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 223 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. (111.455. 1874, l . Capitol, the Executive Mansion and War and Navy Departments, ten thousand dollars. _ _, Chain Bridge. For additional work and materials for completing superstructure of Chain Bridge, including railing, lighting, and painting, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. _ Nllnsliington aque- Washington aqueduct/: For engineering, maintenance, and general duct repairs, fifteen thousand dollars- for building a wooden fence around Government land at the Great Falls, one thousand ive hundred dollars; for building dwelling and office at Great Falls, three thousand dollars; for paving the roadway over Griiiith Park bridge and over Cabin John bridge with asphalt pavement, five thousand eight hundred dollars; for furnishing and setting four magneto-dial instruments in connection with thetelegraph-line from Great Falls to Georgetown, one thousand one _ hundred dollars. ,. ` For continuing macadamizing of conduit-road, five thousand dollars. For widening embankmeuts along the line of the Washington Aqueduct, five thousand dollars. Ncwieil For continuing the work on the new jail in the District of Columbia, islftythousand dollars. _P1o¤¤ for Cougres- To enable the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to procure S*°“°1 Lll’“’·'>'· plans for the accommodation of the Library, two thousand dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT. Bounty to seamen. For bounty to seamen, to pay certilicate issued to State of New Hampshire, seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents. NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS. ‘ League Island. For the navy-yard at League Island: For the continuation of work and removal of property from the Philadelphia navy-yard, three hundred thousand dollars. _ New L<>¤<1<>¤· For the naval station at New London: For labor, materials, and erections, flfty thousand dollars. ponmoin For the navy-yard‘at Pensacola, Florida: For commencing the repuilding of the repairing-dock, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Norfolk. For the uavyyard at Norfolk, Virginia: For iron-plating shops, fifty thousand dollars. Mmvvel of PW- For the removal of powder-magazine from, Norfolk, Virginia, to be d°"'"“g““‘”°· expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, and to provide for the construction of a magazine at a more suitable place near Norfolk, forty thousand dollars. Mem I¤l~>»¤<l- For the navy-yard at Mare Island, California: For continuation of RB ai & fbegun work, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. D&vy{’yaf,°gs_ ‘?·» ° for repaus atthe dniferent navy-yards and preservation of the same, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make, out of any _ money at his disposal available for that purpose, snilicient and appro- &S°*€0P*;;€t?sl1*g;¤a; priate compensation and acknowledgment to the owners, officers, and megfoumuiu mg sailors of the British whaling and ealing steamers which contributed v1v0rgofthBp°§m¤_ to the rescue of the survivors of the Polaris, for such rescue, and any loss sustained by reason thereof, and for their humane and hospitable reception entertainment and transportation until they were all finally U ex d d and safely landed in Newfoundland and Scotland: Prooidedfurther, prolfriagzg ° WEB; That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to use, during the ensu- ,,],1,, ,-,,1. the ,.0,,,,,, mg fiscal year, the balance of appropriation heretofore made to the Navy or monitors. Department for the construction of a floating iron dock, remaining unexpended, for the purpose of completing the repairs on such doubleturreted monitors as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary for the public- service. "