4 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. L CHS. 10, 1.1, 12. 1884. Mar. 3, 1884. CHAP. 10.-—An act to complete a s;-Tarue ofsthe lags Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du ·········;—····· Pont, nited tates avy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R¤¤P·A<l mimi States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thou- §,‘;‘:,‘{“1§;?)‘;g;r?3$ sand two hundred dollars, being the unexpended balance of the sum tion {(,,,,,,,,,,],,1,,,,,, appropriated under an act, entitled “An act making an appropriation of statue of the for the base and pedestal oi a monument to the late Rear-Admual Sam- 1***8, ew- nel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy ”, approved February twenty- 22 $’¤¤*··J· fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, together with the further sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, or somuch thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection and completion of a statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy, to be placed in Du Pont Circle, in the city of Washington; and all money hereby appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Approved, March 3d, 1884. Mu; 12, ]884_ CHAP. 11.TAn act maldng_ appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required ·———-—— for expenditure to June thrrtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four·, for examination and surveys required by acts 0 March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel of South Pass of Mississippi Fiver, also for gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. _ Be it enacted tlw Senate and House of Representatives of the United IM;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, States of America on Congress assembled, That the following sums be priations, South and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treas- Rm <g_*h° Mi¤¤i¤- ury not otherwise appropriated, to wit: “'I;g‘St;;“;':,65 GBT; sgppzcdleggiezgpydiq apiourittretquireg for expeudaure to June thir- ‘ ‘ - n eng y- our or examma ions an surv s 20 8***** 16* required by the acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-libc and June nmeteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain the depth of water and width of channel secured and maintained from time to time by James B. Eads at South Pass of the Mississippi River,
to enable the Secretary of War, to report to Congress during the
maintenance of the work, six thousand dollars. 4;,,,;;,,8 y,?,,,-,, To supply deliciency in amount required for expenditure to June of the Mississippi thrrmeth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for gauging waters of R“°'- lower Mississippi River and its tributaries: For annual expense of 16 S*¤*¤-» 598- gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, continuing observations of the rise and tall of the river and its chief tributaries, as required by Joint Resolution of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, two thousand one hundred dollars. 3v2n;,)?. That the moneys hereby appropriated shall be immediately 1 e. Approved, March 12, 1884.. v Mu, 13, 1am_ 12.-An act to establish a standard of time in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted_ by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Standard oftime of america m Congress assembled, That the legal standard of time in l'>istrict of Co- in the District of Columbia shall hereafter be the mean time`of the ‘¤¤‘*¤*· seventy-hfth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich. c0Stn1.<;;·That this act shall not be so construed as to affect existing Approved, March 1.3, 1884.
