Pay. 15, 170, s. v. 16, p. 331. SEC. 1556. Assistant naval constructors, dur- Title 15, chap. 8. ing the first four years after date of appointment, when on duty, two thousand dollars; on leave, or waiting orders, 3, 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. Title 10. SEC. 434. The officer of the Navy employed as superintendent of the Naval Observatory at Washington shall be Pay of superinentitled to receive the shore duty pay of his grade, and no other. tendent. Mar. 3, 1865, v. 13, p. 533. Meridians. Sept. 28, 1850, s. SEC. 435. The meridian of the Observatory at Washington shall be adopted and used as the American meridian 1, v. 9, p. 515. for all astronomical purposes, and the meridian of Greenwich shall be adopted for all nautical purposes. SEC. 1401. Professors of mathematics shall perform such Title 15, chap. 1. duties as may be assigned them by order of the Secretary of the Navy, at the Sec. ** Naval Observatory. NAVAL STOREKEEPERS. 1415. Storekeeper's bond. foreign stations. Sec. 1527. Storekeeper at the Academy. 1438. Officers to act as storekeepers on 1568. Civilians, storekeepers on foreign 1439. Bonds of. stations. Duties of pro fessors. SEC. 1413. The President, by and with the advice and Title 15, chap. 1. consent of the Senate, may appoint * * * a naval storekeeper at each of the navy-yards where such officers may be necessary. Storekeepers at navy-yards. Mar. 2, 1867, s. 1, v. 14, p. 490; June 17, 1868, s. 1, v. 15, p. 69. Storekeepers on foreign sta June 17, 1844, s. SEC. 1414. The Secretary of the Navy may appoint citizens who are not officers of the Navy to be store-keepers tions. 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. 1, v. 5, p. 700; Mar. 7, 1847, s. 3, v. 9, p. 172. Sec. 1568. Storekeeper's bond. SEC. 1415. Every person who is appointed store-keeper under the provisions of the preceding section shall be Idem. 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. as storekeepers SEC. 1438. The Secretary of the Navy shall order a suit- Title 15, chap. 2. able commissioned or warrant officer of the Navy, except Officers to act in the case provided in section fourteen hundred and four- on foreign stateen, to take charge of the naval stores for foreign squad- tions. rons at each of the foreign stations where such stores may be deposited, and where a store-keeper may be necessary. Idem. See sec. 1567. Bonds of. June 17, 1844, 8. 1, v. 5, p. 700. Title 15, chap. 5. Storekeeper at the Academy Mar. 2, 1867; 8. 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. SEC. 1527. The store-keeper at the Naval Academy shall be detailed from the Paymasters' Corps, and shall have authority, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, 4, v. 14. p. 516; to procure clothing and other necessaries for the naval Aug. 5, 1882. 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. keepers on for Title 15, chap. 8. SEC. 1567. Officers who are ordered to take charge of Pay of officers naval stores for foreign squadrons, in the place of naval storeserving as store keepers, shall be entitled to receive, while so employed, the eign stations. shore-duty pay of their grades; and when the same is less June 17, 1844, than fifteen hundred dollars a year, they may be allowed s. 1, v. 5, p. 700. compensation, including such shore-duty pay, at a rate not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars a year. SEC. 1568. Civilians appointed as store-keepers on foreign stations shall receive compensation for such services, at a rate not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars a year. Title 8. Title to land to the United States. 5, p. 468. Sec. NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS. 355. Title to land to be purchased. 1542. Commandants of navy-yards. 1544. Laborers, how selected. 3736. No land to be purchased without 3738. Eight hours a day's labor. SEC. 355. No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purbe purchased by poses of erecting thereon any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy-yard, custom-house, light-house, or other public Sept. 11, 1841, v. building, of any kind whatever, until the written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, 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 AttorneyGeneral, 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. SEC. 1413. The President, by and with the advice and Title 15, chap. 1. consent of the Senate, may appoint a civil engineer and a naval store-keeper at each of the navy-yards where such officers may be necessary. Civil engineers and storekeepers at navy-yards. Mar. 2, 1867, s. 1, v. 14, p. 490; June 17, 1868, s. 1, v. 15, p. 69. See 1415, Naval storekeepers. of civil officers. SEC. 1416. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, when Discontinuance in his opinion the public interest will permit it, to dis- Aug. 10, 1846, 8. continue the office or employment of any measurer and 1 v. 9, p. 98. 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. SEC. 1542. The President may select the commandants Title 15, chap. 6. of the several navy-yards from officers not below the grade of commander. Selection of commandants. Aug. 2, 1861, v. 12, p. 285; July 5, 1862, s. 2, v. 12, p. 510. Selection of master work June 17, 1868, s. SEC. 1543. The persons employed at the several navyyards to superintend the mechanical departments, and men. heretofore known as master mechanics, master carpenters, 1, v. 15, p. 69. 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 rope-walks shall be men skilled in their several duties and appointed from civil life, and shall not be appointed from the officers of the Navy. 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. 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. 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. Note 1.-By the acts of July 28, 1870, R. S. D. C., sec. 902, and January 31, 1879, v. 20, p. 277, the 1st day of January, the 22d day of February, the 4th day of July, the 25th 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. By act of January 31, 1879, 20 Stat., 277, act of June 18, 1888, 25 Stat. L., 185, and act of June 28, 1894, 28 Stat. L., 96, Inauguration Day, Decoration Day, and Labor Day are also holidays in the District of Columbia. See sec. 5, Department Duties. Selection of laborers. May 23, 1872, s. 1, v. 17, p. 146. See R. S., sec. 1662, and Justices Op., 1st met. (Mass.) 580. Salar es; per diem compensa tion. 1, v. 12, p. 564. See note 1. July 14, 1862, s. Title 22. States to SEC. 1838. The President of the United States is authorAssent ofized to procure the assent of the legislature of any State, within which any purchase of land has been made for the forts, etc. erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and Apr. 28, 1828, 8. other needful buildings, without such consent having been 2, v. 4, p. 264. chase of lands for Title 43. Fuel. 1, v. 9, p. 513. obtained. SEC. 3728. In purchasing fuel for the Navy, or for naval stations and yards, the Secretary of the Navy shall Sept. 28, 1850, s. 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. Restriction on purchase of land. SEC. 3736. No land shall be purchased on account of the May 1, 1820, s. United States, except under a law authorizing such pur 7, v. 3, p. 568. day's labor. chase. Eight hours a SEC. 3738. Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for June 25, 1868, v. all laborers, workmen, and mechanics who may be employed 15, p. 77. 19 A.G. by or on behalf of the Government of the United States. Op., p. 685. See this section under Contracts, Division I, and sec. 3689, under Appropriations, Division III. Aug. 1, 1892. '95, p. 62. That the service and employment of all laborers and 27 Stat. L., 340. mechanics who are now or may hereafter be employed by Supp. R.S.1892- the Government of the United States, by the District of Hours of labor Columbia, or by any contractor or subcontractor upon any limited to eight of the public works of the United States or of the said mechanics on District of Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to for laborers and Government work. See note 2. Punishment for cer or contractor. eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia or any such contractor or subcontracter whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control the services of such laborers or mechanics to require or permit any such laborer or mechanic to work more than eight hours in any calendar day except in case of extraordinary emergency. That any officer or agent of the Government of the United violation by offi- States or of the District of Columbia, or any contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control any laborer or mechanic employed upon any of the public works of the United States or of the District of Columbia who shall intentionally violate any provision of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every such offense shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more then six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction thereof. Prior eight hour laws. Note 2.-By R. S., sec. 3738, "Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics who may be employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States." Decisions construing this provision are found in 94 U. S., 400; 96 U.S., 421. 1888, Mar. 30, ch. 47, par. 2 (1 Supp. R. S., 582), directs the rigid enforcement of the eight-hour law in the Government Printing Office. 1888, May 24, ch. 308 (1 Supp. R. S., 587), makes eight hours a day's work for letter carriers, with a provision for extra pay in case of employment a greater number of hours. For decisions under this act see 148 U. S., 124, 134. For construction of the act in the text see opinion of the Attorney-General, published in General Orders, No. 61, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, Sept. 6. 1892. For review of "labor legislation," see 1888, June 13, ch. 389 (1 Supp. R. S., 590). tracts not affect July 16, 1862. Rate of wages and hours of labor. The provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to Existing conin any manner apply to or affect contractors or subcon- ed. tractors, or to limit the hours of daily service of laborers or mechanics engaged upon the public works of the United States or of the District of Columbia for which contracts have been entered into prior to the passage of this act. That the rate of wages of the employés in the navy-yards shall conform, as nearly as is consistent with the public 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. SEC. 5385. Every person who, within any fort, dock-yard, Title 70, chap. 3. navy-yard, arsenal, armory, or magazine, the site whereof is under the jurisdiction of the United States, or on the site of any light-house, or other needful building belonging to the United States, the site whereof is under their jurisdiction, willfully and maliciously burns any dwelling-house or mansion-house, or any store, barn, stable, or other building, parcel of any dwelling or mansion-house, shall suffer death. Dec. 12, 1861, 8. 8, v. 12. p. 330; Arson of dwelling house within Mar. 3, 1825, 8. a fort, etc. 1, v. 4, p. 115. Arson of armory, arsenal, etc. SEC. 5386. Every person who, in any of the places mentioned in the preceding section, maliciously sets fire to, or idem, s. 2. burns, any arsenal, armory, magazine, rope-walk, ship-house, warehouse, block-house, or barrack, or any store-house, barn, or stable, not parcel of a dwelling-house, or any other building not mentioned in such section, or any vessel built, or begun to be built, or repairing, or any light-house, or beacon, or any timber, cables, rigging, or other materials for building, repairing, or fitting out vessels, or any pile of wood, boards, or other lumber, or any military, naval, or victualing stores, arms, or other munitions of war, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years. Arson of vessel of war. 117. SEC. 5387. Every person who maliciously sets on fire, or burns, or otherwise destroys, any vessel of war of the United Idem, s. 11, p. States, afloat on the high seas, or in any arm of the sea, or in any river, haven, creek, basin, or bay within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, shall suffer death. June 30, 1876. Prohibition on increase of force. No increase of the force at any navy-yard shall be made at any time within sixty days next before any election to take 19 Stat. L., 65; place for President of the United States, or member of Supp. R. S..p.109. Congress, except when the Secretary of the Navy shall certify that the needs of the public service make such increase necessary at that time, which certificate shall be immediately published when made. June 30, 1876, v. and Consolidation Training Station, Coasters' Harbor Island, Rhode Island: Sept. 7, 1888. to enable the naval war college to be conducted at said 25 Stat. L., 458. island up to January first, eighteen hundred and eighty- of Torpedo Stanine: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby tion and Naval War College. authorized to consolidate and place under one command Note 3.-This act is omitted from the Revised Statutes, but has been always recog nized as governing the rates of wages, also the hours of labor until the passage of the eight-hour law. |
