FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 228, 231, 232. 1894. 243 of accepted applicants from their homes to places of enlistment, when authorized by the Secretary of War, one hundred thousand dollars. srenn. snnvrcn. S‘g¤**1S°"*°°- For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Pur- E‘P°"“°'· chase, equipment, and repair of iield electric telegraphs, signal equipments, and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; telephone apparatus (excluding exchange service) and maintenance of the same; maintenance and Mum-w ¤»1¤:r¤1>1¤· repair of military telegraph lines (excluding the military telegraph line, Fort Binggold,~Texas, to Fort McIntosh, Texas), including salaries of civilian employees, supplies and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, seventeen thousand dollars. For constructing and operating a military telegraph line between El ,0T§S,$,·‘§,?“P,{.',;r}$‘,£S° Paso, Texas, and New Fort Bliss, Texas, nine hundred and sixty dollars. rex. ’ I CONTINGENT nxrnrwsns. ¤<>¤¤i¤s¤¤t¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤· For contingent expenses of the office of the Commanding General, ,,,fj‘?§’_§‘;‘;f*“g Gm in his discretion, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military mg,°gjg:;;*u;*:m¤“*· departments, including the staff corps serving thereat, being for the ` purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, binding, maps, books of reference and police utensils, three thousand dollars, to be allotted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military department commanders. _ . For contingent expense of the military information division, Adju- ¤.?£h"‘" M°""" tant General’s Office, and of the military attaches at the United States embassies and legations abroad, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Approved, August 6, 1894. CHAP. 231.-An Act To amend an Act approved January twenty-sixth eighteen A“U“°* 7· *8** hundred and ninety-three, to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwu- "_—_`t see, the Tennessee, and Clinch rivers, in the State ofTeunessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved Janu- w£Lf;°ljj;?¤é*__§*; ary twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninetythree, entitled, *¢An Act cinch nvm, rm. to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwassee, the Ten- ,,§'§§,f$,f,c'j{f“"‘“° uessee, and the Clinch rivers, in the State of Tennessee," be, and is V¤1·21.r-4% hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridges may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, August 7, 1894. CHAP. 232.--An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the A¤§¤¤* *18**- government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtietb, eighteen hundred and ninetyhve, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the half of the following Unumcs qrucoium- Sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money H1 ‘”§',§f}"}’}f,YQ,“ $@2;,,, the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the r<>v¤¤¤¤¤·_ l‘6Ye¤ues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes followmg, bemg
