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 246 FORTYNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 902. 1886 each; one engineer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one superintendent of buildings, at ilve hundred and twenty dollars ; two laborers and watchmen,.at four hundred and eighty dollars each; six bathhouse attendants, at three hundred dollars each ; six dining-room waiters, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, fourteen thousand six hundred and twenty dollars; said sum to be disbursed under Socmuryotwu the direction of the Secretary of War, ns a part of the appropriation tv *1******* ¢h¤b¤¤'¤•· for the Medical Department of the Army; and the estimates for this '"°'€“‘ service shall hereafter be submitted as a part of the military establishment. » _ Military Posts. 1¤L11‘.utY POSTS. coun-¤mo¤,ctc. For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such military posts as in the judgment of tho Secretary of War may be necessary, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars of which sum may be used for the purchase of additional land near Atlanta, Georgia, for the ten company post being erected there. FortHonroe,Va. Wunmv ue Foam Mormon, Vraomu: In full for the construction Construction or and completion of a new wharf, and improvements to the roadway wharfl leading thereto, on the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, - Virginia, upon plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, one . hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose. _ Signal Service. stem:. smzvmz. » OBSERVATION AND REIORT or s10mm. 0b•¤¤•¤¤¤ md To be expended by the Secretary of War: For expenses of the me- ’°I’°“ °f "“’""“· teorological observation and report by telegraph, signal, or otherwise announcing the probable approach and fome of storms} for the benefit of commerce and agriculture of the United States, as fo lows: I¤¤¤‘¤¤¤¤¤f¤ For the manufacture, purchase, and repair of meteorological instruments, and expenses in connection therewith, ten thousand dollars. Telegmpbiug. For telsgraphing reports, messages, and other information in connection with the observation and report of storms, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Signals. For expenses of storm, cautionary, oiiishore, cold-wave, and other signals on the sen, lake, and Gulf coasts of the United States, and in the Interior, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, including the pay of observers, services of operators, lanterns, and thugs, ten thousand dollars. pounectionsvyith For continuing the connections of signal stations with life-saving gS'fj‘,3‘f{1§ss"£°“’ stations or light-houses, including services of operators, re-pairmen, ma- military-telegraph line along the Atlantic coast of the United States l'rordaoa. twexntysix thousand three hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That not exceeding eighteen thousand three hundred and Qfty dollars of this Snbmario cable, sum shall be used for furnishing, delivering, and laying a new submaglf °k I°'““d· rine cable at Block Island Bay, to replace the one now nnservicoablo, -4;*, In 7_ gm;] for completing the connection by telegraph between Block Island, Rhode Island, and the mainland of Rhode Island; nnd the provision of the act of March twentysixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, making an appropriation of five thousand dollars to repair the submarine cable, Block Island Buy, is hereby repealed; but any expenditure ulready incurred thereunder may be paid from said appropriation: Pro- Connectionstcbc vided further, That such connections, in the opinion of the Snperiutend· ‘]°°'°°d ¤°°°°¤*¤'- ent of the Life Saving Service and the Ligbt—House Board, shall be i deemed necessary. cE¤l>¤¤g::l;:¥>i:; To unable the Secretary of War to lay a submarine cable from Capo 0,;:: Hem.! Charles to Cape Henry, twenty thousand dollars. Instruments11a]- For manufacture, purchase, and refmir of instrument shelters, and
 * ’terials, and general service, being for the maintenance and repair of the
 * ¤¤· expenses in connection therewith, two thousand dollars,