Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 57.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 12, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. T. Butler King, from the Committee on Naval Affairs,
reported the following bill:
A BILL
Authorizing certain promotions in the naval service.

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the President of the United States be, and
he is hereby, authorized to nominate to the Senate, for pro-
motion to the rank of captain in the naval service, such
number of commanders as will make the number of post
captains equal to the present number of commanders, and
to nominate a similar number of lieutenants for promotion
to the rank of commander, and to nominate a similar num-
ber of passed midshipmen for promotion to the rank of
lieutenant—any law to the contrary notwithstanding.