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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 212. 1893. 717 BUREAU OF NAVIGATION uglureau of Naviga- That an officer of the Navy not below the rank of commander may Detailofussistanntc be detailed as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in the °l"‘"“‘ Navy Department, and such officer shall receive the highest pay of his grade, and, in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of Tv im as wet i¤ the Chief of the Bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the Presi- °a°°° V”°°"°’ ‘ dent, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine of the R.S·,¤»c.179,i·.2s Revised Statutes, perform the duties of such Chief until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. GUNNERY EXERGISES: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exer- Guuuery exercises. cises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, six thousand dollars. OCEAN AND LAKE SURVEYS: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub- ocean and are surlication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical-books, """"‘ charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges 011 same; preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. BoUNr1Es Fon OUTFITS Fon NAVAL APPBENTICESZ For bounties _Apprentices’ bounfor outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thou- "°“· sand dollars. RECRUITING, TRANSPORTATION, AND CONTING-ENT, BUREAU OF Recruiting. mms- NAVIGATION; For expenses of recruiting for the Naval Service; rent of *’°"““°"· °'“‘ rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, an all other expenses attending the_recruiting for the Naval Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad; for heating apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, tarriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, continuos-service certificates, discharges, goodconduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, forty-five thousand dollars, and in time P of peace the President may in his discrition, and under such rules and .-y.,}Q§h“§§. °£¤{}.#?.\ upon such conditions as he may prescribe, permit any enlisted man to “***"· purchase his discharge from the Navy or the Marine Corps, the amounts received thereiiom to be covered into the Treasury. ‘ NINVAL TRAINING STATION, COASTERS IIARBOR ISLAND., RJIODIC _Nuval Training Star ISLAND (FOR APPRENTIUES): For dredging channels, repairs to main m'"' causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment of such labor as may be necessary tbr the proper care and preservation of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improvements on buildings, heating, lighting and furniture for same; books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon and attendance on same, thirty thousand dollars. For building retaining wall, from material on the island, at a price Retaining Weilnot to exceed three dollars per foot, and foundation, two thousand live hundred dollars; _ For two boilers and extension of boiler house. with water tank and B°**°‘ “"“"*’· iced-water tank, seven thousand dollars. FOP purchase of one dynamo, fifty horse power, and extension of El°°'"•` P‘“”°· electric plant for training station and War College and Torpedo School, four thousand five hundred; NAVAL WAR Common Axn Tonrnno Scnoor, ON COASTERS 1***3* W” C"“"¤°· HARBOR ISLAND: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island and care of grounds for same, eight thousand dollars.