Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 28.djvu/434

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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 301. 1894. 405 HEADSTONES Fort GRAVES OF SOLDIERS: For continuing the work .H¤5¤<1¤¢¤¤¤¤ for solof furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, mm g""'"" and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy—yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March third, eighteen hundred and V0l.17.p.545. seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, Vol.20,p.281. twenty-nve thousand dollars, 'and of this sum the Quartermaster-Gen eral is authorized to expend not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars in suitably marking the grave of Captain Samuel Chester Reid, Grave tr Capt. s.c- the designer of the American flag, and a hero of the war of eighteen R`"' hundred and twelve. - Rn1·A1mNG,noAnwAYs tro NA·rioNAL cnmmrnnms: For repairs to R°‘“"'“F°· roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress, eight thousand dollars. Bunn;. or mmomncr sotnmnsz For expenses of burying in the S {j,¤¤¤l of i¤¢iz¤¤* Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of ° W"' Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late civil war who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbur ed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding fifty dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars. ROAD TO NATIONAL CEMETERY, PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CRM1 w Presidio. CALIFORNIA: For continuing the work of improving the reservation at °l` the Presidio of San Francisco, California, by developing and perfecting the water supply, the reclaiming of sand dunes, the planting of trees and shrubs, and construction of new roads, the erection of a permanent fence or wall on the south and east lines of the reservation, the erection of permanent gateways, the reclamation of the marsh, and other general and much needed improvements, ten thousand dollars. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD: For continuing the work of surveying, ,,£,•>¢¢r¤b¤rz Mme locating, and preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg, Peimsyl- cémmangsuvsys, vania, and for purchasing, opening, constructing, and improving ave- °“*· nues along the portions occupied by the various commands of the armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia on that field, and for fencing the same; and for the purchase, at private sale or by condemnation, of such parcels of land as the Secretary of War may deem necessary for the sites of tablets, and for the construction of the said avenues; for determining the leading tactical positions and properly marking the same with tablets of batteries, regiments, brigades, divisions, corps, and other organizations with reference to the study and correct understanding of the battle, each tablet bearing a brief historical legend, compiled without praise and without censure; fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept on behalf mgj’;*;jfj’¤¤ mf '*° of the United States donations of land for road or other purposes. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. jcclillscelluneous ob- SURVEY or Noarunan AND Nontrnwnsrnan LAxEs: For printing m§¤{;,;‘g‘,_j>'¤°**‘·•=*¤· and issuing charts for use of navigators and electrotyping plates for ' chart printing, two thousand dollars. For surveys, additions to, and correcting engraved plates, to be available until expended, twenty-five thousand dollars. _ TRANSPORTATION OF rnnpoarrs AND MAPS TO FOREIGN couN- Transporting maps. TRIESI For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, onehundred dollars. ARTIFICIAL mains; For furnishing artincial limbs and apparatus or A¤¤¤·>i¤1 ¤¤¤¤>¤- commutation thereibr, and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred and ninety- four thousand dollars. _ APPLIANCES you DISABLED sonnmns: For furnishing surgical ‘b»;g¤£T3xg¤;_f¤ ·¤•· appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the