Bounty, pay, &c.same bounty, pay and allowances, respectively, according to their correspondent ranks, as are, or shall be by law, authorized and provided for the other parts of the same establishment, and shall be governed by the same rules and articles of war, and shall be armed and accoutred, in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct, and shall and may be employed by him, in detachments, or otherwise, in the field, or the fortifications upon the sea coast, as, in his opinion, the public service shall require.
Sec. 3. Necessary books, &c. to be provided.And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall provide, at the public expense, under the direction of the President of the United States, all necessary books, instruments and apparatus, for the use and benefit of the said regiment.
Approved, April 27, 1798.Repealed March 16, 1802.
Statute Ⅱ.
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅣ.—An Act for erecting Lighthouses, and placing buoys and stakes at the places therein mentioned.
Section 1. Lighthouse to be built on Old Point Comfort.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Virginia to the United States, of the jurisdiction over a tract of land proper for the purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to provide, by contract, to be approved by the President of the United States, for building a lighthouse on Old Point Comfort, in the said state, and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies; and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same, and that the President be authorized to make the said appointments; Buoys to be placed near the entrance of Portland Harbor.and also, that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to cause six buoys to be placed near the entrance of Portland harbor, in the state of Massachusetts, at such places as, in his opinion, will best secure the navigation of the said port; Warren river to be staked.and to cause the channel of Warren river, from Narranganset Bay, to the port of Warren, in the state of Rhode Island, to be staked out and distinctly marked.
Sec. 2. Appropriation.And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated and paid, out of the monies arising from imports and tonnage, the sum of three thousand and fifty dollars, for the purposes aforesaid.
Approved, April 27, 1798.
Statute Ⅱ.
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅤ.—An Act to establish an Executive department, to be denominated the Department of the Navy.
Secretary of the Navy—his duty.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be an executive department under the denomination of the Department of the Navy, the chief officer of which shall be called the Secretary of the Navy, whose duty it shall be to execute such orders as he shall receive from the President of the United States, relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials and the construction, armament, equipment and employment of vessels of war, as well as all other matters connected with the naval establishment of the United States.[1]
- ↑ The acts relating to the establishment of the department of the Navy, are: An act to establish an executive department to be denominated the Department of the Navy, April 30, 1798, chap. 35; an act concerning the naval establishment, March 3, 1815; an act for the gradual increase of the navy of the United States, April 29, 1816; an act supplementary to an act entitled, “An act concerning the naval establishment,” March 1, 1817; an act to amend the act entitled, “An act for the gradual increase of the navy of the United States,” March 3, 1821; an act supplementary to “an act for the gradual increase of the navy of the United States,” May 17, 1826; an act for the gradual improvement of the navy of the United States, March 3, 1837.
