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 180 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 195. 1892. on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; for procuring water and introducing same to buildings at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance; and for the disposal of sewage and drainage, and for constructing roads and wharves; for the payment of army transportation lawfully due such Payment to mia- land-grant railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to g""" '°“““· be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant acts), but in no case shall more · Amount. than fifty per eentum of the full amount of service be paid; in all, two mw". million seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That such compennmu. sation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service : Provided further, Adiustmont otmm That in expending the money appropriated by this act, a railroad com- "Y S°°’°*”’Y °‘w“· pany which has not received aid in bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road subject to the use of the United States for postal, military. naval, and other government services, and also, subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property, as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such government transportation as shall at the time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation- and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such serv- Ny paglment to ice: Provided further, That no money herein appropriated shall be used 3,:;*,} 1,.,,*},*;* gg; in payment of the transportation of troops and supplies of the Army mms. over any of the non-bonded lines owned by the Union Pacino Railway V Company or by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, but this provision shall not withhold payment from lines leased and operated but not owned by said companies. Bama,. ud qw. Barracks and quarters; For barracks and quarters for troops, store- ’°”- houses for the sate keeping of military stores, for offices,"and for the hire of buildings and grounds for summer cantonments, and for temporary buildings at hontier stations, for the construction of temporary buildings and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established p,,,,,,,,,_ posts, seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no expenditures ,,,,,,,,_ exceeding five hundred dollars shall be made upon any building or military post, or grounds about the same, without the approval of the Secretary of War for the same, upon detailed estimates by the Quartermaster’s Department; and the erection, construction, and repair of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermastecs Depart- 0¤¤¤¤¤=r··- ment shall, as far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertisement: And provided further, That no more than one million two hundred thousand dollars of the sums appropriated by this 0,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,y,,,_ act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employees in the Quartermaster’s Department, including those heretofore paid out of the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, army transportation, clothing and camp and garrison equipage; that no employee paid therefrom shall receive as salary more than Maximum salaries. one hundred and fifty dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially iixed by law; and no part of any of the moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuel and for quarters to officers or enlisted men. Hmpmns. Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including