FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 413. 1899. ]()()7 constructor: Provided, That the whole number of naval constructors P*¤·¤*·>· . . gud assishant naval constructors on the active list shall not exceed `°°mb°rmmt°d' or y rn a . Sec. 11. That any officer of the Navy, with a creditable record, who E R°“’,9*¤P'!f*°¤k-°‘· served during the civil war, shall, when retired, be retired with the cm`) cm mm rank and threefourths the sea pay of the next higher grade. S20. 12. That boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers shall “K“"*"*° °*“°¤*‘¤· after ten years from date of warrant becommissioned chief boatswains, " chief gunuers, chief carpenters, and chief sailmakers, to rank with but after ensign: Provided, That the chief boatswains, chief gunuers, chief P"""“‘· carpenters, and chief sailmakers shall on promotion have the same pay —r>¤>*¤1¤i¤f\>¤¤¢¤w¤i¤.' and allowances as are now allowed a second lieutenant in the Marine °°°‘ Corps: Provided, That the pay of boatswains, gunners, carpenters and _ sailmakers shall be the same as that now allowed by law: Provided, '§‘},“f,‘,§f,‘{},'j;:,*f,;,h,, further, That nothing in this Act shall give additional rights to quar- ¤>•r¤~·¤>r¤.¤¤¤. ters on board ship or to command, and that immediately after the passage of this Act boatswains, gunrrers, carpenters and sailmakers, who have served in the Navy as such for fifteen years, shall be commissioned in accordance with the provisions of this section, and thereafter no Exsminnticn. warrant officer shall be promoted until he shall have passed an examination before a board of chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief carpenters and chief sailmakers, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. Sec. 13. That, after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- P;)Y“¤° Mfg; nine, commissioned officers of the line of the Navy and of the Medical Emy?Z€Z?sp°° and Pay Corps shall receive the same pay and allowances, except forage, as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for the officers of corresponding rank in the Army: Provided, That such officers when DFW"- on shore shall receive the allowances, but fifteen per centum less pay ,;,.{{'ffm°h°d P"' °” than when on sea duty; but this provision shall not apply to warrant otiicers commissioned under section twelve of this Act: Provided beD¤¢{lf¤r¤¤¤·>~¤¤*y further, That when naval officers detailed for shore duty beyond y°° °°”‘ seas they shall receive the same pay and allowances as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for officers of the Army detailed for duty in similar places: Provided further, That naval chaplains, who rank of chaplains. do not possess relative rank, shall have the rank of lieutenant in the 1··ms¤vi¢s¤r¤·li¤¤¤ Navy; and that all officers, including warrant officers, who have been or ?E}{."Zi$}FiEi$i°m°°r° may be appointed to the Navy from civil life shall, on the date of appointment, be credited, for computing their pay, with live years’ service. And all provisions of law authorizing the distribution among captors f Prig¤=·t =·¤·<l lg¤¤·¤=r· of the whole or any portion of the proceeds of vessels, or any property £ie¤·` Ydgiilma uliif hereafter captured, coudenmed as prize, or providing for the payment **l;°*; ms ,6,0 ml of bounty for the sinking or destruction of vessels of the enemy here- ossé. `4c:£4,`4ussI after occurring in time of war, are hereby repealed: And provided §,‘§§“;,*{,Q;_,,‘;’,{· °°’· ““" harther, That no provision of this Act shall operate to reduce the ` present pay of any commissioned officer now in the Navy; and in any casein which the pay of such an officer would otherwise be reduced he shall continue to receive pay according to existing law: Andpro- Existing my Mmvided further, That nothing in this Act shall operate to increase or dulggdireil im mmreduce the pay of any otllcer now on the retired list of the Navy. >°¤¤¤¤<l· San. 14. That upon the passage of this Act the Secretary of the , §’¤¤=¤•= ¤¤¤¤*·i¤- Navy shall appoint a board for the examination of men for the position Edina to examine, of warrant machinists, one hundred of whom are hereby authorized. °”°· The said examination shall be open, first, to all machinists by trade, of good record in the naval service, and if asufficient number of machinists from the Navy are not found duly qualified, then any machinist of good character, not above thirty years of age, in civil life shall be eligible for such examination and appointment to fill the remaining vacancies. All subsequent vacancies in the list of warrant machinists shall be filled by competitive examination before a board ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, and open to all machinists by trade who are in the Navy, and machinists of good character, not above thirty years of age, in civil life
