TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 121.
1828.
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For pay, subsistence, and provisions, thirty-five thousand one hundredand sixty dollars.
For medicines and hospital stores, one thousand two hundred dollars.For outfits, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For repairs, and for wear and tear, ten thousand dollars.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Pay, &c.
Medicines.Outfits.Repairs, &c.
Chap. CXXI.— An Act for the better organization of the medical department ofthe navy of the United States , (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after thepassing of this act, no person shall receive the appointment of assistantsurgeon in the navy of the United States , unless he shall have been ex-amined and approved by a board of naval surgeons, who shall be desig-nated for that purpose, by the secretary of the navy department; and noperson shall receive the appointment of surgeon in the navy of the UnitedStates until he shall have served as an assistant surgeon at least two years,on board a public vessel of the United States , at sea, and unless, also, heshall have been examined and approved by a board of surgeons consti-tuted as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates may designate and appoint to every fleet or squadron an expe-rienced and intelligent surgeon, then in the naval service of the UnitedStates , to be denominated “ Surgeon of the Fleet,” who shall be surgeonof the flag ship, and who, in addition to his duties as such, shall examineand approve all requisitions for medical and hospital stores for the fleet,and inspect their quality ; and who shall, in difficult cases, consult withthe surgeons of the several ships, and make records of the character andtreatment of diseases, to be transmitted to the Navy Department; andwho, in addition to the compensation allowed to surgeons at sea, shall beallowed double rations while acting as surgeon of the fleet as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That assistant surgeons who shallhave been commissioned less than five years, shall each receive thirtydollars a month, and two rations a day; after five years’ service,they shallbe entitled to an examination by a board of naval surgeons, constituted asaforesaid, and having been approved and passed by such board, they shalleach receive an addition of five dollars a month, and one ration a day ;and, after ten years’ service, a further addition of five dollars a month,and one ration a day.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every surgeon who shall havereceived his appointment, as is hereinbefore provided for, shall receivefifty dollars a month, and two rations a day ; after five years’ service, heshall be entitled to receive fifty-five dollars a month and an additionalration a day; and after ten years’ service, he shall receive sixty dollars amonth and an additional ration a day; and after twenty years’ service, heshall receive seventy dollars a month and the rations as last aforesaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every assistant surgeon (afterhaving faithfully served two years) shall, while in actual service at sea, inaddition to the usual compensation allowed him by law, receive double
Statute I.May 24, 1828.
After thepassing of thisact, no personto receive theappointment ofassistant sur-geon, unlessexamined, &c.
President ofthe UnitedStates may de-signate, &c. toevery fleet orsquadron anintelligent sur-geon, then inthe naval ser-vice of theUnited States .
Assistant sur-geons who havebeen commis-sioned less thanfive years, toreceive each30 dollars amonth, and tworations per day,&c.
Every sur-geon whoshall have re-ceived his ap-pointment asherein providedfor, to receive50dollars permonth and tworations a day,&c.
Every assist-ant surgeon, &c.
(a) Acts relating to the medical department of the navy:
An act to regulate the medical establishment, March 2, 1799, ch.27.
An act further to regulate the medical department of the army, May 8, 1820, ch. 75.
An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy of the United States , May24, 1828, ch.121.
An act to amend an act entitled (< An act for the better organization of the medical department ofthe navy, approved May 24, 1828,” Jan. 21, 1829, ch. 7.
An act to re-organize the navy department of the United States , Aug. 31, 1842, ch. 286, sec. 3.
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