nine
hundred dollars; in all, three thousand
four hundred and twenty-five dollars.
At the navy yard, Pensacola. For
equipment office clerk, one thousand
three hundred dollars.
At the navy yard. Mare Island.
For clerk in equipment office, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy five
dollars; for store clerk, one thousand
two hundred dollars; three thonsand
and seventy-five dollars.
. For contingent expenses of Bureau
of Equipment and Recruiting, namely:
For freight and traosportation-of stores,
transportation of enlisted men, mile
age to hoaorably discharged men,
printing advertising, telegraphing, sta
tionery, apprehension 'of drserters, aa
sisteace to vessels ia distress, one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
At the navy, yard, Mare Island
One writer to paymaste., at one thou
eand and seventeen dollars and twenty
five cents; one writer to inspector of
provisions and clothing, one thousand
two hundred and ninety-fire dollars
and fifty cents; in all, two thoasand
three hundred and twelve dollars and
seventy-five cents. -j.
' For contingent expenses: For freight
and transportation to foreign and home
stations; caadles; fuel; interior altera
tions and fixtures in inspection build
ings; ' tools, and repairing same at
eight inspections;' special watchmen in
eight inspections; books and blanks;
stationery; .telegrams; - postages and
express ' charges; tolls, ferriages and
car tickets; ice; and incidental labor
not chargable to other appropriations,
seventy-fire thousand dollars.
SUBSAO Of BAT1QATIOH.
For foreign and local pilotage and
towage of ships of war, fifty thoasand
dollars. jt- A I
For services and materials in correct
lag compasses on board ship, and for
adjusting, and tasting compasses on
shore, three thoasand dollars.
. - For nautical aad astronomical iu
str amenta, nautical books, asps, and
charts, and sailing directions, and re
pairs of nautical instruments for ships
of war; tea thousand collars.
. For books for libraries for ships of
war,' three thonsand dollars.
For navy signals, aod apparatus
namely, signal-lights, lanterns, ai.il
rockets. Including running lights
drawings, and engravings for signal
books, six thonsand dollars. '
. For eoffipass fittings', including bio
nacles , -pedestals, tripods, and other
apendagee of ship's compasses to be
made ia the navy yards, five thoasand
dollars.'
For logs and other appliances for
measuring the ship's way, leads, and
other appliances for sounding, three
thoasand dollars.
' For lanterns and lamps and their ap
pendages for general use on board Ship,
including those for the cabin, ward
room, and steerage, for the holds and
spirit-room, for decks and quartermas
ter's nse, six thousand dollars.
For bunting and other materials for
flags, and making and repairing flags
of all kinds, five thousand dollars.
For oil for ships of war other
than that used for the engineer depart
ment, candles when used as a substi
tute for oil in running lights, for chim
neys and wick and soap used iu navi
gation : department, forty thousand
dollars.
For stationery for commanders and
navigators of vessels of war, five thou
sand dollars.
For musical instruments and music
for vessels of war, one thoasand dol
lars.
For steering signals and indicators,
and for speaking tubes and gongs, for
signal communication on board ships
of war, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For drawing, engraving, and printing
charts, electrotyping and correcting
old plates, preparing aod publishing
sailing directions, and .other hydro
graphic information, ten thousand dol
lars. Civil establishment. For pay of
writers and laborers, and for purposes
incidental to the support of tbe civil
establishment under this bureau at the
several navy yards, twelve thonsand
dollars.
For contingent expenses of tbe Bu
reau of Navigation: Freight and trans
portation of navigation materials; in
struments, books, and stores; postage
and telegraphing on public business;
advertising for proposals; packing
boxes and materials; blank books,
forms, and stationery at navigation of
fices, six thousand dollars.
For rent of building, fuel, lightt,
and office furniture; care of bnilding
and other labor; purchase of cooks for
library, drawing materials, and other
Stationery, postage, freight, and other
contingent expenses, tea thousand dol
lars. For expenses of Naval Observatory,
namely:
For pay of one clerk, one thoasand
eight hundred dollars.
For three assistant observers, four
thousand dollars.
For payment, in part, for the great
refracting telescope now in course of
construction, ten thousand dollars.
For purchase ef cronograph, five
hundred dollars.
gJForc'mbutnion for theory and t"
bles of tbe moon, two thousand dol
lars. For preparing instruments for obser
vation of trrnsit of Venus, two thou
sand dollars: Provided, That this and
all other appropriations made for tbe
observations of the transits of Yenus
shall be expended, subject to the ap
proval of tbe Secretary of the Navy,
under the direction of a commission to
be composed of the superintendent and
two ot the professors of mathematics
of tbe navy attached to tbe Naval ob
servatory, the president of the Nation
al Academy of Sciences, and the su
perintendent of the Coast Survey, for
which service tbey shall not receive
any compensation.
For wages of one instrument-maker,
one messenger, three watchmen, ana
one porter; lor keeping grounds in or
der and repairs to buildings; tor fuel,
light, and office furniture, and for sta
tionery, pnrcbese of books for Iibrpry,
bemicals tor batteries, postage, and
freight, and all other contingent ex
penses, thirteen thousand five hundred
dollars.
For expenses of Nautical Almanac:
For pay of computers and clerk for
compiling and preparing for publication
tbe American fcpbemerls and the Kau
tucai Almanic, eighteen thousand five
hundred dollars.
For rent, fuel, labor, stationery, box
es, expresses, aud miscellaneous items,
one thousand five hundred dollars.
BUBTAU OF OBDHAHCK.
Fir ten fifteen-inch guns, to meet
contingencies, seventy tbouaand dol
lars.
For one thousand two bnndred and
fifty barrels of guodpowder, twenty
five thousand dollars. .
For fuel and materials necessary tn
carrying on the mechanical branches of
tbe Ordoace Department at tbe navy
yatds and stations, seventy-five thou
sand dollars.
For labor at navy yards, two hun
dred thousand dollars.
For repsirs to ordnance buildings,
magazines, gun-parks, machinery, ana
other necessaries of the like character,
seventy thousand five hundred and nine
dollars, i
For miscellaneous items, six thou
sand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For experiments in ordnance, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For improvements at the nitre depot,
Maiden, seven thousand three hundred
and sixty dollars; at the magazine,
Norfolk, one thoasand dollars.
For tbe construction of two iron-pla
ted torpedo boats, six hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the torpedo corps. For the pur
chase and manufacture of gunpowder,
nitro-glycerlne. and gun cotton, seven
thousand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of
electrical machines, galvanic batteries,
and insulated wire, twenty thousand
dollars.
For purchase of copper, iron, wood,
and other materials necessary for the
inufacture of torpedoes, and for work
on the same, eighteen tboasaud dol
lars. -
For construction of torpedo-boats
purchase of soffer work or bulks, aod
contingent expenses, twenty thoasand
dollars.
For additional buildings, and repairs
to buildings and to wharl, five thou
sand dollars. f-"v;
For labor, including one chemist, at
two thousand dollars, one foreman ma
chinist at one thousand five bnndred
and sixty-five dollars, and one clerk,
ten thousand dollars.
Civil establishment. For pay of so
perlnteudents and the civil establish!
jnent of the several navy yards under
this bareaut fifteen thonsand dollars
For contingent expecses of tbe ord
nance service of tbe navy, one thou
sand dollars. .
BCBBAD OV COSSTBUCTIOS ABO BBPAIB
For preservation of vessels on the
stocks and in ordinary; purchase of
materials and stores of all kinds; labor
in navy yards and on foreign stations;
preservation of material; purchase of
tools; wear, tear, and repair ot vessels
aSoat;"aod general maintenance of the
navy; incidental expenses, advertising
postages, three million five bnndred
thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Nary to
purchase of Seth Wilmartb "the right
to use, ror all purposes, his patent call
ed hydrostatic arrangement for raising
turrets," fifty thousand dollar! : Pro
vided, That he shall execute, to the sat
isfaction of the Secretary of the Nary,
an instrument conveying to the United
States full right to use tbe same under
his patent, aud under all improvements,
modiDcations, or extensions or the
same, which may now, or hereafter ex
ist. , --. j .-.
Civil establishment at the navy yard,
Kittery. For elerk ot store-houses
one thoasand five hundred dollars; in
spector of timber; draughtsman, clerk
to naval constructor, time clerk, and
superintendent of floating dock, atone
thousand roar nandred dollars eacn
eiirht thousand five hundred dollars.
At tbe navy yard, Boston. For clerk
to naval constructor, Inspector of tim
ber, and time blerk. at one thoasand
five honored dollars each; draughts
man to naval constructor,, one thou
sand four hundred dollars; and clerk
of storehouses; at . en thousand two
hundred . dollars each; la all, seven
thousand one hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Brooklyn,' New
X org.- ror draughtsman to naval coc
stractor, one thousand foor 'hundred
dollars; ctork to aaval eoastraetor, ins
speetor or iiraoer ana time clerk.
one thousand five handred dollars each
and clerk of storehouses, atone thoa
sand two bnndred dollars eacbL seven
taonsana one nasarea dollars.
At tbe Navy yard,; Philadelphia.
For clerk of storehouses, one thoasand
five handred dollars; insptctor of tint'
berdraugbtsoian for naval constructor,
-clerk to naval constructor, time clerk,,
and superintendent of floating dock, at
one thoasand fonr handred dollars each ;
in all, eight thoasand five hundred
dollars.
At the nacy yard, Washington. For
clerk of storehouses, one thousand four .
hundred dollars ; inspector of timber,
clerk to naval constructor, and time
clerk, at one thousand two bnndred
dollars each ; in all, five tbousnnd dol
lars. -1
At the navy yard, Norfolk. For
draughtsman to naval constructor, and
clerk of storehouses, at one thousand
four hundred dollars each, aod time
tlerk, one thousand two bacdred dol
lars; in all, four thousand dollars.
At tbe Navy ?yard, Pensaoola. For
clerk of storehouses, one thousand
two huudred dollars.
At the navy yard. Mare Island, Cal
ifornia. For draughtsman to naval
constructor, one thousand four buns
dred dollars; inspector of timber, clerk
of storehouses, clerk to naval construc
tor, superintendent of floating dock,
and time clerk, at one thousand five
hundred dollars each, eight thoasand
nine hundred dollars.
BCBCAU OF STBAM BXOINKIRIsa.
For repairs and preservation ot ma
ahinery, boilers, labor in navy yards,
coal, transportation, materials, and
stores, one million dollars: Provided,
That no money appropriated by this act
shall be expended on account of naval
engines contracted for during the war.
Removing machinery and toots trcm .
old to new machine shops, for convert
ing old machine shops into a stores
bouae, and repairs to yard machinery
at Brooklyn navy yard, seventy-five
thousand dollars.
Civil establishment at tbe navy yard,
Kittery, Maine. For draughtsman, one
thousand six handred dollars, clerk to
chief engineer, and sore clerk, at one
thousand fonr huudred dollars each;
and time clerk, at one thousand two
hundred dollars; in all, five thousand
six hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Charlestown.
For draughtsman, one thousand six,
handred dollars; clerk to chief engin
eer, and store clerk, at one thousand
four hundred dullars each; aud time
clerk, atone thousand two hundred
dollars; in all, five thousand six hun
dred dollars.
At the navy yard, Brooklyn, New
York. For draughtsman, one thou
sand six hundred dollars; clerk to
chief engineer, and store clerk, om
thousand four handred dollars each;
and ime clerk, at one thousand two
hundred dollars; in all, five thoasand
six hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Philadelphia.
For draughtsman, one thousand six
hundred dollars; clerk to chief engin
eer, and store clerk, at one thonsand
four hundred dollars each; and time
clerk, at one thoasand two hundred
dollars; in all, five thoasand six bnn
dred dollars.
At tbe navy yard, Washington. For
draughtsman, one thousand six hun
dred dollars; clerk to chief engineer,
and store clerk, at one thonsand fonr
hundred dollars each; and time clerkr
one thousand two hundred dollars;
in all, five thousand six hundred dol
lars. At the navy yard, Norfolk. For
draughtsman, one thousand six hun
dred dollars; clerk to chief engineer,
ond store clerk, at one thousand tour
hundred dollars each; and time clerk,
oue thousand two handred dollars; in
all, five thousand six hundred dollars.
At the navy yard, Pansacola. For
clerk of storehouses, one thonsand two
hundred dollars.
At tbe navy yard, Mare Island, Cal
ifornia. For draughtsman, one thou
sand six hundred dollars; elerk to
chief engineer, and store clerk, one
thoasand four hundred dollars each;
and time clerk, one thousand two hun
dred dollars; in all, five thonsand six
hundred dollars.
For foundry tools, machinery, and ap
pliances for erecting machinery, and
tools in machine shop, and for fitting
up smithy, eighty-five thousand dol
lars. ,
BURSAU Or FBOVISlOHS AKD CLOTHISO.
For provisions for the officers, sea
men, and marines, one million nve
handred and forty-seven thousand dollars.
For purchase of water for ships.
forty thousand dollars.
For purchase of clothing and dotti
ng materials, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For pay of the civil establishment
at tbe several navy yards nnder this
bureau:
At tbe navy yard, Boston. Two
writers, one to paymaster and one to
inspector of provisions and clothing,
at one thonsand and seventeen dollars
and twenty five cents each; in all, two
thousand and thirty-four dollars and
fifty cents.
At tbe navy yard, Brooklyn. Two
writers to paymasters, at one thousand
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five
cents each; assistant to inspector of
provisions and clothing, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight dol
lars; writer to inspector of provisions
and clothing, one thousand and Seven
teen dollars and twenty-five cents, as
sistant superintendent ot mills, nine
hundred and thirty nine dollars; in
all, five thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight dollars aod seventy-five
cents.
At the navy yard, Philadelphia.
One writer to paymaster, one thonsand
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five
cents; one writer to inspector of pro
visions aod clothing, one thousand and
seventeen dollrraand twenty-five cents;
in all, two thousand and tnirty tour
dollars and fifty cents. -
At the navy yard. Washington.
One writer to paymaster, one thousand
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five
cents.
At the navy yard, Norfolk. One
writer to paymaster, one thousenl and
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents.
BUBBAU OF MEDICI! AND BUBGBBT. -
For support of the medical depart
ment, for surgeons' necessaries for ves
sels in commission, navy yards, naval
stations, marine corps, coast survey,
not including the families of officers
on shore stations, nrty thousand dol
lars. : , i "
For necessary repairs of naval lab
oratory, hospitals, and appendages, in
cluding reads, wharves, outboases,
steam-heating apparatus, sidewalks,
fences, gardens, farms, and for grading
and. laying off the grounds ot the new
hospitals, forty thousand dollars.
For pay of tbe civil establishment
nnder this bureau : At tbe hospital at
Chelsea, Massaehusetts, seven thon
sand seven hundred, aad eighty-two
dollars. . ,, . . -
At the hospital, New York, eleven
thonsand three handred and thirty-six
dollars.. :. 4 ' : ;
At the : hospital, Philadelphia, six
thousand nine bnndred and ninety dol
lars... : --
At the hospital, Washington, Dis-.
trict of Columbia, five thousand and
seventy dollars. :
At tbe hospital, Annapolis, Mary
land, fonr thoasand .five handred and
twelve dollars.;,; '
At tbe hospital, Norfolk, Virginia,
five thousand four hundred and si
dollars. ) ;-t;. :: ' :. 1 '
- At the hospital, Pensacola, Florida,,
five thonsand and ninety-four dollars.
At the hospital, Mare Island, Cali
fornia, eight thousand, eight handred
and seventy-two dollars. :
- At the naval laboratory, New York,
five thonsand six hundred dollars.
At tbe navy yard, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, one thousand two hundred
and ninety dollars. ' : .
, At the navy yard, Boston, Massachu
setts, one thoasand four hundred and
eighty dollars. . - : !-
At the Davy yard, New York, one
thousand four hundred and eighty dol
lars. At tbe navy yard,- Philadelphia, one
thoasand four hundred and eighty dol
lars. At the navy yard, Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia, one thousond four
handred and eighty dollars.
. At the navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia,
one thousand ionr handred and eighty
dollars.
At the aaval station. Monad City,
Illinois,' one thousand fonr hundred
nd eighty dollars. -
For contingent expenses of tbe bu
rean, freight o- medical, stores, trans
portation of insane patients to tbe
Government hospital, advertising! tel.
egraphiog, purchase ef books, expens
es attending the medical board of ex
aminers, purchase and repair vf wag
one,, harness, purcbae ud tied ol
horses, cows, trees, garden tools, seeds,
thirty thousand dollars.
AVAL ACADEMY.
For pay of professors and others :
one professor of mathematics, twenty
five hundred dollars ; four professors,
namely, of mathematics, (assistant,)
of French,-of chemistry, and of ethics
and English studies, at two thoasand
two handred dollars each ; fourteen
assistant professors, namely, five ot
French, two of Spanish, three of ethics
and English studies, one of mathemat
ics, one of astronomy, and two of draw
ing, at one thonsand eight hnndred
dollars each ; and the money appropri
ated for the current year for tbe sala
ries of professors and assisstant profes
sors may be distributed as above : Pro
vided, 1 bat the sum so appropriated be
not exceeded; sword-master, -at one
thousand two hundred dollars, and two
assistants, at one thonsand dollars
each ; boxing-master and gymnast, one
thoasand two handred dollars ; assist
ant librarian, at one thoasand fonr
huudred dollars ; three clerks to super
intendent, one at one. thoasand two
hundred dollars, one at one thoasand
dollars, and one at eight handred dol
lars ; clerk to paymaster, one thousand
dollars; commissary, at two handred
and eighty-eight dollars ; messenger to
superintendent, at six handred dollars;
oook, at three handred and twenty-five
dollars and fifty cents ; armorer, at five
hundred and twenty nine dollars and
fifty cents ; quarter-gunner, at fonr
hundred and nine dollars .- and fifty
cents ; gunner's mate, at fonr handred
and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents ;
coxswain, at four handred and sixty
nine dollars and fifty cents ; three sea
men, in departments of seamanship, at
three handred and forty-nine dollars
and fifty cents each ; band-master, at
hve nunorea ana twenty-eight dollars:
eighteen first-class musicians, at three
hundred ana rortyneignt dollars each ;
seven second-class musicians, at three
hundred dollars each ; two drummers
and one fifer, (first-class,) at three hun
dred and forty-eight dollars each ; in
all, fifty-eight thousand fonr handred
and seventy-six dollars. - r
For pay of watchmen and others.
thirty thousand two hundred and ninety-four
dollars and fifty cents.
ror pay or mechanics and others.
seventeen thousand four handred and
sixty-two dollars and seventy-five
cents.' V- '
For pay of employees in the depart
ment of steam-enginery, for machinists
boiler-makers, and others, eiirht thou
sand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
jvor repairs -and improvements of
public buildings, fourteen thoasand five
hundred dollars. :.i
For contingent expenses, sixty-foar
thousand and eighty-nine dollars.
MARINE COBPS.
For pay and subsistence of officers of
the marine corps, and for pay of non
commissioned officers, musicians, pri
vates, and others of the corps, seven
hnndred thousand dollars.
For provisions, one handred and
twenty thoasand dollars.
For clothing, one hundred and six
teen thousand eight hundred and nine
teen dollars.
For fuel, twenty-six thoasand one
hundred and sixty-nine dsllars.
For military stores, namely : For pay
of mechanics, repair of arms, purchase
of accoutrements, ordnance stores, flags
drums, fifes, and other instruments,
twelve thousand dollars.
For transportation of officers and
their servants, ahd troops, and for ex
penses of recruiting, twelve, tbouaand
dollars.
For repairs of barracks and rent of
offices, where there are no pnblic build
ings, tea thonsand dollars.
ForTcodtingencies, namely : Frvtgnt;
ferriafertoll; cartage; wharfage ilMsy
cbaee a3 repair of boats; labor; bouar
rent oC&fficers' quarters; burial of de
ceaseS marines ; printing, stationery-,
postage, telegraphing; apprehension of
deserters; oil, candles, gas ; repair -6f
gas and water fixtures;, water tta for
age, straw, barrack furniture; forfeiture
for officers quarters; Dea-sapx, wrap
ping paper, oil-cloth, crash, rope, twine
spades, shovels, axes, picks, carpen
ters' tools; keep of a horse for the mes
senger; repairs to fire-engines, purchase
and repair of engine hose ; purchase of
lumber for benches, mess-taoies, DunKs;
repairs to public carryall ; purchase
and repair of harness ; purchase and
repair of handcarts and wheelbarrows;
-scavengering : purchase and repair of
handcarts and wheelbarrows ; scaven
gering ; purchase and jepair of galleys,
cooking-stoves, ranges ; stoves, where
there are no grates-; gravel for parade
grounds ; repair of pumps, brashes,
brooms, backets, paving, and for other
purposes, forty thousand dollars i Pro
vided, That the amount of fifty thonsand
dollars appropriated by section nine ot
an act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial exs
penses of tbe govsrnment for tbe year
ending the thirtieth or June, eighteen
bnndred and seventy-one, approved
July twelfth, eighteen hundred and
seventy, to be expended nnder tbe di
rection of tbe President in organising
and sending ont an expedition to the
north pole, shall not be carried .to the
surplus fund or covered into the treas
ury until tbe purpose of said appropri
ation sball have been completed, bat
may be applied to expenses of said ex.
pedition incurred during any subse
quent year that said expedition may be
engaged on its duties.
Sxc. 2. That the Secretary of the
Navy is hereby authorized to have built
by contract, in some private yard a
floating iron dock, for tbe repair of
naval vessels on their stations, and a
sum not exceeding one million dollars
is hereby appropriated for this purpose.
And the said contract shall only be
made to the lowest responsible bidder,
and on plans and specifications which
shall be open for the inspection of bid
ders for at least ninety days before the
day of letting said contract, after the
poblie notice by advertisement for at
least thirty days in at least one daily
newspaper published in each of the
cities of Boston, New York, and Phila
delphia, inviting sealed bids for sucb
contract, which bids shall be opened
and the award of the oontract made
publicly by the Secretary of the Navy,
at a time and place to be specinea in
such notice. And no contract sball be
made for a dock nnder this section at
a cost exceediog one million dollars
Provided. That if it be' thought best by
a board consisting of chiefs of the bu
reaus of " Construction and Repairs,
" Steam Engineering," and " Yards
and Dock," that plans and specifica
tions shall be invited from responsible
bnilders, engineers, and others outside
of tbe Navy Department, tbe secretary
of tbe Navy may, by publio advertise
ment, as provided in this section, ad
vertise for such plans and specifications
to accompany bids for the construction
of the dock according to the same ; in
which case the Secretary of the Navy
sball refer all such plans and specifica
tions and bids and the bids on the plans
furnished by the department to a board
ot at least five experienced officers, a
majority ot whom shall be constructors
and engineers, aad one of whom may
be an exDerienced civilian engineer.
who shall consider and report which of
all the bids is the lowest for the par
poses of this contract, taking into con
sideration the plana and specifications
on which they are respectively maae
Provided, however. That if the contract
sball be awarded upon plans and spec
ifications famished by persons outside
of tbe department, such contract ansn
not ba entered into unless the s-ne
tractor shall furnish good and nffio-
ciect security In at least nve nunarea
thousand dollars, in addition to the
reservations on said contract, that tbe
dock, when completed, shall be port
able and safe, aod shall in all repecta
answer the purposes for which it was
built. -
Sec. 3. That no chief of a bureau
shall make any contract for supplies
for the navy, to be executed in a f jr-
eto-a country, except it be on first ad
vertiseing for at least thirty days in two
fail newspapers or tbe city or new
York, Inviting sealed bids for furnish-
1d a-the supplies desired, whion ntas
-i,all be opened in the pretence of the
Secretary or the savy, ana toe neaa
of two bureaus ; and contracts shall in
alt -eases be awarded te the lowest bid
der ; and paymasters for the navy on
foreign stations shall ' render, when
cracticable. with their accounts, for
ettlement, an official certificate from
the resident consul, commercial, or
consoler ascent of tbe United States, if
there be one, to be furnished gratuit
ously, voucoing that ell p.orjihases
expenaitures made by said paymaster .
were made at tbe ruling market orices
of the port or place at the time of pur
chase or expenditure. "
&eu. 4. That the President be. and
he is hereby, authorized to accept: tbe
resignation of any officer in tbe navy
until the number ol efficetsin tba grade
to which such officer shall belong is
reduced to the number authorized hv
law. Whose resignation shall taka arT-.t
on or before the first day of January
next, and any officer so resigning shall
be entitled to oae year's sea psy in addi
tion to tbe pay doe such officer at the
date when hit resignation shall take
tiect : I'rovidtd. That this . section
sball not apply wben the number of i
officers shall have been reduced to the
number allowed by law.
Sso. b. That the officers of tbe med
ical corps on tbe active list of the navy
shall be as follows :
Fifteen -medical directors, who shall
have the relative rank of captain. -
Fifteen medical inspectors, who shall
have the relative rank of commander : -
and
Fifty surgeons, who shall have tbe
relative rank of lieutenant commander'
or lieutenant ; and each and all of the
above-named officers of tbe medical
corps shall have the pay of surgeons in
the navy as now provided ; and med
ical directors and inspectors, on duty
at sea, shall receixe the pay of fleet
One hundred assistant snrireona.whn
shall have tbe relative rank of master
or ensign, with the present pay of as
sistant surgeon in the navy : Provided,
That assistant surgeons of three Tea's'
service, who have been found qualified
for promotion by a medical board of
examuen, shall have the pay of past
tssisiaut surgeons, as now provided ;
and passed assistant surgeons shall -have
the relative rank of lieutenant or
master ; and no person under twenty-
one, or over twenty-six years of age, .
shall hereafter be appointed an assist
ant surgeon in the navy.
PAY COBPS.
Sbo. 6. That the officer of the pav
corps on tbe active list of thle nar shall
Thirteen pay directors, who shall
have the relative rank of captain.
Thirteen pay inspectors, who shall
have tbe relative rank of commander :
and , ..... .
Fifty paymasters, who shall have the
relative rank of lieutenant commander
or lieutenant.
A nd each and all of the above named.
officers of the pay corps ahall have tbe
pay oi paymasters in tbe navy as now
prov.ded ; and pay directors and in-
pectors on doty at sea sball rrcelve
the pay of fleet paymasters.
- Twenty assistant paymasters, who
shall have the relative rank of master
or ensign, with the pay of assistant
paymasters as now provided : Provided. .
however, That all laws and regulations
relating to tbe bonds ot paymasters
sball continue in full force and appli
cation, and the issuing ot a new ap
pointment and commission to any offi
cer of the pay corps under tbe provis
ions or this act sball not a Hector annul
any existiog bond, but the same sball
remain in force, and apply to sucb new
appointment and commission.
bsgiseeb cobps.
Sec. 7. That the officers of the en
gineer corps on the active list of tbe
navy shall be as follows':
Ten cuief engineers, wbo shall have
tbe relative rank of captain.
r nteen chief engineers, who shall
have the relative rank of commander :
and
Forty fire chief engineers, who shall
have the relative rank of lieutenant
commander or lieutenant. ;
And each and all of tbe above named
officers of the engineer corps sball bare
tbe pay of chief engineers of tbe navy
as now provided.
One hundred first assistant engineers
ho shall have the relntive rank ot
lieutenant or master ; and
One hundred second assistant engi
neers, who shall have tbe relative rank
of master or ensign ; and the said as
sistant engineers sball bave tbe pay of
first and second assistant engineers of
the navy, respectively, as now provided.
Sbo. 8. That no person under nineteen
or over twenty-six years of age sball be
appointed a second assistant engineer
n tbe navy ; nor sball any person be
appointed or promoted in the engineer
corps until after be has been found
qualified by a board of competent en
gineer and medical officers designated
by tbe secretary of tbe Nary, and has
complied with existing regulations.
Sbo. 9. That of tbe naval construct
ors two shall bave have ' the relative
rank of captain, bree of commander,
aud all others that of lieutenant com
mander or lieutenant ; and assistant
naval constructors sba'l have the rela
tive rank of lieutenant or master ; four
chaplains shall nave tbe relative rank
of captain, seven that of commander,
and not more than seven that of lieu
tenant commander or lieutenant ; and
that tbe President of tbe United States
hereby authorized, in his discretion,
to determine and fix the relative rank
of civil engineers : Provided, That the
pay of said officers shall not be in
creased.
Ssc. 10. That the foregoing grades,
hereby established for tbe staff corps of
the navy, shall be fille i by appointment
from tbe bigbestnumbers in each corps
according to seniority, and that new
commissions sball be issued to tbe
officers so appointed, in which commis
sions tbe titles and grades herein es
tablished shall be inserted ; and no ex
isting commission shall be vacated in
the said several staff corps, except by
tbe issue of new commissions required
by tbe provisions of this aet, and no
officer shall be reduced in rank or lose
seniority in his own corps by any
change which may be requred under
tbe provisions of this act ; and the offi
cers of tbe staff corps ot the navy shall
take precedence in their several corps,
and in their several grades, and with
officers of tbe line with whom they bold
relative rank, accordiog to length of
service In tbe navy : Provided, That in
estimating tbe length ot service for
this purpose, tbe several officers ot the
staff corps shall respectively take pre
cedence in their several grades and
ith those officers of the line of
the navy with whom they hold relative
rank wbo bave been in tbe naval serv
ice six years longer than such officers
of said staff corps have been in said
service: And provided further. That in
estimating such length of service, offi
cers who have been advanced or lost
numbers on tbe Navy Register shall be
considered as having gained or lost
length of service accordingly : . And
provided further, That chiefs of bureau
may be appointed from officers having
tbe relative rank or captain in the staff
corps of the navy on the active list :
And provided further, That no staff offi
cer shall, in virtue of his relative rank
or precedence, have any additional
right to quarters : And provided further.
That any staff officer of the navy wbo
nas performed tbe duty ot enter or a
bureau of the. Navy Department for a
full term sball thereafter be exempt
from sea duty, except ia time of war.
Sec 11. That officers of the medical,
pay, and engineer corps, chaplains, and
professors of mathematics, and also
constructors, wbo shall bave served
faithfully for forty-five' years, shall,
wben retired, have tbe relative rank of
commodore; and officers of these seve
ral corps wbo bave been or sball be re
tired at the age of sixty-two years, be
fore having served for forty-five years,
but who shall have served faithfully
until retired, on the completion of forty
years from their eotry into the serv
ice, shall also from that time have
have the relative rank of commodore ;
and staff officers who have been or shall
be retired for casuses incident to tbe
service before arriving at sixty-two
years of age shall bave the same rank
on the retired lisa as pertained to their
position on the active list '."Provided
however. That nothing contaloeded In
this section soau on construed to in
crease the pay now provided for said
several staff officers. .
Sec 12. That the chiefs of the Bu
reau of Medicine and Surgery, Provis
ions at.d Clothing, Steam Engineering,
and Construction and . Repair, shall
have tbe relative rank of commodore
whole holding said position, ( or if
heretofore or nereaiter retired there
from by reason of age or length of serv
ice,) and shall have, respectively, tbe
title cf Surgeon (Jeueral, Paymaster
General, Engmeer-io-Chief, and Chief,
rr . I e i . : - Cll- J 1 ,
omce oi- iiei . vi . uurwiu ia utieu
line officer below tbe rank of commo
dore, said officer shall bave the relative
rank of commodore during tbe time be
holds said office t And provided fur Unr,
That tbe pay ot chiefs of bureau iu the
Navy Department sball be tbe highest
pay of the grade to which they belong,
but not below that of commodore ; and
officers of the staff now on the retired
list' shall hare - tbe rank thereon to
which they would have been entitled
bad they remained iu tbe active list,
uoleis they shall be entitled to higher
rank. Tbat commanding officers of
vessels of war aad of naval stations
sball take precedence over ail officers
placed nnder their command, and the
Secretary of tbe Navy may, in his dis
cretion, detail a line officer to act as tbe
aid or executive of tbe commanding
officer of a vessel of war, or naval sta
tion, which officer shall, when not im
practicable, be next in rank to said
commanding officer, and who, as sucb
aid or executive, shall, while executing
the orders of the commadiog officer, on
board such vessel or at each station,
take precedence over all officers attach
ed to such vessel or- station ; and atl
orders of such aid or executive sball
be regarded as proceeding from tbe
commanding officer ; and such aid or
executive shall bave no independent
authority in consequence of snch detail;
and staff officers, senior to the officer
so detailed, shall have tbe right to
commuoicae directly with the com
manding officer, and in processions on
shore,; on courts-martial, ' summary
courts, courts of ioquiery, boards of
survey, and all other boards, line and
staff officers sball take precedence ac
cording to rank. I.-
Sc. 13. Tbat all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act are here
by repealed. - 1
Approved, March 3, 1871. .
; General batubb No. 64
AN ACT to incorporate the Texas Pa
cific Railroad Company, and to aid
- in the construction of its road, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Jloute of
aepreteniattve of tne United Slate of
' America in Congre aetembled:
Tbat John C. Fremont, James L. Al
corn, G. M. Dodge, O. O. Frencb,
John D.-Caldwell, J. J. Noah, A. C.
Osborne, Timothy Hurley, C. C. Pool,
Silas N. : Martin, Johj M. Corse,
George E. Went worth, Philip H. Mor
gan, J. D. Cameron, Marshal .O. Rob
erts, James L. Hodges; John Ray, W.
Vermilye, Enoch L. Faneher, Charles
F. Li verm ore, Joseph H.' Ogles by,
John Whytock, Daniel Drew, F. S. Da
vis, W. Orton, A . C. Babcock, Thomas
A. Scott, -Samuel D. Hoffman, H.
Ramsdale, William H. Jackson, R. O.
Parsons, Delos W. Emmons, M. A.
Sontbwortb, John H. Hall, G. C. Kiu
ley, W. P. Clark, James Dart, H. Ja
cobs, Li T. Smith, W. P. Dole, C. A.
Weed, A. P. K. Safford, H. McCullough,
Charles Jackson, Elisb Dyer, Alfred
Anthony, James Hoy, M. W. Benjamin,
H. D. Cooke, Joseph R. West, W. S.
Huntington, J. M. Tebbetts, C. C. Le
ondridge, D. D. Porter, M. Wood hull,
Hiram Price, M. C. Hunter, W. T.
Walters, J. B. Brownlow, T. A. Morris,
Owen Toiler, J, H. Ledlie, R. M. Bish
op, Samuel Craighead, D. N. Stanton,
Augustus H. Whiting, G. L. Johnson,
J. W. Goodland, Powell Clayton, Sam
uel Tate, W. Bolton, H. Robinson,
George Maney, O. H. Bynum, M. Burns,
J. O. Goodloe, E. G. Barney, Cyrus
Busey, J. W. Forney, J. Lockwood,
E. M. Davis. N. Patton, W. Flaoegan,
G. O'Brien, G. P. Buel, G. H. Gidding,
J. J. Newell, E. W. Rice, R: M. Shoe
maker, Samuel Sloan, S. W. Morton,
J. B. Bowman, h. 31. Floarnoy, J. J.
Hinds', G. R. Weeks,, J. T. Lidling,
B. C. Gilbert, B. D. Williams, Thomas
Oicott, G. A. Fosdic, Harry Hays, - P.
S. Forbes, John T. Sprague, L. R.
Marsh, A. W. Beckwitb, J. C. SUcton,
Cyrus H. Baldwin, A. J. Hamilton,
Rush R. Sloan, Silas C. Colgrove.
Samuel D. Jcnes, N. H. Decker, Will-
am N. Luet, B. F. Allen. J. B.
Chaves, Angnstus Kountze, John N.
Goodwin, William S. Rosecrans, Mich
ael Ilahn, II. C. Warmnutb, J. S. Wil
liams, G. M. Spencer, L. J. Uigby, W.
Kimball, and all such persons as
shall or may be associated with them,
nd their successors, are hereby cre
ated a body politic and coroorate in i
fact and in law, by tbe name, style, i
and title of tbe Texas Pacific Railroad
Company, and by tbat name shall have
perpetual succession, and sball be able
to sue and be sued, plead and be im
pleaded, defend and be defended. In all
courts of law and equity within the
United States, and may mike and use
a common seal; and the said corpora
tion is hereby authorised and empow
ered to lay out, locate, construct, furn
ish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous
railroad and telegraph line, with tbe
tbe appurtenances, from a point at or
near Marshall, county of Harrison,
State of Texas; thence by tbe most di
rect and eligible route, to be deter
mined by said company, near the thir
ty -second parallel of norih latitude, to
point at or near El Paso; thence by
the most direct and eligible route, to be
determined by said company, near the
thirty-second parallel of north latitude
to a point at or near El Paso ; thence
by tbe most direct and eligible route,
to be selected by said company ,throngh
New Mexico and Arizona, to a point on
the Rio Colorado, at or near the south
eastern boundary of tbe State of Cali
fornia ; thence by tbe most direct and
eligible route to San Diego, California,
to ship's channel, in the bay of S to
Diego, in tbe State of CalifornW,
pursuing in the location thereof, as
near as may be, the thirty-second par
allel of north latitude, aod la herebv
vested with all the powers, privileares.
and immunities necessary to carry into
erreci tne pari poi see or this act.
seo. z. mat tne persons named in
tbe first section of this act shall con
stitute a board of commissioners,
(twenty of whom shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business)
to ne known as tne Texas racino Rail'
road commissioners, who shall meet in
the city of New York within ninety
days after the passage of this act, at a
time to be designated in a notice .to be
signed by the person first named in the
net or corporators ana six or his asso
ciates, and to be published for two
weeks in, at least, nq daily newspaper
in fiew xork, flew U.. .n and Wash
ington ; ana, wnen so uici, .ti y my
cause ooova to oe opened-, lor tiia -. j
acription or tne capital stock or said
company, aod when twenty thousand
shares, amounting to two millions of
dollars, ahall nave been subscribed, and
ten per centum actually paid thereon,
in money, to tne treasurer, to be elect
ed by said commissioners, who shall
give bond for its safe keeping and pay
ment to the treasurer or the company
hen organized, then it sball be law
ful for sucb subscribers or stockholders
or a majority thereof, to organize said
company in accordance with the pio-
visions of this act, aod to elect not less
than seven, nor more than seventeen
directors, a majority of whom shall be
necessary to tbe transaction of business
aad who snail hold their offices for one
year and nntil their successors shall be
elected and qualified ; and tbe said di
rectors shall immediately proceed to
elect a' president and vice-president,
secretary, and treasurer ; the president
and vice-president shall be directors.
At all elections for directors, each share
of stock shall be entitled to one vote,
which may be given by the holders in
person, or by proxy, who shall also be
a shareholder. The directors shall
hold their otfiees for any term not ex
ceeding three yesrs, as may be provided
in tbe by-laws; and the annnal meetings
of stockholders shall take place as pro
vided for in said by laws.
Sso. 3. That the capital stock of the
Texas Pacific Riilroad Company shall
be fixed by tbe board of directors, at a
sum not exceeding fifty millions of dol
lars, in shares of one handred dollars ;
and when the amount is so fixed, it
snail never ne increased except by con
sent of , Congress : Assessments- upon
said stock shall only be made by a ma
jority vote of tbe whole number of di
rectors at a regulsr meeting, which
said assessments shall be paid at the
expiration of thirty days aftr a notice
given in one newspaper in each of tbe
cities of Washington, ; f blladelpbU,
New York, and unesns
Sko. 4. Tbat tbe said Texas Psclflc
Katlroaa uoaapany snail nave power
and lawful authority to purchase the
took, land grants, franchises, and ap
purtenances of, and consollditeon such
term a may be agreed upon between
xha.psrtlt',.wBlt amriaaMfad
kpf- companies heretofore chartered by
congressional, state, or territorial au
thority, oa the route prescribed Jo tbe
first section of this act j but-no such,
consolidation sball be with any com
peting through Una of railroads to tbo '
pacific ocean. - '
. Sbo. S. That the said company shall
have power and autheriiy to make run
ning arrangements with: any railroad
company or companies heretofore char
tered, or mayhereafter. be chartered by r
congressional. State, or territorial au-'
tbority ; also to purchase lands, or to
aeoept donations, or grant of lands, or
other property, from States or individ
uals, for the purpose of aiding tn carry- '.
ing out the object of this company. -
Sao. 6. That tbe rights, lands, land
grants, franchises, privileges, aad ap
purtenances, and property of every de
scription, belonging to each of the con
solidated or. purchased railroad : com
pany or companies, as herein provided
shall vest in and become absolutely tbe
property of the Texas Pacific Railroad '
Company i Provided,. Tbat in alt coo-,
tracts made and entered into by said
company with any and all other rail- -road
company or companies, to perfect
such aforesaid consolidation or pur
chase, the indebtedness or other , legal
obligations of said company .or com
panies shall be assumed by tbe . said
Texas Pacific Railroad Company as may t
be.agreed upon, and no such consolida-"
tion or purchase shall , impair any lien '
whicb may exist on any of tbe railroads '
so consolidated or purchased ; tut said
company shall not assume the debts or
obligations of any company with which
it may consolidate or purchase as afore- i
said, to an amount greater than the '
cash value of the assets received from -'
the same. - ..-, m .
Sec. 7. That the said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company sball bave power to
make and enforce rules and by-laws
for the election of its officers and tbe
government and management of the '
business of the company and to do and
perform all needful and proper things "
to be done and performed to promote
the objects of tbe company hereby in
corporated, not inconsistent with the
laws of the United States and the pro
visions of this charter.
Ssc. 8. That the right of way through
the public lands be, and the same is
hereby, granted to the said company
for the construction of the said railroad
and telegraph line, and the right, power
and authority is hereby given to said
company to take, from tbe publio lands
adjacent to the line of said road, earth, :
stone, timber, and other materials for
the construction thereof. Said right
of way is granted to said company to
tbe extent of two bnndred feet in width
on each aide of said railroad where it
may pass over the public land;and there
is also hereby granted to said company
grounds for stations, buildings, work
shops, wharves, switches, sidetracks,
turntables, waterstauons, -and such
other structures as may be necessary
for said railroad, not exceeding forty
acres of land at any one point.
Sec. 9. That for the purpose of aids
ing in tbe construction of the railroad -and
telegraph line herein provided for,
there is hereby granted to the said Tex
as Pacific Railroad Company, its suc
cessors and . assigns, every alternate
section-of public land, not mineral,
designated by odd numbers, to the
amount of twenty alternate sections per
mile, on each side ot said railroad line,
as such line may be adopted by said
company, through the Territories of
tbe United States, and ten alternate''
sections -of land per mile on each side
of said railroad in California, where
tbe same shall not bave not have been
sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of "
by tbe United States, and to which a
pre-emption or homestead claim may
not have attached at the time the line
of said road is definitely fixed. - In case
any of said lands sball have been sold,
reserved, occupied, or pre-empted,- or
otherwise disposed of, other Jands shall
be selected 1b Ilea thereof by id com
pany, under the direction of the Secre
tary of the Interior, in alternate sec
tions, and designated, by odd numbers,
not more than ten miles beyond Ihe
limits of said alternate sections first
bove named, and not including tbe
reserved numbers. - It, in tbe too near
approach of the said railroad Hoe to the
boundary of Mexico, tbe number of sec
tions of land to which the company is
entitled cannot be selected immediately '
on the line of said railroad, or in lieu
of mineral lands excluded from this
grant, a like 'quantity of unoccupied
and unappropriated agricultural lands,
in odd-numbered sections nearest the
line of said railroad may be selected as
above provided ; and the word " mine
ral, ' where it occurs in this act. shall
not be held to include iron or coal :
Provided, howeter. That no public lands
are hereby granted witbia tbe State of
California further than twenty miles on
eaeb side of- said road, except to make
up deficiencies as aforesaid, and then
not to exceed twenty miles from tbe
lands origteoally granted. The term
" ehfp's channel," as nsed in this bill, t
shall not be construed as conveying
any greater right to said company to
tbe water front of San Diego bay than
it my acquire by gift, grant, purchase
or otherwise, except tbe right of way,
as herein granted : And provided further
That all such lands, so granted by this
section' to said company," which shall
not be Sold, or otherwise disposed of,
as provided in this act, within three
years after tbe completion of tbe entire
road, sball be subject to settlement and
pre-emption like other laods, at a price
to be fixed by and paid to said company
not exceeding an average of two dollars
and fifty cents per acre for all the lands
herein granted.
Sec. 10. Tbat when' the route ef said
railroad and telegraph line shall pass
through the lands of private persons, or
where it may be necessary for said rail
road company to take any lands be
longing to private persons for any of
the purposes herein mentioned neces
sary to said road, such right of way
through or title to such lands shall be
secured ia accordance with the laws of
the State or Territory in which they
may ba situated.
Sbo. 11. That the Texas Pacific Rail
road Company shall have power and .
authority to issue two kinds of bonds,
secured by mortgage, namely: first,,
construction bonds; secondhand bonds..
Construction bonds sball be secured by
mortgage, first, on all or any portion
of the franchises, road-bed, or track of .
said railroad, and all tbe appurtenances
thereto belonging, wben coostrncted or
in the course of construction, from a ..
mint at or near Marshall, to ship's ,
'j , in tne nay or san utego, in ui
dm to ,! C i'nrola, as aforesaid. Land
mortgages ui - i exeouted by said .
rallroad.com pany sbau be filed and re
corded in tbe Department of the Inter-.
ior, whicb shall be a sufficient evidence ,
Of their legal execution; and shall con-
fer all tbe rights and property or said .
company as therein expressed : Ana
provided aleo, That the proceeds of the ,
aforesaid construction ana lana nonas
shall be applied only in the construe-
tion. operation, ana eqatpment or tne
contemplated railroad line : And pro
videdfurther, Tbat said mortgage shall
ia no wise impair or affect auy lien ex. 4
isting on tbe property of said company ''
ar companies at or before the time of
such consolidation.
'.. Sic. 'ia. That whenever to said
company shall complete the first and
each succeeding section of twenty con- .
secutivs miles or said railroad and put
It in running order as a first-class road
in all its appointments, It sball be tbe
dnty or tbe Sooretary or tne interior to
cause patents to be issued conveying to
said company the number of sections
of land opposite to add coterminous
with said completed road to which it ,
shall be entitled for each section so
completed- Said company, within two
years after the passage ot this act, shall
designate the general ronte of Its said
road, as near as may be, and shall file a .
map of the same in tbe Department of
tbe Interior ; and when the map Is so
filed, the Secretary ef tbe Interior, iuts
mediately thereafter,' shall cause the '
lands within forty miles oa each side
of said designated route within the Ter
ritories, and twenty miles within the
State Of California, to be withdrawn
from pre-emption, private entry, and
sale : Provided,lovr, That the pro
visions' of tbo act of September, eight
een hrndred and forty-one, granting
pre-emption righta,and the acts assend
atory thereof, and cf the act ea tilled
" An act to secare homes lee ds to acta-
al settlers on the pablie domain,' ap-J aetef Jo
proved May twenty, eighteen buoded't dred aet v
and sixty-two, and too amendments 1 thatt n
thereto, shall ba. and the saa am here- i or lr
by. extended to all other -f .it it tbe I s?er
United States on tbe liae w st" 1 road. I ti t(
when Barreled, except those hereby-1 ror
. gran,u4 to said eompaiy. - ,
C
company L
oy or- ury, make arc. a i k. v.,
with, tko Secretary of the latei.jp,
which report eh all bo voder cCh. cs
hibitlngtbe financial .taatlod ofr U
company ,the amount of money received
and expended, aad the number of miles
of road eoaitructed each year ; and
further, the names and residences of
the directors, and cf all other officers
of the company, the.aa.oant of stock
subscribed, and the amount tbereot ac
tually paid in, a description of tbe Hues '
of road surveyed and fixed upon for
coustrnction, tbe amount received from
passengers and for freight, respectively
on the road, a statement of the expen
ses of said road and Its fixtures, od a
true statement of the Indebtedness of
said company and . the various kinds .
thereof. -
- Sbo. 14. That the '.certificates of tbe
capital stock most be signed by tbe
president aod secretary, and attested
by tbe seal of the company, and shall .
contain an extract from the proceed
ings of tbe board of directors fixing the
amount thereof, as well as from this
act, authorizing sucb issue. All tbe
bonds and mortgages issued by said
company most be signed by the presi
dent and. attested by the seal cf said
company, and sball contain an extract
from the law authorizing them to be
issued. The face value of said bonds
sball be one thousand dollars in gold
and shall be redeemable at snch times,
and to beaf such rata of interest, pay
able semi-annually in gold, as may be
determined by the directors. The total
value of the construction bonds to be
issued shall not. exceed thirty thousand
dollars per mile of said railroad, and
the total face value of tbe land bonds
sball not ef ceed two dollars and fifty -cents
per acre for all lands mortgaged;
tbe total amount of each to be deter
mined by the board or directors.
-Sso. IS. That all railroads construct
ed, or that may be hereafter construct
ed, to intersect said Texas Pacific Rail
road, sball have a right to connect
with that line ; that no discrimination
as regards charges for freight or pas
sengers, or in any other matter, sball
be made by said Texas Pacific Rrilroad -Company
against any of the said con
necting roads ; but that the-same char
ges per mile as to passengers, and per
ton per mile as to freight, passing from
the said Texas Pacific railroad over any
of-said connecting' roads, or passing
from any of said connecting roads over
any part of said Texas Pacific railroad,
shall be made by said company as they
make for freight and ' passengers over
their own road ; -Provided alto,' Tbat
said connecting roads shall recipro
cate said right of connection and equal
ity of charges with said Texas Pa
cific railroad : And provided further,
Tbat the rates charged for carrying
passengers and freight, per mile; shall
not exceed the prices wbich may be
fixed by Congress for carrying passen
gers and freight on tbe Union Pacifio
and Central Pacifio railroads.
Sec. 16. That said road shall be con
structed of iron or steel rails manufact
ured from American ore, except such
as may have heretofore been contracted
for by any railroad company which may
be purchased or; consolidated with by
the company hereby Incorporated, as
provided by this act.
Sec 17. Tbat tbe said Texas Pectfio
Railroad Company shall commence tbe
construction of its road simultaneously
at San Diego, In the State of California,
and from a point at or near Marshall,
Texas', as hereinbefore described, and
so prosecute the same as to have at
Icait fifty consecutive miles of railroad
from each of said points complete and
in running order within two years after
the passage of this act ; and to so con
tinue to construct eaeb year thereafter
a sufficient number of miles to secure
the completion of the whole line from
the aforesaid point oa tbe eastern
boundary of tbe State of Texas to the
bay of San Diego, in the State or Ca!(-
fornfa, as aforesaid, within ten years"
after tbe passage of this act and upon '
failure to so complete it, Congress may
adopt such measures as it may deem ,
necessary and proper to secure its
speedy completion. ' ; '
Seo. ; IS. That the President of the
United States, upon the completion of
tbe first section of twenty mites,' eball
appoint one commissioners, whose doty
it sball be to examine the varions sec
tions of twenty miles as they shall be
completed, and report thereon to him
in writing ; andir, from such report, be
be satisfied tbat said company has fully
completed each section of its road, as
in this act provided, he sball direct
tbe Secretary of the . Interior to issue
patents to said company tor tbe lands
it is entitled to nnder this act, as fast
as each section of said road Is complex
ted. "' :
Sso. ' 19. That the Texas Pacifio
Riilroad Company shall be, and tt is
hereby, declared 'to ba a military and
post road ; and for the purpose of in
suring the carrying the mail, troops,
monitions of war, supplies, and stores
of tbe United Stales, no act of the com
pany nor any law of any State or Ter
ritory sball impede, delay, or prevent
the said company from performing its
obligations to the United States in that
regard : Provided, That said road shall
) be subject to tbe nse of the United
States - for postal," military, and all
' itber governmental services, at fair and
- reesonable rates of compensation, not
to exceed the price paid by private par
. ties for the same cind of service, and
the government sball at all times have
the preference in tbe nse of tbe same
for tbe purpose aforesaid."
Sso. 20. Tbat it shall not be lawful
for any of the directors, cither in their
individual capacity or as members of
an incorporated or joint slock oompanj
to make any contracts or agreements
with tbe said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company for the .construction, eqnip-
; meat, or running of its road, or to have
any Interest therein ; and alt such con
, tracts or agreements fire hereby declared
,' oull and void, and atl money or proper-
.cw.-vw wuiao IHUU winmQis or
agreements may be recovered back tor
the benefit of tbe company by anv
stockholder. .'''
Sec. 21. That any railroad eomnanv
whose route lies across tbe route of the 1
Texas Pacifio railroad may cross the
same, and for the purpose of crossing
soau nave toe rignt to acquire at the
doable minimum price all itnds, wheth
er of the United States or granted by
this act, which, shall be needed for a
right or way. two handred feet wide
ttuougb said lands, aad far depots, sta
tions, side tricks, and other needful
purposes, not exceeding for snch pnr- -poses
forty acres at any one station.
Seo. 22 That tbe New Orleans, Ba
ton Rouge, and Vicksburg Riilroad
Company, chartered by -the Slate of
Louisiana, shall have the right to con
nect by the most eligible rout to be
selected by said Company witr the said
Texas Pacifio railroad at its eastern
terminus, and shall have the right of
way through the pnblic land to tbe
same extent granted hereby to the said
Texas Pacific Railroad Company ; and
in aid of . its construction from New
Orleans to Baton Range, thence by tbe
way of Alexandria, in Said Bute, to
connect with the said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company at Its eastern term
inus, there la hereby granted to said
Company, it successors and assigns,
the same number of alternate sections
ot publio leads per mile, in the State
of LcTiiiine, as are by tbls act grants 1
In the State of California, to said Texas
Pacifio Railroad Company; and sad
lands shall be withdrawn from market,
selected, and patents issued therefor,
and opened for settlement and pr-enp-Mon,
upon the same terms and fa te
same manner and time as is rravl led
for and required from said lev .s Pa
cific Riilroad Company, witl.ii said
State of California : ProvUtd, That
said company ih ill complete the Whole
of said road within fire years from the
passage of tbls act. I
Sso. 23. That, for the purpose of
connecting the Texas Pacific railroad
with the city of San FraacUoo- the
Southern Pacifio Railroad Gov any of
California Is hereby eorrorls;, (sub
ject to tbe laws of Calif mia,) t cons
street a line of railroad f. o i ttU at
or near Tahachapa Pasj, by wt of
Los Angeles, to tbe Tet r. "it ,;u
road at or near tit C;r t t
the same rights,- -,r
and subject t )
rrs;ri9'.los, , r -J
grant 1 to t ' ..
road Co' . i , .