FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. SEsS. I. Ch. 338. 1896. 257 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: GUN AND MORTAR BATTERIES: For construction of fortifications, ,£fi¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤r¢¤rb=¤t- two million five hundred thousand dollars; of which sum not exceeding ms' one hundred thousand dollars may be expended for the construction of necessary buildings connected therewith: Provided, That contracts may ggzjmts be entered into, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for mate- ` rials and work for construction of fortifications, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, to an additional sum in the aggregate not to exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars. ·Li¤¤i¤- SITES FOR FoRT1F1cAT10NS AND SEACOAST DEFENSES: For the S**°¤·°*¤· procurement of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses, five hundred thousand dollars. PRESERVATION AND REPAIR OF FoRTiI•*1oAT1oNS: For the protec- Pr¤¤¤¤*¤¤¢>¤»¤¢<=- tion, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be _ no special appropriation available, fifty thousand dollars. For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. PMS- SEA WALLS AND E1mANK1mNTs: For construction of sea walls and s°‘"'“H°‘ embankments, seventeen thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars. '1‘oRrE1>oEs Fon nA1in0n. DEFENSE: For the purchase of submarine b0f$,{_eg§lg;¤ M Mrmines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the chan- ` nels leading to our principal seaports, needful casemates, cable galleries, and so forth, to render it possible to operate submarine mines, one hundred thousand dollars. ARMAMENT or FORTIFICATIONS1 The Secretary of War is hereby g;g,=j)¤¤g¤¤· authorized and directed to procure, by manufacture, or by purchase r m' after due advertisement, the following: Oil tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast defense guns of $****1 M g¤¤¤- eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber, and forgings for one type sixteen-inch gun, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture, and including all parts of each caliber, one million two hundred and five thousand _ and thirty-eight dollars: Promlded, That no contract for oil-tempered f{,Q’,'}'g’§;p,,cc_ and annealed steel for high-power coastdefense guns and mortars shall be made at a price exceeding twenty-four cents per pound; Carriages for mounting seacoast guns of eight-inch, ten-inch, and C¤‘¢‘*¤8¤¤· twelve-inch calibers, one million one hundred and fourteen thousand tive hundred dollars; Steel breech-loading mortars of twelve-inch caliber, eight hundred M°”°'“· and ten thousand dollars; Carriages for mounting steel mortars of twelve-inch caliber, three C°"*°¤°°· hundred and seventyeight thousand dollars; Steel deck-piercing and other shells for twelve-inch breech-loading S‘°°‘“"°““· mortars, one hundred and sixty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; Steel armor-piercing shot for seacoast breeclrloading guns, ninety- St°°l”h°t‘ eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars; ln all, three million seven hundred and seventy thousand and seventysix dollars: Provided, That the following sums, to meet payments ggavigzts as they become due for the afbrementioned objects under armament of ym ` fortifications, are hereby appropriated, namely: For oil-tempered and an nealcd steel for hi gh-power coastdefense guns S°°"* f" g““*· of eight-inch, ten—inch, twelve-inch, and sixteen-inch caliber, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture, and including all parts of each caliber, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars; For carriages for mounting seacoast guns of eight-inch, ten-inch, and Cmi¤g*¤· twelve·inch caliber, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars; For steel breeclrloading mortars of twelve-inch caliber, three hun- M<>¤¤r¤· dred thousand dollars; For carriages for mounting steel mortars of twelve-inch caliber, two ¤¤¤·i¤z¤¤ hundred thousand dollars; STAT L———V()L 29-17
