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 388 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CII. 130. 1875. Repairing roads, For repairing roads and building sewers and drains, three thousand -*0- dollars. Perizanent re- For permaneptlrepairs of post, machinery for shops, and for fences, PWS- °· four thousand dollars. Repairs or arse- For repairs of smaller arsenals, and to meet such unforeseen expendi- ¤¤1¤· tures at arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, dfty thousand dollars. ` Gatling guns. To enable the Secretary of War to purchase Gatling guns for the Army and Navy, fifty thousand dollars. Riding heavy For conversion and riding of heavy guns, seventy-ive thousand dolg\lllS. lays. Exerriinetivu wd And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause an examination ’°P€”,f,  to be made into the condition of the United States arsenals east of the gg?,,; Rivw Mississippi River, and to report to the next Congress how many of the same can be sold without interfering with the necessities of the military service, together with an estimate of the amount that can probably be realized from the sale of each of the same whenever such sale shall be directed by Congress. Useless ordnance, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to dispose of the use- Nevy- less ordnance material on hand at public sale, according to law, the net proceeds of which shall be turned into the Treasury; and an amount equal to the same is hereby appropriated, to be applied to the purpose New ¤¤l¤¤¤¢¤· of procuring a. supply of material adapted in manufacture and calibre to the present wants of the service; but there shall be expended, under this provision, not more than seventyizive thousand dollars in one year; WU¤°l°”°“i“““°°¤ and in the case of sale of like materials in the War Department, the M' proceeds of which shall be turned into the Treasury, an amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale is hereby appropriated for the purpose New °rd“‘”"’°°· of procuring a supply of material adapted in manufacture and calibre to the present wants of the war service; and there shall be expended in the War Departmentyunder this provision, not more than seventy-five thousand dollars in any one year. SIGNAL-OFFICE. Observation end Observation and report of storms: For expenses of the observation Y°P°'“ Of “°"‘"S· and report of storms by telegraph and signals, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture throughout the United States ; for manufacture, purchase, or repair of meteorological and other necessary instruments; for telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm-signals, announcing probable approach and force·of storms; for continuing the establishment and connection of stations at life-savin g stations and lighthouses; for instrument-shelters ; for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities or ports receiving reports ; for riverreports; for maps and bulletins to .be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards-oftrade rooms and for distribution; for books and stationery; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, four hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; thirty thousand dollars of which shall be expended on the Atlantic coast south of Ca-pe Hatteras: Pr<>Vi¤¤· Provided, That no expenditure shall be made or obligation incurred for _ any amount in excess of the sum hereby appropriated. 'gvlegrerhg fe _ For completing the construction, and for maintenance and use of mil- CO,,,,,,cb;0',, of connection of military posts and stations, for the better protection of military posts and immigration and the frontier settlements from depredations, especially in ¤*¤¤°¤¤· the State of Texas, the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and Proviso. the Indian.Territory, eighty-eight thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay the expenses of R spain to be operating and keepin gin repair the said telegrapnlines out of any money mid ent of money received for dispatches sent over said lines; any balance remaining·aftc1" f" ‘h "‘ the payment of such expenses to be covered into the Treasury as a miS·- ` cellaneous receipt ; themoney received in any one iiscal year to be used
 * ’;u;‘,E,};’;’,?3_S °X' itary telegraph-lines on the Indian and Mexican frontiers, and for the