FIF'l‘Y·TH[RD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 162. 1895. 7()7 thousand and twenty dollars; laborer, cleaning whari, four hundred and eighty dollars; ill all, six thousand five hundred and eighty dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, three thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. Repairs and maintenance of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and Ropairsorroadsam. general police: For twenty thousand bushels of oyster shells, at live · cents per bushel, one thousand dollars; thirty thousand paving bricks, at ten dollars per thousand, three hundred dollars; one hundred and fifty square yards of granolithic pavement for street crossings, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard, three hundred and thirty- seven dollars; one horse and cart for police of street, two hundred and fifty dollars; one laborer to drive same, three hundred and sixty dollars; eight Dietz street lamps with iron posts complete, one hundred and ninety-six dollars; oil and supplies .for same, fifty-two dollars; one laborer to care for lamps, twno hundred and forty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Maintenance of sewer system: For one superintendent, one thou- Sewer symmsand two hundred dollars; two enginemen, at nine hundred dollars each; two firemen, at six hundred dollars each; three laborers, at live hundred dollars each; one horse and cart, six hundred and fifty dollars; coal, six hundred dollars; waste, oil, and pump repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, three hun-- dred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. . ‘ Sec. 2. That, whenever any party shall present for test a completed S;=¤1br¤¤¤h1¤••1i¤z breechdoading mortar of twelve inches caliber, of not more than forty mL§'{;.,¤,,,-i,,,; thousand pounds weight, built of mortar steel, with a proper supply of ammunition therefor, not exceeding two hundred rounds, such mortar shall be tested by the Board of Ordnance and Fortiiication, and should it be shown to the satisfaction of said Board of Ordnance and Fortification by such test to be at least equal in accuracy, range, power, endurance, material, and general efiiciency to the best breech loading service mortar in use, the mortar and ammunition shall be paid for, including cost of transportation, and a contract shall be made for a Contract further supply of fifty and no more, at such reasonable cost as the Board of Ordnance and Fortification shall determine, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars each, the entire number to be delivered in one year from date of contract. Said mortar, and all which may be contracted for under this provision, shall be subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture. Sec. 3. That the following paragraph of section six of the fortitica- gjmgggy ¤¤g;*¤¤‘;_ tion appropriation Act approved September twenty-second, eighteen cum i-gmieu. P hundred and eighty-eight, namely: “Whenever any party shall present V°'· ·P·‘”°· tor test a completed cast-iron breech-loading mortar of twelve inches caliber, of about thirty-two thousand pounds weight, with a proper supply of ammunition therefor, not exceeding two hundred rounds, such mortar shall be tested in the presence of the party presenting the same, and should it be shown to the satisfaction of the Board by such tests to be equal in accuracy, range, power, endurance, material, and general efficiency to the twelve-inch cast-iron steel-hooped breech-loading mortar now at Sandy Hook, the mortar and ammunition shall be paid for, including cost of transportation, and contract be made for a further supply of not less than fifty, and not more than one hundred, at such reasonable cost as the Board herein provided for shall determine, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars each. The entire number to be delivered in one year from date of contract. Said mortar and all which may be contracted for under this provision shall be subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture; " is hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1895.
