Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 925)
Act No. 925 amends Act Numbered Five hundred and eleven, which is the act fixing the salaries and wages of officers and crews of the Coast Guard fleet.
A carpenter was added under the heading 'Cutters' with a salary of twenty dollars per month.
The salary of the chief engineer of seagoing launches was increased from seven hundred and twenty to one thousand and eighty dollars per annum; the first assistant engineer's salary was increased from thirty to thirty-five dollars per month; and the second assistant engineer's salary was increased from seventeen dollars and fifty cents to thirty dollars per month.
The salary increases apply only to the seagoing launches Ranger, Rover, and Scout.
The salary was increased from nine hundred to one thousand and eighty dollars per annum.
The subsistence allowance for officers was increased from thirty cents, gold, per day to a sum not exceeding fifty cents, gold, per diem.
The subsistence allowance for petty officers and crew was increased from ten cents, gold, per day to fifteen cents, gold, per day.
The clothing allowance was increased to six suits and three hats annually, instead of the previous allowance of three suits and two hats.
Act No. 925 took effect retroactively as of July 1, 1903.
The passage was expedited because the public good required speedy enactment, pursuant to section two of 'An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,' passed on September 26, 1900.