Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/269

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FIFIY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs.`586, 587. 1900.217 For targets for artillery practice and implements for mechanical A"m°¤' °“'g‘*“’ maneuvers, ten thousand dollars. ‘ Manufacture, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms at the national m“},g’;&‘¤°'“’*“¤ armories, one million one undred thousand dollars: Provided, That ihémqi on a plication of the governor of any State or Territory the Secretary é{§ip{§2{‘¤€§§‘3,'§§,§‘$,‘;,.; of Vgar is authorize sto replace the ordnance and ordnance stores fgQ;*¤°°°’°i¤ $1******* which the volunteers from said State or Territory carried into the ` service of the United States Army during the recent war with Spain, ; and which have been retained by the United States. Hereafter the following persons only shall be entitledto the benefits éX,§’,§f"‘°°’ S°““°”’ of ithe*National Home or Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and maybe · admitted thereto upon the order of a member of the Boardfof Man-- a ers, namely: All houorably discharged officers, soldiers, and sailors ,é§Yh° “*°Y *’° “d"“°‘ wie served in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been engaged, who aredisabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise, and who have no adequate means ofsupport, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their livin . Thit the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and i¤§€i§€&°ii¤°§°g§r£3;`. ninety-nine, granting "extra pay to officers and enlisted men of the fggggtiu *°“ °‘ fu" United States Volunteers," shall extendto all volunteer officers of the vo1.` 30. p. 784. general staff who have not received waiting orders pay prior to discharge, at the rate of one month to those who did not serve beyond the limits —of the United States and two monthstothose who served beyond the limits of the United States; and officers and enlisted men of volunteer organizations, who have servedhonestl and faithfully in the Volunteer Army of the United States during tisie war with Spain and have been honorably discharged without furlough, or by reason of ‘ their services being no longer required, or at any time by reason of wounds received, or disability contracted in the service and in the line of duty, and who have not received the extra pay granted in said Act or in subsequent‘Acts of Congress supplemental thereto: And this Act shall be deemed to apply to officers of volunteers who resigned and enlisted men of volunteers who were discharged upon their own applications subsequent to the issue of orders for the muster out of their organizations and prior to the dates of muster out. Approved, May 26, 1900. CHAP. 587.--An Act Regulating permits for private conduits in the District of Mw 26·19°°- Columbia. Be tt enacted by the Senate andH0ztee 0 f Representatives of the United _ States 0 fAmew·2Iea in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of- the %§f,§'i§,§;’S§,$§;‘§,?“§§°; District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to grant, per- gggéggge e{%Yi¤§1 gf mission to lay conduits for the transmission of electric power and pipes nys. ‘ " for the transmission of steam in alleys in the District of Columbia, under the following conditions, namely: The conduits or pipes shall be laid entirely within a square or block, C¤¤<1i¤i¤¤¤- and shall not cross or enter any avenue, street, or highway. The conduits and pi es shall be located as directed by said Commissioners andbe laid under their inspection; and the cost of such inspection, together with the cost of replacing; all improved pavements disturbed in connection with said work, s all be paid in advance by the arty desiring to lay said conduits or steam pipes. Tge conduits or ipes shall be used only to connect the premises owned and operatedp by the permittee, and no power or steam shall be supplied therefrom for any other purpose than the use of the permittee.