TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 107. 1844.
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Chap. CYII.— An Ad making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscalyear ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums beappropriated out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, in ad-dition to the unexpended balances of former appropriations for the navalservice for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteenhundred and forty-four, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eigh-teen hundred and forty-five :
For pay of commission, warrant and petty officers and seamen, in-cluding the engineer corps of the navy, two millions five hundred andnine thousand one hundred and eighty-nine dollars : Provided , That thewhole number of petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen andboys in the naval service, shall not exceed seven thousand five hundredat any one time during the fiscal year for which this appropriation ismade: And provided, further, That no portion of the said sum be ap-plied to the pay of any officers of any grade of the navy beyond thenumber allowed by law, in the respective grades, on the first day ofSeptember, eighteen hundred and forty-two: And provided, further,That all persons who may have been appointed as masters mates sincethe fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and who werenot at the time of their appointment able seamen of the first class, shallbe forthwith discharged, except such as shall have actually gone to sea;and those at sea shall be discharged and sent back in the first nationalship returning to the United States , and paid to the period of their re-turn ; and in case no opportunity for returning shall be presented beforethe expiration of the cruise of the ship to which they are attached, thenthey shall be discharged on the return of such ship and paid to thattime.
For pay of the civil establishment at the navy-yard in Kittery, Maine ,viz :
For pay of naval store-keeper, fourteen hundred dollars;
For pay of clerk to naval store-keeper, seven hundred and fifty dol-lars ;
For pay of naval constructor, two thousand three hundred dollars ;
For pay of clerk of navy-yard, nine hundred dollars;
For pay of clerk of commandant, nine hundred dollars;
For pay of clerk of naval constructor, four hundred dollars;
For pay of porter of navy-yard, three hundred dollars;
For pay of inspector of timber, seven hundred dollars;
For pay of the civil establishment at navy-yard in Charlestown, Mas-sachusetts , viz :
For pay of naval store-keeper, seventeen hundred dollars;
For pay of three clerks to naval store-keeper, twenty-one hundredand fifty dollars;
For pay of naval constructor, two thousand three hundred dollars;
For pay of inspector of timber, one thousand and fifty dollars;
For pay of clerk of navy-yard, nine hundred dollars;
For pay of two clerks to commandant of navy-yard, sixteen hundredand fifty dollars;
For pay of clerk to naval constructor, six hundred and fifty dollars;
For pay of porter of navy-yard, three hundred dollars;
For pay of keeper of magazine, four hundred and eighty dollars;
For pay of the civil establishment at the navy-yard in Brooklyn, NewYork , viz :
For pay of naval store-keeper, seventeen hundred dollars;
For pay of three clerks for naval store-keeper, twenty-one hundredand fifty dollars;
Statute I.June 17, 1844.
In addition tounexpendedbalances.
Pay of officersand seamen.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Kittery.
Storekeeper.
Clerk.
Constructor.
Clerks.
Porter.
Inspector.
Charlestown.
Storekeeper.
Clerks.
Constructor.
Inspector.
Clerks.