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 316 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 797. 1890. Ph"- For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. wfucm Mmm? M For repair and preservation of Fort Marion, Florida, and for con- ` struction of sea-wall to preserve the site, fifteen thousand dollars. Isi¤::&w¤1.G¤wm¤r‘¤ For completing sea-w 1 at Governor’s Island, New York Harbor, ' fifty thousand dollars. 'rcrnodws. M- onrmnons ron Hannon Dmrmusnz For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing thedcléapmels leading to our principal seaports, one hundred thousan dollars. For needful casemates and cable galleries to render it possible to operate submarine mines, one hundred thousand dollars. For continuing torpedo experiments and for practical instruction pf engineer troops in the details of the service, thirty thousand dollars. ‘ P¤~¤¤¤¤¤f¤¤¤¢¤i¤¢ Puncuasm or MACHINE Guns: For the purchase of machine ‘°°°` ’ gaps, musket caliber, of American manufacture,' twenty thousand o ars. BE*g°¤*“"0“",°°"Y For the followin, to be expended under the direct su ervision of and rmifnwum. °° the Board of Ordngnce and Fortincation, created by the fortification WL 2% vv- 499-491- appropriation act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred {md eighty-eig t, and in the manner prescribed by said act, name y: ‘ “gg¤····¤·¤¤>¤¢¤¤* Gun AND Monrn Barmnms: For construction of gun and mormm. tar batteries for defense of Boston Harbor, two hundred and thirty- Nvw York- Eve thousand dollars; New York, seven hundred and twenty-six S¤¤F¤¤¤¤¤¤- thousand dollars; San Francisco, two hundred and sixty thousand dollzrs; in all, one million two hundred and twenty-one thousand o rs. P¤>°¤¤'•¤¤¤*<>**•¤¤* For the procurement of land, or iight rtainin thereto, needed br w°m‘ m' for the site, location, construction, or proggcution bf works, for for- . tiiicaitiplps an;] coast cgenses, five hunldrled l2h?`l1S8%£ dghars, or so muc ereo as may ll , an erea ter e cretary of &d¤y_4¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ wr War may cause proceeding: to be instituted, in the name of the ` United States, in any court aving jurisdiction of such proceedings, for the acquirement, by condemnation, of any land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses, such proceedingsto be prosecuted in_ accordance with the laws relating to suits Ggpr the conggmnzgtionmpf  ofriilhe Stlptes therein the mmm. proc ings may ins i ut : M, atw en the owner of immeasmpurpnm such land or rights pertaining thereto shall fix a price for the same, " "”°"""° *"‘°°· which, in the opinion of the ecretary of War, shall be reasonable, he may purchase the same at such price without further delay: ProuA¤¤¤p¤¤·»¤:¤¤¤» mdedfwrther, That the Secretary of War IS hereby authorized to °°°` accept on behalf of the United States donations of ands or rights pertaining thereto required for ·the above-mentioned purposes: And Limitation or experi- provided fu rther, That nothing herein contained shall be construed °’“"°·“°· to authorize an expenditure, or to involve the Government in any contract or contracts for the future payment of money, in excess of the sums appropriated therefor. ’ .n-mmm. A1zmmsNr or Fonrrmcnious; For the manufacture (finishing m¤¤¤¢¤¤m»,em.,¤: and assembling) of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch steel sea- '"°’“““*’°“‘g““’“ coast guns from forgings procured under fortification act of Sep- V¤¤·%·v-490 galmber tlvgngy-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, seventy ousan dollars. C°”*P‘°P*¤¤ "°‘=" For completin the manufacture (finishing and assemblin of md°ndSleg°°am°°` three and six-tengths-inch, tive-inch, and ·seven-inch steel iieldginnd siege cannon from forgings procured under fortification act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, thirty-six thousand dol- Unenwndedbnlance- lars, together with the unexpen ed balance of the appropriation of fourteen thousand dollars made for this object by the fortification