FIFTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2512. 1907. 1203 Commemur, MARINE Cours: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis- C°¤'**”8°¤'*- ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and sheets, funeral exlpenses of marines, including the transportation of bodies from the p ace of demise to the homes of the deceased in the United States, stationery and other paper, telegraphing, rent of telephones, (purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers an deserters, per 'em of enlisted men employed on constant ` bor for a period_of not less than ten days, employment of civilian labor, rlplpair of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, camp a garrison equipage and implements, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, p tes, s s, knives and forks, tin cu s, pans, pots, and soforth; packing girigs, wrapping r, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, quarantine fees, camphor an carhglpiged paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, plurchase and repair of public wagons, purchase an repair of public arness, purchase of pu lic horses, services of veterinary surgeons, and medicines for pubic horses; purchase and repair of hose, purchase and repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire 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, soap, combs, and brushes for offices; postage stam for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers, and periodicasg; improving parade grounds; repair of pumps and wharves; laying drain, water, and gas pipes; water, iutroducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of electric lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for Government quarters and repair of same, and forall emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impxossible to anticipate or classify, two hundred and eighty thousand cig t hundred dollars. Total under qnartermaster, Marine Corps, two million seventy thousand and eighty-nine dollars. Total Marine Corps, four million nine hundred and fourteen thousand eighty-seven dollars and forty-six cents. ` moamsn or mn iuvr. , ,,g;,=f¤··= 0* we That, for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment ,,Q$p*‘¤*·°*·#°¤ b¤*· of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have con- ' structed, by contract or in navy-yards, as hereinafter provided, one first class battle ship to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding six million dollars, similar in all essential characteristics, and additional to, the battle ship authorized by the Act makin appro- _,,,,,,_ 5,,, priations for the naval service or the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, plans and specifications for which lastnamed vessel have already been prepared and submitted by the Secretary of the Navy for the mformation of Congress, as required by the prpvisions otlthlefafogesaid Act. t h h h_ h bl T wo toi c at estroyers, 0 ave the lg est practice. e speed, we *¤¤r•¤¤·> *¤¤= and to costirexclusive of armament, not to exceed eight hundred thou- demo?"` sand dollars each: Pro/vided, That the cost of the three torpedo boat §L’{’§}’g,,m,,, ,,0,,,, destroyers provided for in the Act making appropriations for the i¤<>¤>¤¤<>¤- naval service for the fiscal vear ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- “"""· **582* dred and seven, exclusive of armament, shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars each. And the contract for the construction of said vessels shall be awarded ·“"“d °* "°“"'“‘*· by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsible bidder, . having in view the best results and most expeditious deliver ; and in _ the construction of all of said vessels the provisions of the Act of °°“°“'“°“°“·
