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 460 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 136. 1893. mmm ma pm For projectiles for issue to the service, thirty thousand dollars. j°°"“°'· For powders and projectiles for the proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, thirty thousand dollars. For powder and projectiles for proof of twelve-inch breech-loading mortars, four thousand six hundred and sixty-three dollars. Sw! ¤1¤¤¤¤ For steel deck-piercing shell for twelve-inch breech-loading mortars, thirty thousand dollars. sm: pins. nr For purchase and erection of steel plates for the test of deck-piercing sminm. For steel armor-piercing shot for breech-loading seacoast guns, forty thousand dollars. _ A¤¤•¤ nlm- {M For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor-piercm g °"°" shot, sixteen thousand dollars. W·'°"“°'*A¤•¤•l- To providefor payments that may become due in the purchase or '¤¤¤l¤· ¤¤=· manufacture of machine tools and fixtures to complete the equipment of the south wing of the army gun factory, Watervlict Arsenal, West inn-ms. Troy, New York; steel breech-loadin g rifled seacoast mortars of twelvesan an- gum. inch caliber; oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power coastcarriages- defense guns of eight, ten, and twelve-inch caliber; carriages for breechloading rfiled mortars of twelve-inch caliber, and carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns, procured """~ 1* ”°· under the provisions of the fortifications act approved July twenty- third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, said payments being in excess of the money therein appropriated for these objects, seven hundred and Pgww fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the total amount expended for I‘“"i°‘ each of these said objects shall not exceed the amount specified therefor in the said act. f SM1 fw ¤¤¤¢ de The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to procure, '"°‘°"‘ by purchase or manufacture, the following, namely: Oil—tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast defense guns of eightrinch, teninch, and twelve-inch caliber, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture, and including all parts of each caliber, the cost of which shall not exceed six) hundred ghoulsandldpllars; h I b .- arriages or reec - oading rifled mortars of twelve-inc ca i er gg mm M one hundred thousand dollars; 7 Carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns, two hundred thousand dollars; MM- In all nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than I»i¤¤¤f¤r¤¤<>¤\y¤•r- four hundred thousand dollars of this amount shall be expended in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- four; which sum of four hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. simiiyuwkpmms Pnovme Gnomvn, SANDY Hoon, Naw Jnnsmr: For current expen- "°u‘§'§,;,,,,,,,,,_ ses and maintenance of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including general repairs and alterations, and accessories incidental to testing and proving ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, twenty-two thousand dollars. ummm oromcm. For the necessary expenses of ordnance officers while temporarily employed at the proving ground and absent from their proper stations, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem while so employed, and the compensation of draftsmen while employed in the Army Ordgaage Bureau on ordnance construction, nine thousand five hundred o rs. Lmmmvs. For one locomotive engine, three thousand five hundred dollars. w,,m,,,,A,,,,,,,,,_ Wxrmurown Ansnnsn, Wxrnnrown, Massacnusnerrs; For com- Guumlge pmt_ pleting enlargement and improvement of the heavy gun-carriage plant at Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts, ninety-six thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
 * "“· shell, seven thousand five hundred dollars.