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 818 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 371. 1889. money values of the supplies on hand at the various stations at the beginning of the fiscal year, the dispositions thereof, and of the purchases, and the expenditures of supplies for the year, and the balances remaining on hand at the en thereof. _ ’1`¤¤¤f¤¤¤f¤¤¤¤¤¤· And for the purpose of utilizing accumulated naval supplies, the l°°°d°°°pu°s' transfer is authorized, after requisition upon the Paymaster-General of the N avy,_of any supplies belonging to one bureau and available for the use of another w1t out reimbursement therefor by the bureau mma. receiving the sup lies so transferred; Provided, That supplies ob- Specidc eppmpm- tained for a specnih ob{ect and still needed therefor, and supplies “°““· bought within the nsca year in which the recpiisitmn is made, a11d provisions, clothing, and small stores shall not e subject to transfer without charge un er the terms of this act. Burea1iofC0ustruc- BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. . tion and Repair. Preservation. ie- BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR: Construction and repair P°””~°'·°·°' '°“°‘“- of vessels: For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy—yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels aiioat, general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, photographing, books, lans, stationery, and instruments for drawing-room, one million dollars, of which sum one hundred and nfty thousand dollars Aman. shall be immediatel available: Provided, That no part of this sum Limit of ~¤¤ir¤- shall be ap lied to thro repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval omcers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided further, That nothin herein contained shall deprive the`Secretary of the Navy of the audority to order repairs of shi s Vesselsin foreign damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may he "“""“ necessary to bring them home. rugs For the fpurchase, or construction by contract, of four steam-tugs, the cost o which shall not exceed thirty-five thousand dollars each, one for use at the navy—yard, WVashin(gton, District of Columbia, and one at the navy-yard, Mare Island, alifornia, in all, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. new ren:. Improvement of plant at navy-yard, New York: For additional Auamomn was tools, other than those heretofore authorized, re uired to further improve the condition of the ard for building and repairing iron and steel ships, nfty thousand dhllars. Norfolk- Improvement of plant at navy·yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For addi- Additional tools. tiona tools, other than those heretofore authorized, required to further improve the condition of the ard for building and repairing iron and steel ships, fifty thousand dollars. €i'¤'°mb**S¤m°¤*· CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT, BUREAU OF Coxsrnccriox AND REPAIR: Po¤¤¤¤<»¤¤» Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; For one clerk to naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each- Boswn. Navy·yard, Boston, Massachusetts; For one clerk to naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. New York- Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York'; For one clerk to naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and S€V€Ht9€11 dollars and twenty-five cents each; I·°°H¤°m=*¤d· N avy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania; For one clerk to naval · constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. Washnnswm Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars;