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 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 76, 77, 78, 80. 1880. 109 “Minnie B., Child", of New York, owned by James W. Fellows, of the Child" changed to city of New York, to "Saint Nicholas ", and to grant said steamboat "S**i¤* Nichvlm-" proper marine papers in that name. This act to take eifect Approved, May 3, 1880. CHAP. 77.—An act to provide for the construction of a marine hospital in the city May 3 1380 of Memphis, Tennessee. _.;_.;.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Surgeon—Gencral of Marine hospital the Marine Hospital Service be, and he is hereby, authorized and em- M M°mPhi°» T<>¤¤- powercd to procure a proper site in or near the city of Memphis, Tennessee, and cause to be erected thereon a building suitable for a marine B.,imi,,.. to be hospital, after plans and specifications which shall be furnished under erected. ° his direction by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. Sec. 2. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof API>¤>Pfi=~l¢i<>¤- as may be necessary be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money now in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the purchase of said site, and the erection of the aforesaid building thereon; and the cost of the cost or site and site and the erection of the building shall in no event exceed the sum building limited to hereby &ppr0pmm_ Rl1I1I 8»p]_)1‘0[)I'13al?B(L Approved, May 3, 1880. CHAP. .-—-An a to illiamla e o ’ a a, _ l 78 ct placegmy on  Hgidznsnoe sergeant United St tes M y 3, 1330 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United William Gaines, States be, and he is hereby, authorized to place William Gaines, late °1‘d¤=¤»¤<>*>¤°*'¤‘;°§¢¤¤’¤» ordnance sergeant, United States Army, on the retired list of the Army, {;LQ"°g)r°‘;,"'Q;fg with seventy-tive per centum of the full pay and allowances of an ord- h0,,0mb1,Qs,,g,;c.,_ nance sergeant for and during his natural life he having served faithfully and honorably in the Army of the United States for more than fifty- one years, having been an ordnance sergeant for over thirty-three consecutive years of said service, and having participated in the siege of Fort Meigs, the defense of Fort Stephenson and the battle of the Thames in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Approved, May 3, 1880. CHAP. 80.-An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of de- May 4, 1950, fense, and for the armament thereof, for the decal year ending June thirtieth, ———- eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oangress assembled, That the sum of one hundred Femrieetiene thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any gud W<>rk¤ of dsmoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the protection, °’j_*’;i)mPl_,M,0u preservation, and repair of fortihcations and other works of defense, for fc, mq_ the nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; also, the following for the armament of fortifications, namely: _ _ _ For the armament of sea-coast fortincations, including heavy guns and D1¤l¤¤b¤*1°¤· howitzers for Hank defense, carriages, projectiles, fuses, powder, and implements their trial and proof, and all necessary expenses inc1dent thereto, and for machine guns, including the conversion of smooth-bore cannon into rifles, and the manufacture of four improved breech-load ing twelve inch rifled guns four hundred thousand dollars. For torpedoes for harbor defenses, and the preservation of the same and for torpedo experiments in their application to harbor and land