United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 187
Chap. CLXXXVII.—An Act to provide for paying certain arrearages for surveys made by naval officers, and for other purposes.
Appropriation for expenses of naval officers surveying coasts and harbours.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the extra services and expenses of the officers of the navy, engaged in the survey of our coasts and harbours the past and present years, the sum of four thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied and expended under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Navy.
Appropriation to pay balance due Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eighty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the balance due Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, for purchasing, drafting, and superintending the making of the astronomical instruments for the exploring expedition; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Commander of navy yard at Washington to cease to act as navy agent.
1804, ch. 53.
Permanent agent for Navy Department.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, the commander of the navy yard at the city of Washington shall cease to act as navy agent; and that portion of the act of the twenty-seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, which made it his duty so to do, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and a separate and permanent agent shall be appointed as in other cases, in the same manner, entitled to the same compensation, and under the same responsibilities, and to be governed by the same laws and regulations which now are, or may hereafter be adopted for other navy agents; and it shall be his duty to act as agent not only for the navy yard in this city, but for the Navy Department, under the direction of the secretary thereof, in the payment of such accounts and claims as the said secretary may direct.
Approved, July 10, 1832.