STATUTE II. Aug. 31, 1842. Appropriations for subsistence in act 23d Aug. 1842, ch. 192, applicable to subsistence fur nished in 1839 and 1840. Proviso. STATUTE II. Aug. 31, 1842. Newcastle and Nobleboro annexed as ports of delivery. Repealed by act of March 3, 1843, ch. 79. STATUTE II. Aug. 31, 1842. tickets in the District of Columbia, after 1st January 1843, unlawful. Penalty for offending. CHAP. CCLXXX.-An Act concerning the payment of Florida militia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriations for subsistence made in the act entitled "An act for the payment of Florida militia called into service in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and eighteen hundred and forty," and approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and forty-two, shall be applicable to the settlement of any claims for subsistence furnished to the Florida militia in eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and eighteen hundred and forty, not heretofore settled: Provided, That no supplies be paid for other than those authorized by law or regulation: And provided, further, That the appropriation specified in said act shall not be exceeded. APPROVED, August 31, 1842. CHAP. CCLXXXI.—An Act to extend the collection district of Wiscasset. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the towns of Newcastle and Nobleboro, lying on the Damariscotta river, in the State of Maine, be annexed to the collection district of Wiscasset, as ports of delivery only. APPROVED, August 31, 1842. CHAP. CCLXXXII.—An Act to suppress the vending of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sale of lottery States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, it shall not be lawful, to keep within the District of Columbia any office or place of business for the sale of lottery tickets, or of any share or interest in lottery tickets, nor shall it be lawful to sell or offer for sale within the said District, any lottery ticket or any share or interest in any lottery ticket; and every person who shall be duly convicted of offending against the provisions of this act shall be punished by imprisonment in the common jail of the county in which the offence shall have been committed for a period not less than one, nor more than six calendar months, and shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than one hundred nor exceeding one thousand dollars, one half of which shall go to the informer, and the other half to the municipal corporation within whose corporate limits the offence shall have been committed; but if committed without the limits of any municipal corporation, then such moiety of the fine shall go to the United States. Sales of lottery tickets voidlawful to recover the money. Certain lottery tickets excepted for one year. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the contract of sale for such lottery ticket or tickets, or share or interest in such lottery ticket or tickets, shall be absolutely void, and the person or persons paying therefor shall have a right to recover back the money paid therefor as money paid on a void consideration: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrain the selling of lottery tickets, so far as the same is authorized by any existing contract made by the Common Council of the city of Alexandria, under an ordinance of the Common Council of the said city, passed on the fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and approved by the President of the United States, if such contract is made, and so far as the same is made, in conformity with the provisions of its charter, nor so far as the selling of the same is authorized by any subsisting license of any of the cities of the said District, for the period of one year from the passage of this act: And provided, further, That it shall not be lawful, under color of any contract made with the Common Council of the said city of Alexandria, STATUTE II. CHAP. CCLXXXIII.—An Act to provide for purchasing materials and for the Aug. 31, 1842. support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven thousand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of furnishing raw materials for manufacture and for the support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the board of inspectors of said penitentiary, and to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, August 31, 1842. Appropriation. STATUTE II. CHAP. CCLXXXVI.-An Act to reorganize the Navy Department of the United Aug. 31, 1842. States. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to alter and amend the several acts establishing a Navy Department, by adding thereto a Board of Commissioners," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be attached to the Navy Department the following bureaus, to wit: 1. A bureau of Navy Yards and Docks. 2. A bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repairs. 3. A bureau of Provisions and Clothing. 4. A bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. 5. A bureau of Medicine and Surgery. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint, from the captains in the naval service, a chief for each of the bureaus of Navy Yards and Docks, and of Ordnance and Hydrography, who shall each receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, in lieu of all other compensation whatever, in the naval service; and shall, in like manner, appoint a chief of the bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, who shall be a skilful naval constructor, and shall also appoint a chief of the bureau of Provisions and Clothing, who shall each receive for his services three thousand dollars per annum; and shall in like manner appoint from the surgeons of the navy a chief of the bureau of Medicine and Surgery, who shall receive for his services two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy shall appoint the following clerks, to wit: For the office of the Secretary of the Navy, a chief clerk, who shall receive for his services two thousand dollars per annum; one registering clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; three recording clerks, who shall receive for their services each one thousand dollars per annum ; one principal corresponding clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and two assistant corresponding clerks, who shall receive for their services each twelve hundred dollars per annum; one (a) Notes of the acts relating to the navy of the United States, vol. 2, 699. Act of 7th Feb. 1815, ch. 35, repealed. Bureaus to be attached to the Navy Depart ment. Chiefs of the bureaus to be appointed, how. Sec. Navy to appoint clerks for the Office of the Secretary of the Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks. Bureau of Con ment and re warrant clerk, who shall receive for his services twelve hundred dollars per annum; and one miscellaneous clerk, who shall receive for his services eight hundred dollars per annum. For the bureau of Navy Yards and Docks, one civil engineer, who shall receive for his services two thousand dollars per annum; one draughtsman, who shall receive for his services one thousand dollars per annum; one chief clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; and two assistant clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services one thousand dollars per annum, and the other shall receive for his services eight hundred dollars per annum. For the bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, one assiststruction, equip ant constructor and draughtsman, who shall receive for his services the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; and four clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services fourteen hundred dollars per annum, and the others shall receive for their services one thousand dollars per annum, each. pairs. 3, 1843, ch. 83. Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. Bureau of Ord nance and Hydrography. Bureau of Me gery. For the bureau of Provisions and Clothing, one chief clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; and two clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, and the other shall receive for his services eight hundred dollars per annum. For the bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, one draughtsman, who shall receive for his services one thousand dollars per annum; and three clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services twelve hundred dollars per annum, and the others shall receive for their services one thousand dollars per annum, cach. For the bureau of Medicine and Surgery, two clerks, one of whom dicine and Sur- shall receive for his services twelve hundred dollars per annum, and the other shall receive for his services eight hundred dollars per annum; and one assistant surgeon, who shall receive for his services not less than the highest pay of his grade in the service. Duties to be distributed among the bu reaus. Messengers. Franking privilege. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy shall assign and distribute among the said bureaus such of the duties of the Navy Department, as he shall judge to be expedient and proper; and all the duties of the said bureaus shall be performed under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and their orders shall be considered as emanating from him, and shall have full force and effect as such. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to each bureau a messenger, who shall receive for his services a compensation not exceeding seven hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the chief of each bureau hereby established shall be authorized to frank all communications from 3, 1845, ch. 43, his bureau; and all communications to his bureau, on the business Act of March sec. 6. Papers of the Navy Commissioners' office to be distributed. Appropriation for stationery. Appropriation to carry this law into effect. thereof, shall be free of postage. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the books, records, and papers, now belonging to the office of the Navy Commissioners shall be distributed among the bureaus, according to the nature of their duties respectively; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to provide for each bureau, such books of record and accounts, and such stationery, as may be found necessary; for which purpose the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, payable out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation for clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Commissioners of the Navy, their Secretary and clerks, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to carry this law into effect, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, appoint, with their consent, officers of the navy, not above the grade of lieutenants, to perform the duties of any clerkship created by this act, (except as herein otherwise provided,) who shall receive each for their services not more than nine hundred dollars per annum, including their regular pay and rations; but the appointment of any officer in the navy to any of the offices or clerkships in this act, shall in no manner whatever interfere with his grade in the service. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all acts, or parts of acts authorizing the President of the United States, or the Secretary of the proper Department, under his direction to transfer any portion of the moneys appropriated for a particular branch of expenditure in that Department, to be applied to another branch of expenditure in the same Department, be, and are hereby, so far as relates to the Department of the Navy, repealed. APPROVED, August 31, 1842. CHAP. CCLXXXVII. An Act to limit the sale of the public stock to par, and to authorize the issue of Treasury notes, in lieu thereof, to a certain amount. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no stock authorized to be issued for a loan, by the act entitled "An act authorizing a loan not exceeding the sum of twelve millions of dollars," approved July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and the act amendatory of the same, entitled "An act for the extension of the loan of eighteen hundred and forty-one, and for an addition of five million of dollars thereto, and for allowing interest on Treasury notes due," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, shall hereafter be sold below par; and in case the same cannot be sold at or above par, and the exigencies of the public service shall require the same, then and in that case the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and hereby is, authorized to issue Treasury notes in lieu of so much thereof as cannot be thus negotiated, to an amount not exceeding six millions of dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Treasury notes authorized to be issued by virtue of this act shall not be issued after the time limited by said last mentioned act, being the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-three, for making said loan, and they shall be issued under the provisions and limitations contained in the act entitled "An act to authorize the issuing of Treasury notes," approved the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and as modified by the act entitled "An act additional to the act on the subject of Treasury notes," approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and forty: Provided, That the notes authorized to be issued by virtue of this act may, when redeemed, be reissued, or new notes issued in lieu of such as may be redeemed within the time above prescribed for issuing the same, provided that not more than six millions in amount shall be outstanding at any one time under the authority of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the act contained, entitled an act authorizing the loan, above referred to, and an act amendatory of the same, shall be so construed as to authorize the issue of certificates of stock, for debts now due or to become due by the United States, for any other purpose than a bona fide loan to the Government (a) Notes of the acts authorizing the issuing of treasury notes, vol. 3, 766. treasury notes To be issued under the provisions and lim itations of acts of 12th October 1837, ch. 2, and 1840, ch. 5. 31st March Proviso. Amount outstanding not to exceed $6,000,000. Relative to the ficates of stock. issuing of certi STATUTE II. Aug. 31, 1842. [Obsolete.] Fort Preble. Fort Constitu tion. Deer island. Fort Independ ence. Castle island. Ft. Griswold. Fort Niagara. Fort Ontario. Fort Schuyler. Castle Williams. South battery. Ft. Columbus. Wharves, New York harbor. Fort Hamilton. Fort Lafayette. Fort Monroe. Fort Macon. Fort Sumter. Ft.Livingston. according to the original intention of that law, and that no certificate for any loan shall be issued for a less sum than one hundred dollars. APPROVED, August 31, 1842. CHAP. CCLXXXVIII.—An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, viz.: For repairs at Fort Preble, Portland, Maine, one thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Scammel, Portland, Maine, five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort McClary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, five thousand dollars. For repairs of sea-wall on Deer Island, Boston harbor, two thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Independence and sea-wall at Castle Island, balance of the original estimated cost of this work, being thirty thousand dollars. For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, thirty-three thousand dollars. For repairs of old Fort Griswold, New London harbor, Connecticut, five thousand dollars. For completing the repairs of Fort Niagara, at the mouth of Niagara river, New York, and erecting and repairing the necessary buildings therein, five thousand dollars. For completing the repairs of Fort Ontario, at Oswego, New York, dollars. For completing South Battery, New York harbor, two thousand dollars. For completing Fort Columbus, New York harbor, two thousand dollars. For permanent wharves for Fort Columbus, Castle Williams, and South Battery, Governor's Island, New York harbor, and to complete the work according to the original estimates, eight thousand dollars. For repairs at Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, five thousand dollars. For repairs and for correcting defective construction of Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, twelve thousand dollars. For Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, thirty-five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Macon, Beaufort, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. For preservation of the site of the same, seven thousand dollars. For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, towards completing the same, agreeably to the original estimates, fifty thousand dol lars. For Fort Livingston, Barrataria bay, Louisiana, ten thousand dollars. |