140 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 165. 1891. Columbia, and assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty-one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hun-- dred and sixty-four dollars; for hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand six hundred and twenty-tour dollars. '3¤¤ti¤z¤¤¤· Coirrmonnr, MARINE Cours: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water iixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters tools, tools for police p1u·poses, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair ofharness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of iire extinguishers, purchase of nre hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers, purchase and repair of cooking stoves; ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers and periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and maintenance of electric lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows; wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at the various posts; furniture for Government houses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, thirty thousand dollars. 1¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤fN¤W- INCREASE OF THE NAVY. ,,,$.{_m°r and uml ARMOR AND ARMAMENT: Toward the armament and armor of V°*·¥’·*·P—2’5- domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by V·>l·‘25»v·4’7?· the Act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- Vo1.E,p.824. eight; of the vessels authorized by the Act approved March second, voi2s.p.2os. eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those authorized by the Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety; of the one authorized by vo1.zo.p.si4. the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; of those v¤x.2v,p.zso. authorized by the Act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- vcr z·:.p.m. two; and of the vessels authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four million dollars. c¤¤se¤·e;·»¤ =·¤·1 Corzsrmrcrrou AND STEAM MACHINERY! On account of the hulls, “‘°“"‘ “*“°““°"‘ and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore or hereinauthorized, five million nine hundred and fifty-five thousand and twentyfive dollars and from this amount there shall be paid all speed premiums upon new naval vessels earned previous to J anuiry first, ‘ eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and which remain unpaid at this- Speed pmmunis. date, the amount of such speed premium in each case being according to the official report in the trial of each vessel approved by the Secretary of the Navy. _ci-rum or ~— wsu. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to use the four hun- "'§‘,'j,,_.jg¥;;§·,m_ dred and fifty thousand dollars “ for the construction of one additional fupxgepuwgwms nwl cruiser of the Y esuvms type," appropriated by the Act of March second, ‘ eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the construction, armament, and equipment of three torpedo boats, to cost, all together, not more than the said sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And authority is hereby given to transform
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