TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 78. 1845.
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Sect. 8. And be it further enacted, That no more than one Purserdoing duty at any navy-yard shall at the same time be entitled to thepay fixed by law for that service.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the term “ persons,” men-tioned in the second and third sections of an act passed March second,one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, entitled “An act to pro-vide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend theterm of enlistment of seamen,” shall be construed to include marines.
Sec. 10. And be it. further enacted, That the accounting officers ofthe Treasury Department be authorized and directed, in the settlementof the account of Rodman M, Price, as purser of the United States steam-ship Missouri , to credit him with such portion of the amount ofthe slops, small stores, and money, with which he stands charged on thebooks of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury , as they shall be satisfiedwas consumed or lost by the burning of said vessel; not, however, toexceed the sum of twelve thousand and sixty dollars; and that the saidRodman M. Price be, and he is hereby, exonerated from all liability onaccount of the provisions which were lost with said vessel.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thou-sand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out ofany moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposeof erecting marine hospitals upon the sites owned by the United States at Pittsburg in Pennsylvania, Louisville in Kentucky, and at Cleveland in Ohio, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury .
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where proposalsfor any contract or contracts, to be made by any of the Executive De-partments or Bureaus, and in all cases where notices of any description,issuing from the same, are now required by law to be advertised, thesame shall be advertised by publication in the two newspapers, in thecity of Washington, having the largest permanent subscription, and atthe discretion of the Executive in any third paper that may be publishedin said city : Provided, That the charges for such publications shall notbe higher than such as are paid by individuals for advertising in saidpapers: And provided also, That the same publications shall be madein each of said papers equally, as to frequency.
Approved, March 3, 1845.
Chap. LXXYII1 .—.fin Act relating to revenue cutters and steamers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That no revenue cutteror revenue steamer shall hereafter be built (excepting such as are nowin the course of building and equipment) nor purchased, unless anappropriation be first made, by law, therefor.
J. W. JONES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives .
WILLIE P. MANGUM,President pro tempore of the Senate .
In Senate of the United States ,
March 3, 1845.
The President of the United States having returned to the Senate , inwhich it originated, the bill entitled “An act relating to revenue cuttersand steamers,” with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded, inpursuance of the Constitution , to reconsider the same; and,
Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agree-ing to pass the same.
Attest: ASBURY DICKINS,
Pay of pursersat navy-yards.
2d and 3d secs,act of 2d March1837, ch. 21,extended to ma-rines.
Publication forproposals, &c.by ExecutiveDepartments.
Statute II.March 3, 1845.
No revenuecutter or steam-er to be built,&c. without anappropriationtherefor.