704 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. OHS. 161. 182. 1895. Sk ¤¤ll¤· • ¤¤*¤'=*· And it is urther provided, That from and after the passage of this Act, mmmuwm m°` all pensioiiers now on the rolls, who are pensioned at less than six dollars per month, for any degree of pensionable disability, shall have their pensions increased to six dollars per month; and that hereafter, whenever any applicant for pension would, under existing rates, be entitled to less than six dollars for any single disability, or several combined disabilities, such pensioner shall be rated at not less than six N¤ prior cfm- dollars per month: Provided also, That the provisions hereof shall not be held to cover any pensionable period prior to the passage of this Act, nor authorize a re-rating of any claims for any part of such period, nor prevent the allowance of lower rates than six dollars per month, according to the existing practice in the Pension Office in pending ca.ses•covering any pensionable period prior to the passage of this Act. Az¤¤*·' ·¤l¤i¤¤· For salaries of _ eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. mul; hm. For clerk hire, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, z,",,',§"',.,,;,,,,,,,,,,,,_ That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, b11t the appointment of the clerk to sign official checks, who shall receive the same compensation at each agency as was paid during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be made by the pension agent without other or further approval. Fw- For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Linn For lights, seven hundred and fifty dollars. smmm, m. For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, thirty-five thousand dollars. ¤¤¤¤- For rents, twenty-three thousand and seventy dollars. Approved, March 2, 1895. March 2- 1895 CHAP. 162.-An Act Making appropriations for fortilications and other works of P defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance thr trial and service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United F¤rs·i$s>¤¢i¤¤¤ ¤1>- States of America in Congress assembled, That the sums of money herein "°°"° '°"°‘ provided for be, and the same are hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: I ,N_Qt¤g¤ic:¤¤ ¤¤<{¤¤·‘ GUN AND MQRTAR BATTERIES: For construction of gun and mortar ‘ batteries, tour hundred thousand dollars. d Sor construction of gun and mortar platforms, one hundred thousand o ars. Preservatiometnv. PRESERVATION AND REPAIR or FORT1F1cAT10NS: For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortiiications for which there may be no special appropriation available, forty-tive thousand dollars. For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. gm? for har- .TORPEDOES FOR. HARBOR DEFENSE: For the purchase of submarine ‘ mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the chaunels leading to our principal seaports, twenty thousand dollars. For needful casemates, cable galleries, and so forth, to render it possible to operate submarine mines, twenty thousand dollars. gmx? um Amnmmnr or FOBTIFICATIONSC Foriinishing and assembling eight- Amypmneegq. inch, ten-inch, and twelve—inch seacoast guns at the Army Gun Factory, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. sun rm- gum. For purchase under contract after due advertisement of oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power coastdefense guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of the manufacture, and including all the parts of each caliber, two hundred thousand dollars.
