An Act to regulate the pay of the navy of the United States.
On March 3, 1835, President Andrew Jackson approved, "An Act to regulate the pay of the navy of the United States." which provided for commissioned and warrant officer pay based on the type of duty for which employed.
Law as Written [1]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the annual pay of the officers of the navy of the United States shall be as follows:
THE SENIOR CAPTAIN
At all times when in service, four thousand five hundred dollars.
When on leave of absence, or waiting orders, three thousand five hundred dollars.
ALL OTHER CAPTAINS
When in command of squadrons on foreign stations, four thousand dollars.
When on other duty, three thousand five hundred dollars.
When off duty, two thousand five hundred dollars.
The 1835 Navy officer pay chart.
COMMANDERS, OR MASTERS COMMANDANT.
When attached to vessels for sea service, two thousand five hundred dollars.
When attached to navy yards, or on other duty, two thousand one hundred dollars.
When on leave of absence, or waiting orders, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
LIEUTENANTS.
Commanding, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
On other duty, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Waiting orders, one thousand two hundred dollars.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
Waiting orders, six hundred and fifty dollars.
At sea, nine hundred and fifty dollars.
After passing and found qualified for promotion to surgeon, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
At sea, one thousand two hundred dollars.
When stationed at navy yards, hospitals, rendezvous, and receiving ships, nine hundred and fifty dollars.
After being passed and stationed as above, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
SURGEONS.
For the first five years after the date of his commission, one thousand dollars.
For the second five years, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the third five years, one thousand four hundred dollars.
For the fourth five years, one thousand six hundred dollars.
After he shall have been commissioned as a surgeon twenty years and upwards, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
All surgeons of the navy under orders for duty, at navy yards, receiving vessels, rendezvous, or naval hospitals, shall hare an increase of one-fourth of the foregoing amount of their respective annual pay, from the date of their acceptance of such orders.
All surgeons of the navy ordered to any of the ships or vessels of the United States, commissioned for sea service, shall have an increase of one-third of the foregoing amount of their respective annual pay, from the date of their acceptance of such orders.
All surgeons of the navy, ordered as fleet surgeons, shall have an increase of one half of their respective annual pay, from the date of their acceptance of such orders.
CHAPLAINS.
When attached to vessels for sea service, or at navy yards, one thousand two hundred dollars.
When on leave of absence, or waiting orders, eight hundred dollars.
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS.
When attached to vessels for sea service, or in a yard, one thousand two hundred dollars.
SECRETARIES.
To commanders of squadrons, when commanding in chief, one thousand dollars.
To commanders of squadrons, when not commanding in chief, nine hundred dollars.