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Cadet found mendation of said court be dismissed; and such finding, when approved guilty to be dis- by said superintendent, shall be final; and the cadet so dismissed from To be forever said Naval Academy shall be forever ineligible to reappointment to said ineligible to re- Naval Academy. appointment.

14 Feb., 1879.

Board of Visitors.

3 March, 1883.

Civil employés and their pay.

Sec.

23 June, 1874, v. 18, p. 203.

5 Aug., 1882, s. 1, P. E. L., p. 285.

NOTES.-Finding approved by the superintendent final. Secretary of the Navy no power to review it-he can only proceed to execute the sentence. Taft, Beale's case, Nov. 20, 1876 [not printed]. Designed to cut off a cadet found guilty of the offense, and sentence approved by superintendent, from all chance of reinstatement or reappointment. Must seek relief from Congress. Advises against pardon.-Op. 15, March 15 1876, p. 80.

When found guilty of hazing, the court must recommend dismissal, instead of sentencing to be dismissed.-Cases of Garrett and others, sentences set aside by Secretary of the Navy, June 9, 1877, O. L. B., p. 8.

Art. 36, sec. 1624, does not extend to cadets at the Naval Academy. They may be dismissed for misconduct without trial by court-martial. For hazing they must be tried.-Op. 15, p. 634, July 10, 1877.

There shall be appointed every year, in the following manner, a Board of Visitors, to attend the annual examination of the Academy: Seven persons shall be appointed by the President, and two Senators and three Members of the House of Representatives shall be designated as visitors by the Vice-President or President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, at the session of Congress next preceding such examination. Each member of said board shall receive not exceeding eight cents per mile traveled by the most direct route from his residence to Annapolis, and eight cents per mile for each mile from said place to his residence on returning.

14 Feb., 1879, v. 20, p. 284. [Act of March 3, 1883, appropriated $1,500 for the expenses of the board.]

For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namely, one of mathematics and one of chemistry, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; three professors (assistants), namely, one of physics, one of Spanish, and one of English studies, history, and law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistant professors, namely, four of French, one of English studies, history, and laws, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; swordmaster, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; secretary of the Naval Academy, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks to superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively; one clerk to commandant of cadets, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, one thousand dollars; one dentist, qne thousand six hundred dollars.

425. Chief of Bureau.

3 March, 1883, P. E. L., p. 478. [Naval appropriation act.]

NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.

1402. Number and appointment. 1404. Duty.

1471. Chief Constructor.

Title 10.

Chief of Bureau.

Sec.

1477. Rank.

1481. Rank on retirement.

1522. Education of, at Academy.
1556. Pay.

SEC. 425. The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair shall be appointed from the list of officers of the Navy, not below the grade of commander, and shall be a skillful naval constructor. [Sec. 1471.] 5 July, 1862, s. 1, v. 12, p. 510.

NOTE.-See sec. 1481, as to the rank of constructors when retired from ago or length of service.

Title 15, Chap. 1. SEC. 1402. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the
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Senate, may appoint naval constructors, who shall have rank and pay
pointment of, &c. as officers of the Navy.

Duty.

ap.

25 July, 1866, s. 7, v. 14, p. 223.

3 March, 1871, s. 9, v. 16, p. 536.

SEC. 1104. Naval constructors may be required to perform duty at any navy-yard or other station.

3 March, 1845, s. 2, v. 5, p. 7.4.

Chief Construc

SEC. 1471. The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Title 15, Chap. 4. Repair shall have the relative rank of commodore while holding said position, and shall have the title of Chief Constructor. 3 March, 1871, s. 12, v. 16, p. 537.

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SEC. 1477. Of the naval constructors, two shall have the relative rank of captain, three of commander, and all others that of lieutenant-commander or lieutenant.

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3 March, 1871, s. 9, v. 16, p. 536.

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SEC. 1481. Constructors who shall have served faithfully for forty-five years, shall, when retired, have the relative rank of commodore; and who have been or shall be retired at the age of sixty-two years, before having served for forty-five years, but who shall have served faithfully until retired, shall, on the completion of forty years from their entry into the service, have the relative rank of commodore.

3 March, 1871, s. 11, v. 16, p. 537.

tor.

Rank.

Rank on retire

ment.

SEC. 1522. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to make provis- Title 15, Chap. 5. ion, by regulations issued by him, for educating at the Naval Academy, as naval constructors

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Education at

such naval cadets and others as may Naval Academy show a peculiar aptitude therefor. He may, for this purpose, form a separate class at the academy, or otherwise afford to such persons all proper facilities for such a scientific mechanical education as will fit them for said profession. [See notes under sec. 1522, p. 53.]

4 July, 1864, s. 1, v. 13, p. 393. 5 Aug., 1882, P. E. L., p. 285.

Pay.

SEC. 1556. ** * Naval constructors, during the first five years after Title 15, Chap. 8. date of appointment, when on duty, three thousand two hundred dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, two thousand two hundred dollars; during the second five years after such date, when on duty, three thousand four hundred dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, two thousand four hundred dollars; during the third five years after such date, when on duty, three thousand seven hundred dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, two thousand seven hundred dollars; during the fourth five years after such date, when on duty, four thousand dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, three thousand dollars; after twenty years from such date, when on duty, four thousand two hundred dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, three thousand two hundred dollars.

15 July, 1870, s. 3, v. 16, p. 331.

ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.

Soc.

1403. Appointment of. 1477. Rank.

Sec.
1556. Pay.

SEC. 1403. Cadet-engineers who are graduated with credit in the sci- Title 15, Chap. 4. entific and mechanical class of the Naval Academy may, upon the recom- Assistant naval mendation of the academic board, be immediately appointed as assist- constructors. ant naval constructors. (See § 1522, NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.]

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4 July, 1864, s. 2, v. 13, p. 393.

SEC. 1477. Assistant naval constructors shall have the relative rank of lieutenant or master.* 3 March, 1871, s. 9, v. 16, p. 536.

Rank.

Pay.

SEC. 1556. * Assistant naval constructors, during the first Title 15, Chap. 8. four years after date of appointment, when on duty, two thousand dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, one thousand five hundred dollars; during the second four years after such date, when on duty, two thousand two hundred dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, one thousand seven hundred dollars; after eight years from such date, when on duty, two thousand six hundred dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, one thousand nine hundred dollars.

15 July, 1870, s. 3, v. 16, p. 331.

*Lieutenant of the junior grade.

NAVAL OBSERVATORY.

Sec.

434. Pay of superintendent.

435. Meridians adopted.

1401. Professors' duties.

Title 10. Pay of superintendent.

Meridians.

Title 15, Chap. 1

Duties of professors.

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Assistant astronomers and clerk.
Purchase of new site.

SEC. 434. The officer of the Navy employed as superintendent of the Naval Observatory at Washington shall be en titled to receive the shore duty pay of his grade, and no other.

3 March, 1865, v. 13, p. 533.

SEC. 435. The meridian of the Observatory at Washington shall be. adopted and used as the American meridian for all astronomical purposes, and the meridian of Greenwich shall be adopted for all nautical purposes.

28 Sept., 1850, s. 1, v. 9, p. 515.

SEC. 1401. Professors of mathematics shall perform such duties as may be assigned them by order of the Secretary of the Navy, at the Naval Observatory.

3 Aug., 1848, s. 12, v. 9; p. 272.

Naval Observatory: For pay of three assistant astronomers, four omers and clerk. thousand nine hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one instrumentmaker, fifteen hundred dollars; four watchmen, including one for new Naval Observatory grounds; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and seven laborers; in all, seventeen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.

Sec.

3 March, 1883, P. E. L., p. 554.

[Under an act approved Febuary 14, 1880, v. 21, p. 65, a commission was appointed by whom a site was selected and purchased for a new Observatory. The sum of $75,000 was appropriated.]

NAVAL STORE-KEEPERS.

1413. Store-keepers at navy-yards.

1414. Store-keepers on foreign stations.

1415. Store-keeper's bond.

1438. Officers to act as store-keepers on foreign stations.

Sec.

1439. Bonds of.

1527. Store-keeper at the Academy.

1567. Officers serving as store-keepers on foreign

stations.

1568. Civilians, store keepers on foreign stations.

Title 15, Chap. 1. SEC. 1413. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint

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a naval store-keeper at each of the navyStore-keepers at navy yards. yards where such officers may be necessary.

Store-keepers on foreign stations.

St or e-keeper's bond.

2 March, 1867, s. 1, v. 14, p. 490.
17 June, 1868, s. 1, v. 15 p. 69.

SEC. 1414. The Secretary of the Navy may appoint citizens who are not officers of the Navy to be store-keepers on foreign stations, when suitable officers of the Navy cannot be ordered on such service, or when, in his opinion, the public interest will be thereby promoted. [Sec. 1568.] 17 June, 1844, s. 1, v. 5, p. 700.

3 March, 1847, s. 3, v. 9, p. 172.

SEC. 1415. Every person who is appointed store-keeper under the provisions of the preceding section shall be required to give a bond, in such amount as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy, for the faithful performance of his duty.

Idem.

Title 15, Chap. 2. SEC. 1438. The Secretary of the Navy shall order a suitable commisOfficers to act sioned or warrant officer of the Navy, except in the case provided in as store-keepers section fourteen hundred and fourteen, to take charge of the naval on foreign stations. stores for foreign squadrons at each of the foreign stations where such stores may be deposited, and where a store-keeper may be necessary [See § 1567.]

Idem.

SEC. 1439. Every officer so acting as store-keeper on a foreign station shall be required to give a bond, in such amount as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy, for the faithful performance of his duty.

17 June, 1844, s. 1, v. 5, p. 700.

Bonds of.

Store-keeper at

SEC. 1527. The store-keeper at the Naval Academy shall be detailed Title 15, Chap. 5. from the Paymasters' Corps, and shall have authority, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, to procure clothing and other necessaries the Academy. for the naval cadets in the same manner as supplies are furnished to the Navy, to be issued under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.

2 March, 1867, s. 4, v. 14, p. 516. 5 Aug., 1882, P. E. L., p. 285.

SEC. 1567. Officers who are ordered to take charge of naval stores for Title 15, Chap. 8. foreign squadrons, in the place of naval store-keepers, shall be entitled Pay of officers to receive, while so employed, the shore-duty pay of their grades; and serving as storewhen the same is less than fifteen hundred dollars a year, they may be keepers on forallowed compensation, including such shore-duty pay, at a rate not ex- eign stations. ceeding fifteen hundred dollars a year.

17 June, 1844, s. 1, v. 5, p. 700.

SEC. 1568. Civilians appointed as store-keepers on foreign stations Pay of civilshall receive compensation for such services, at a rate not exceeding ians, store-keepfifteen hundred dollars a year. ers on foreign stations.

17 June, 1844, s. 1, v. 5. p. 700. 3 March, 1847, s. 3, v. 9, p. 172.

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SEC. 355. No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purposes of erecting thereon any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy-yard, custom-house, light-house, be purchased by or other public building, of any kind whatever, until the written opinion the of the Attorney-General shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, States. nor until the consent of the legislature of the State in which the land or site may be, to such purchase, has been given. The district attorneys of the United States, upon the application of the Attorney-General, shall furnish any assistance or information in their power in relation to the titles of the public property lying within their respective districts. And the Secretaries of the Departments, upon the application of the AttorneyGeneral, shall procure any additional evidence of title which he may deem necessary, and which may not be in the possession of the officers of the Government, and the expense of procuring it shall be paid out of the appropriations made for the contingencies of the Departments respectively. [See sec. 1838.]

11 Sept., 1841, v. 5, p. 468.

SEC. 1413. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Title 15, Chap. 1.

Senate, may appoint a civil engineer and a naval store-keeper at each Civil engineers of the navy-yards where such officers may be necessary. [See 1415, and store-keepNAVAL STORE-KEEPERS.] ers at navy-yards

tion of civil offi

cers.

2 March, 1867, s. 1, v. 14, p. 490- 17 June, 1868, s. 1, v. 15, p. 69. SEC. 1416. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, when in his Discontinuaopinion the public interest will permit it, to discontinue the office or employment of any measurer and inspector of timber, clerk of the yard, clerk of the commandant, clerk of the store-keeper, clerk of the naval constructor, and the keeper of the magazine employed at any navy-yard, and to require the duties of the keeper of the magazine to be performed by gunners.

10 Aug., 1846, s. 1, v. 9, p. 98.

Title 15, Chap. 6. SEC. 1542. The President may select the commandants of the several Selection of navy-yards from officers not below the grade of commander. 2 Aug., 1861, v. 12, p. 285.

commandants.

Selection

men.

of

5 July, 1862, s. 2, v. 12, p. 510.

SEC. 1543. The persons employed at the several navy-yards to supermaster work- intend the mechanical departments, and heretofore known as master mechanics, master carpenters, master joiners, master blacksmiths, master boiler-makers, master sail-makers, master plumbers, master painters, master calkers, master masons, master boat-builders, master spar-makers, master block-makers, master laborers, and the superintendents of ropewalks shall be men skilled in their several duties and appointed from civil life, and shall not be appointed from the officers of the Navy. 17 June, 1868, s. 1. v. 15, p. 69.

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SEC. 1544. Laborers shall be employed in the several navy-yards by the proper officers in charge with reference to skill and efficiency, and without regard to other considerations.

23 May, 1872, s. 1, v. 17, p. 146.

SEC. 1545. Salaries shall not be paid to any employés in any of the navy-yards, except those who are designated in the estimates. All other persons shall receive a per diem compensation for the time during which they may be actually employed.

14 July, 1862, s. 1, v. 12, p. 564.

NOTE. By the acts of July 28, 1870, R. S. D. C., s. 902, and January 31, 1879, v. 20, p. 277, the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twentyfifth day of December, and any day appointed or recommended by the President of the United States as a day of fast or thanksgiving, shall be holidays in the District of Columbia.

SEC. 1546. No officer or employé of the Government shall require or request any working man in any navy-yard to contribute or pay any money for political purposes, nor shall any working man be removed or discharged for political opinion; and any officer or employé of the Government who shall offend against the provisions of this section shall be dismissed from the service of the United States. [See under Ex. Departments, act Jan. 16, 1883, Part III.]

2 March, 1867, s. 3, v. 14, p. 492.

SEC. 1838. The President of the United States is authorized to procure the assent of the legislature of any State, within which any purto purchase of chase of land has been made for the erection of forts, magazines, arselands for forts, nals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings, without such consent having been obtained.

&c.

Title 43.

Fuel.

Restriction on

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SEC. 3728. In purchasing fuel for the Navy, or for naval stations and yards, the Secretary of the Navy shall have power to discriminate and purchase, in such manner as he may deem proper, that kind of fuel which is best adapted to the purpose for which it is to be used.

28 Sept., 1850, s. 1, v. 9, p. 513.

SEC. 3736. No land shall be purchased on account of the United purchase of land. States, except under a law authorizing such purchase.

1 May, 1820, s. 7, v. 3, p. 568.

Eight hours a SEC. 3738. Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, day's labor. workmen, and mechanics who may be employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States. [See this section under CONTRACTS, Part I, and 3689, under APPROPRIATIONS, Part III.]

16 July, 1862.

Rate of wages

25 June, 1868, v. 15, p. 77.

That the hours of labor and the rate of wages of the employés in the navy-yards shall conform, as nearly as is consistent with the publie and hours of la interest, with those of private establishments in the immediate vicinity of the respective yards, to be determined by the commandants of the navy-yards, subject to the approval and revision of the Secretary of the Navy.

bor.

12 Dec., 1861, s. 8, v. 12, p. 330. 8 July, 1862, v. 12, p. 587.

NOTE. This act is omitted from the Revised Statutes, but has been always recognized as governing the rates of wages, also the hours of labor until the passage of the eight-hour law.

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