FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 991. 1888. 463 Naval station. Port Royal, South Carolina: Fencing. two hundred Pm R¤Y¤*— and twenty-eight dollars; artesia11 well, one thousand dollars: boathouse, four hundred dollars; in all, one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars. For the expenses of a commission of three officers, to be appointed C°¤¤m*¤¤i<>¤ w ioby the Secretary of the Nav , to report as to the most desirable location sabdiljifhidciiéiisglr on or near the coast of the Gvulf of Mexico and the south Atlantic coast for navy-yards and dry docks and for the expenses of sounding and surveying and estimating expenses, fifteen thousand dollars. And the C°mm*”i°¤ *9 *0- · Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, required to appoint a igdugltlsgn Mm commission composed of three competent naval officers, whose dutv it shall be to examine the coast north of the forty-second parallel df north latitude, in the State of Oregon a11d Territories of Washingtoii and Alaska, and select a suitable site, having due regard to the commercial and naval necessities of that coast, for a 11avy—yard and docks; and having selected such site, shall, if upon private lands, estimate its value and ascertain the price for which it can be purchased, and of their proceedixlggs and action make full and detailed report to the R*=P°¤· Secretary of the avy; and the Secretary of the Navy shall transmit such report, with his recommendations, to Congress. That to defray the expenses of such commission the sum of five thousand dollars of thedabove amount, or as much thereof as may be necessary, may be use . Adjustable stern·dock: For one adjustable stern-dock, to be con- Adjustable stemstructed at such lace as the Secretary of the Navy may determine, d°°k‘ thirty thousand dlollars. For repairs and reservation at navy-yards and stations, three Repaimhundred thousand dbllars. NEW NAVAL 0BsERVAf1‘0RY. wgswuavn observa- New Naval Observatory: For continuing the erection of the new conuuumgemuou. Naval Observatory and necessary buildings upon the site purchased under the act of Congress approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty (twenty-one Statutes, page sixty-four), fifty thousand Vol- 21- P-M dollars; Provided, That the work upon the domes, piers, transit P··<>·~¤¤<>- shutters and floors of the observing rooms, and the necessary elevators in the building, and the fittings of the library a11d of the ternperature room may be done by the Secretary of the Navy without contract, or in such manner as he shall deen1 most advantageous to the Government, but the total cost of said observatory. including the aforesaid items, shall not exceed the limit of four l1undred thousand dollars fixed by the act making appropriations for the naval service, vm.24, p. ms. ap moved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 'lotal Public \Vorks u11der Navy Department, one million three hundred and sixty-seven thousand one 1undred and fifty-six dollars and forty-seven cents. _ CONTINGENT BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS: For contingent ex- commgene. penses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand dollars. Cwn, Esinmiismmxr. BUREAU or YARDS Asn Docks: Navy- gj)jS$;¤(j$¤g¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at 011e thousand ` four hundred dollars; one mail-messenger, at six hundred dollars per annum; one inessenger, at six hundred dollars per annum: one foreman laborer at four dollars per diem: one janitor, six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem: Navy-vard. Boston. Massachusetts: For one clerk. at one thou- Bostonsand four hundred dollars; one foreman-laborer. at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one messenger. at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one mail-messenger, six hundred dollars per annum;
