For twelve years' service and upwards......... 1,450 per annum On leave, or waiting orders-for twelve years' sea service and upwards........ CHIEF ENGINEERS. 1,000 แ On duty-for first five years after date of commission................ ..............$1,800 per annum After fifteen years from date of commission... 2,600 On leave, or waiting orders, after fifteen years from date of commission..... On duty......... FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEERS. 1,500 " On leave, or waiting orders..... Officers of the Navy on Foreign Stations......$1,500 per annum Engineer-in-Chief...................................... Naval Constructors... " ....... 3,000 แ At Navy Yards-Boston and New York....... 1,200 At Navy Yards-Portsmouth, N. H., and Surgeons', where ship's complement is 400 and over..... Surgeons', where ship's complement is 200 and under 400......... Surgeons', where ship's complement is under 200..... $30 00 per mont\ 20 00 ... Assistant Paymaster's, where complement is 100 and over........... Assistant Paymaster's, where complement is under 100...... NURSES. Where complement is less than 200, one nurse. $14 00 per month Where complement is over 200, two nurses, each........ Ship's........... 14.00 66 Officer's... Paymaster, with rank of Major... 2,154 00 66 Major............ Adjutant and Inspector, with rank of Quartermaster, with rank of Major......... 2,154 00 2,154 00 Assistant Quartermaster, with rank of Captain..... Colonel... 2,239 50 Major......... 2,010 00 NOTE.-By a late act of Congress, the monthly pay of private soldiers has been increased three dollars, that of non-commissioned officers being proportionately advanced And a tax of five per cent. was imposed on the salaries of commissioned officers, thus, indirectly reducing their pay. in suits or legal proceedings......... Stamp Duties. ........exempt 5 cts. ...exempt. ... 5 cts. Agreement or Appraisement, (for each sheet, or piece of paper on which the same is written)... Assignment or transfer of mortgage, lease, or policy of insurance, the same duty as the original instrument. แ of patent right. Bank Checks, drafts or orders, &c., at sight or on demand Bills of Exchange, (Foreign,) drawn in, but payable out of, the United States, each bill of three or more, must be stamped. 5 cts. 2 cts. For every bill of each set, where the sum [The acceptor or acceptors of any Bill of Exchange, or order for the payment of any sum of money drawn, or purporting to be drawn, in any foreign country, but payable in the United States, must, before paying or accepting the same, place thereon a stamp indicating the duty.] Bills of Exchange, (Inland,) draft or order, payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, and any promissory note, whether payable on demand or at a time designated, (except 280 2 cta |