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 ‘ FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. C11. 189. 1895. 949 Canal Company of Nicaragua} approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred  eighty-nine," twenty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. And a board of three engineers is hereby constituted to make the sur- ,02;*.*:,:; •=¤g*¤¤¤¤ vey and examination necessary for such ascertainment; said board to ` be selected and appointed by the President of the United States, one S¤1¤<=¢i¤¤- ‘ irom the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one from the Engineers of the Navy, and one from civil life; andthe compensation compsumm. of the members of said board shall be fixed by the President, not to exceed five thousand dollars each, including such pay as the engineers so selected are receiving, for the time they are so employed, from the Government. And the said board, under such arrangements and regu- D¤¢i¤~ lations as shall be made by the Secretary of State with the approval of the President of the United States, shall visit and personally inspect the route of the said canal, examine and consider the plans, proiiles, sections, prism, and specifications for its various parts, and report thereon to the President; and should they ascertain that any deviation from the general line of the proposed route is desirable, they shall so statertin their iindings and conclusions with regard thereto in their NPO. And said board shall make their report on or before November first, R¤1•¤r*· eighteen hundred and ninetyfive; and the appropriation shall be imme- ‘ diately available. The foregoing appropriations for work on rivers and harbors shall be immediately available. · NATIONAL CEMETERIES, I Natidnalcemeteries. Fon NATIONAL CEMETERIES : For maintaining and improving M“*“*”“““°°· national cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and _ materials, one hundred thousand dollars. _ Fon SUPERINTENDENTS on iurxoiur. cnmnrnmnsz For pay of S°*"’"“‘°""°“‘“· seventy-five superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-one thousand eight hundred und eighty dollars. Hnimsroxns ron GRAVES on SOLDIERS: For continuing the work d,$?“}§,§’,}‘§§ f" “°' of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March third, eighteen {fg}-;;- eg} hundred and seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and'p` ' seventy-nine, twenty-tive thousand dollars. REPAIRING ROADWAYS TO NATIONAL CEMETERIES: For repairs to Rondwavlroadways tonational cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress: Provided, That no railroad shall be permitted {,*;·gj;>éhmw,s b upon the right of way which may have been acquired by the United ..1im.n rei-uncanny States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained by the United States, eight thousand dollars. Bnizin. on rxnmrmr sonnmns: For expenses of burying in the Burial of i¤<¤g¤¤¤ Arlington National Cemetery; or in the cemeteries of the District of '°m“"‘ Columbia, indigent ex·Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late civil war who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary ot lVar, at a cost not exceeding fifty dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars. Roan ro 1u·r1oNA1. cEMnrmz,Y,PnEsin1o on Su Fizsrzcisco, CAL- ,,:}·>·¤ *° l’¢°•¤¤i°· IFORNIA: For continuing the work of improving the reservation at the ' Presidio of San Francisco, California, by developing and perfecting the Water supply, the reclaiming of sand dunes, the planting of trees and shrubs, and construction of new roads, the erection of a permanentfence or wall on the south and east lines of the reservation, the erection of permanent gateways, the reclamation of the marsh, and other general and much needed improvements, ten thousand dollars.