TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 268,269. 1S42.
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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, should it be necessary tovary the above described daily allowance, it shall be lawful to substituteone pound of soft bread, or one pound of flour, or half a pound of rice,for fourteen ounces of biscuit; half a pint of wine for a gill of spirits;half a pound of rice for half a pint of beans or peas; half a pint ofbeans or peas for half a pound of rice. When it may be deemed expe-dient by the President of the United States, Secretary of the Navy ,commander of a fleet or squadron, or of a single ship when not actingunder the authority of another officer on foreign service, the articles ofbutter, cheese, raisins, dried apples or other dried fruits, pickles andmolasses, may be substituted for each other and for spirits : Provided,The article substituted shall not exceed in value the article for which itmay be issued, according to the scale of prices which is or may be estab-lished for the same.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in cases of necessity, thedaily allowance of provisions may be diminished or varied by the discre-tion of the senior officer present in command, but payment shall bemade to the persons whose allowance shall be thus diminished, accord-ing to the scale of prices which is or may be established for the same:but a commander who shall thus make a diminution or variation shallreport to his commanding officer or to the Navy Department, the neces-sity for the same, and give to the purser written orders specifying par-ticularly the diminution or reduction which is to be made.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no commissioned officer ormidshipman, or any person under twenty-one years of age, shall beallowed to draw the spirit part of the daily ration, and all other personsshall be permitted to relinquish that part of their ration, under suchrestrictions as the President of the United States may authorize : andto every person who, by this section, is prohibited from drawing, or whomay relinquish, the spirit part of his ration, there shall be paid in lieuthereof the value of the same in money, according to the prices whichare or may be established for the same.
Sec. 6. And, be it further enacted, That the provisions of this actshall go into effect in the United States , on the first day of the succeed-ing quarter after it becomes a law, and in vessels abroad, on the firstday of the succeeding quarter after its official receipt: and any actsand parts of acts which may be contrary to, or inconsistent with, theprovisions of this act, shall be and are hereby repealed.
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Chap. CCLXVIII. — An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to contractfor the purchase, for the United States , of the right to use Babbits anti-attritionmetal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ofthe Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to contract for the purchase,from the proprietor of the patented interest therein, for the UnitedStates , of the right to use Babbit’s anti-attrition metal in the construc-tion of machinery and other work; subject to the ratification of Con-gress .
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Chap. CCLXIX .—An Act establishing a court at Charleston, in the Common-wealth of Virginia , (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter terms of the
Soft bread,&c.may be substi-tuted for bis-cuit.
Articles allow-ed to be substi-tuted for eachother in certaincases.
Proviso.
In case of ne-cessity, dailyallowance maybe diminished.
Spirits not al-lowed to per-sons under 21.
Others mayrelinquish spi-rits.
Value to bepaid in money.
Act to takeeffect, when.
Acts inconsist-ent herewith,repealed.
Authority tocontract for thepurchase there-of.
(a) See notes of the acts relating to the District Courts of Virginia, vol. 3, 478.