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 920 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 189. 1895. Sm F¤{*°i¤°°· For constructing a revenue cutter for Service in the harbor of San A""' P' M` Francisco, California, fifty thousand dollars. Pooifio ¤¤¤¤=— For constructing a revenue steamer of the first class, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the Pacific Coast, comm. seventy-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to contract for building said vessel at a. total cost not Proveov- _ to exceed two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the President 0r1t°}fiZ`.ir`§f”m°m°°° of the United States is hereby authorized to convene a board, to be composed of three surgeons of the Marine-Hospital Service, to examine and reportupon all officers now in the Revenue—Cutter Service who, through no vicious habits of their own, are now incapacitated by reason of the iuilrmities of age or physical or mental disability to efficiently perform P*Y°"°°**°**°“*°°”- the duties of their respective offices. And such officers as, under the terms of this Act, may be reported by said board to be so permanently incapacitated shall be placed on waiting orders out of the line of promotion, with one-half active duty pay, and the vacancies thereby _ created in the active list of the officers shall be Hlled by promotion in prf§I{1°};;})'{1f‘“*°“ '°" the order of seniority, as now provided by law: Provided, however, That . no such promotion shall be made until the professional qualifications of the candidate shall have been determined by written examination before _ a board of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service convened by the Secm§;‘,j'g}’§,§s_;"f_ °“‘°°"’ retary of the Treasury for that purpose: Provided further, That the number of officers upon the active list now authorized by law shall not be increased by this Act. . A§;>lja¤ t 1****0*- For maintenance of a refuge station at or near Point Barrow, Alaska, ` on the Arctic Ocean, four thousand dollars. F¤.S¤‘=*i¤S •¤d ENGBAVING AND PRINTING. printing. senses For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees, other than plate printers and plate printers’ assistants, four hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to be Promo. expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Pro- L"g° ”°t°°‘ vided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired. Wom. For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers’ assistants, at one dollar and twentyhve cents a day each, when employed, five hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary pmm. of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be L“'“° “°‘“ expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired. Mmrinls. Eor en gravers’, printers’, and other materials, except distinctive paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and ninety thousand, dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. S Cam ¤¤•¤ Goodwv ‘ coAsr AND GEODETIC smzvnv. HD Gy. {Bison? cg igniyy For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the 2,,,,, °j'},,f* jg, fg Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacnic coasts of the United States and the coast of ¢¤¤·¤¤· ew- the Territory of Alaska, including the survey of rivers to the head of tide water or ship navigation; deepsea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coast and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream flowing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the neces— sary resurveys; the preparation of the Coast Pilot; continuin gresearches and other work relating to terrestrial magnetism and the magnetic maps of the United States and adjacent waters, and the tables of magnetic declination, dip, and intensity usually accompanying them; and includ— ing compensation not otherwise appropriated for, of persrrs employed on the fieldwork, in conformity with the regulations for the government