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 504 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ch. 360. 1885. B¤Udi¤z f¤¤‘ FOR THE BUILDING Fon THE STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPART- %“t°¤Dw“:;, ***3 MZENTS: For continuing the construction of the walls and floors of the uy °P° mm ’ several stories of the west and center wings, and for each and every purpose connected with the construction of the building including the rent of necessary office room, tour hundred thousand dollars. Wasnin gton WASHINGTON MoNomENT: For completion of the Washington M on- M°“‘“”°”*· nment, namely: For iron work of stairs and platforms and elevator fronts, engine-house and approaches, insertion of presentation blocks, cementing interior walls, paving floor and covering drum pit, closures of doorways, doors and passages, change in elevatorcar and machinery, new boiler-house and boiler, office expenses, including rent of necessary office-rooms, and for each and every purpose connected with the completion of the monument, seventy five thousand dollars, to be expended 1876, vol. 19, cn. under the direction of the joint commission created by the act of August 250, p. 123. second eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Yoikwwnuonn- Yomrrown MONUMENT: That not exceeding five thousand dollars ¤¤¤¤*· of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the erection of the Yorktown Monument may be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the erection of an iron railing around said monument. Army and Navy ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL. Hospital. Hot Springs, Army and Navy hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas: For labor and Ark. material to put the hospital in a thorough state of completion, as indicated by the architect, but not included in the present contract, twenty thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available. Furnishing of For completely furnishing the hospital including turniture for rooms h°°P**°l· for patients (officers) and of wards for enlisted men, necessary bedding, hospital clothing and miscellaneous articles, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Mimuy posts,MILITARY POSTS. For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such military posts as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, one hundred and sixty-five thdusand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars of which sum may be used for the purchase of a site near Atlanta, Georgia for the erection thereon of a ten company post. Signal Service. SIGNAL SERVICE. To be expended by the Secretary of War; Observation and For the observation and report of storms: For expenses of the meteorreport M ¤¤>r¤¤¤· ological observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal, or otherwise announcing the probable approach and force of storms, for the benefit of the commerce and agriculture throughout the United States as tollows: hm-¤m.,,,t,_ Fsirdthp manufacture, purchase, and repair of instruments, ten thousan. ol ars. porgegmpnie ro- lmlgor telegraphic reports, one hundred and thirty eight thousand dol- Storm, caution- For expenses of storm, cautionary of shore, and other signals on the ery. vff ¤1¤¤{¤. wd sea and lake coasts of the United States, announcing the probable ap- ""’°' °'¥““ “· proach and force of stems, including the pay of observers services of operators (where not otherwise provided for), lanterns, and flags, eleven theusand dollars. coneinuingcon- or continuing the connections of signal stations at life savin sta- Sgtlifssagiiggd tions and lighthouses, including services of operators, repairmerg maing stations, gw_ terials (such as cable, wire, poles, and insulators), and general service p,·.m,w_ connected therewith, thousand five hundred dollars: Provided That such connections, in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Lifel Saving Service and the Light·House Board, shall be deemed necessary. £mr¤m¤nt- For manufacture, purchase, and repair of instrument-shelters, two thousand dollars.