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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 227. 1873. 511 For pay of crews of experienced surf-men at such stations and for such Treasury Deperiods as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and proper, P¤**¤¤¤¤*- eighty-five thousand dollars. For establishing new life-saving stations on the coast of the United New lifesav- States, one hundred thousand dollars. me ¤¤¤¤<>¤¤· For contingencies of life-saving stations on the coast of the United Contingencies States, fifteen thousand dollars. And that the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized to establish signal-stations at light-houses, at such $*§¤¤l·¤¢¤*i°¤¤ of the life-saving stations on the lake or sea coasts as may be suitably located for that purpose, and to connect the same with such points as may stations. be necessary for the proper discharge of the signal service by means of a suitable telegraph-line in cases where no lines are in operation, to be constructed, maintained, and worked under the direction of the chief signalofiiccr of the army, or the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury; and the use of the life—saving stations as signal-stations shall be subject to such regulations as may be agreed upon by said officials; and the sum of thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to carry into effect this provision. Revenue-cutter Service :— For pay of thirty-four captains, one hundred Revenue-cutter and one lieutenants, and sixty-three engineers and pilots employed, three ;‘;Q";:€igglS°f°"* hundred and sixty-one thousand three hundred dollars. ’ For rations for officers: Thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, sixty-three engineers and pilots, twenty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents. For pay of crews: Eight hundred and sixty petty officers, seamen, crews and cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, two hundred and eighty- ””‘°“’i two thousand seven hundred and forty-eight dollars. For rations for crews: Eight hundred and sixty petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, two hundred and ninety- eight thousand seven hundred and forty-eight rations, at thirty-three cents, including the liquor equivalent, ninety-eight thousand Eve hundred and eighty-seven dollars. For fuel for thirty-eight vessels, repairs and outfits for same, ship- fuel, &¢ chandlery and engineers stores for same, travelling expenses of officers travelling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department, commutation of quarters, and contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, and surveys, and miscellaneous expenses , which cannot be included under special heads, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Murine-lzospttal Service.--For supplying deficiency in the fund for Marine-hospithe relief of sick and disabled seamen, one hundred thousand dollars; and ml S<·>¥Vi¢€» Sick . . . . . . and disabled ses.- the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to mm sell the marine-hospital grounds and unfinished cast-iron hospital build- Secretary or ings, located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and out of the pro- ceeds of said sale to purchase a more healthful site for a marine hospital, buildings at New at a point which shall be convenient of access to and from the port of €¥l€:¤¤.¤¤d p¤r— New Orleans, and to erect thereon- a pavilion marine hospital of one hun- f,,,;?,,,?, '£g;°,,Hd dred and fifty bed capacity, with the necessary auxiliary structures, in ereetanospitai accordance with designs to be prepared by the supervising architect, to °h°’°°”· the satisfaction of the supervising surgeon of the marine—hospital service, · and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That saidsite Llmltw costand pavilion-hospital shall in no event cost more than the amount received from the sale of the hospital and grounds which are hereby authorized to _ be sold: And provided further, That in case the materials of the iron 0lg?;5*“;£?<I;€`;l;¤ hospital-buildings can with advantage be used in the construction of other be ,,,,,},2,, me ~ government buildings now being erected, said materials may be so used, new. and the amount of the money-value thereof, which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby appropriated, for the purposes of the new hospital, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise approprinted.