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 950 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Ch. 189. 18L*5. m}i¤¢i¤*»=¤¤¤ b¤¤¤1¤· BATTLEFIELD or AN'DIETA1VI: For completing the work of locating, ‘ preserving, and marking the lines of battle at Antietain, and for properly marking with tablets, each bearing a brief historical legend compiled without praise and without censure, the positions occupied by the several commands of the Armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginia on that field,‘and for opening and improving avenues along the positions occupied by troops upon those lines, and for fencing the same, nine thousand four hundred and twenty-one dollars, to be Immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secre- Promp. tary of War : Provided, That the Secretary of War be, and he is G““ °““i°*g"· hereby, authorized to supply fifty unserviceable wooden Held-gun carriages, of the type used during the civil war, for the purpose of marking the positions occupied by batteries of artillery on the said field. Miscellaneous. l MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. Survey ssumiim, SURVEY OF Nonrnnan AND Nonrnwnsrnnx LAKES: For printing °*°‘*1"k°“‘ ‘ and issuing charts for use of navigators and electrotyping plates for chart printing, two thousand dollars. For surveys, additions to, and correcting engraved plates, to be avail- _ able until expended, twenty-tive thousand dollars. _ b,£'{@“;’gT gQ€;_‘jvjj; The President of the United States is authorized to appoint, immeciminsi, Great Lakes diately after the passage of this Act, three persons, who shall have power . *° “‘“ A°1“““°‘ to meet and confer with any similar committee which may be appointed by the Government of Great Britain or of the Dominion of Canada, and who shall make inquiry and report whether it is feasible to build such canals as shall enable vessels engaged in ocean commerce to pass to and fro between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, with an adequate and controllable supply of water for continual use; where such canals can be most conveniently located, the probable cost of the same, with estimates in detail; and if any part of the same should be built in the territory of Canada, what regulations or treaty arrangements will be necessary between the United States and Great Britain to preserve the free use of such canal to the people of this country at all times; and all necessary facts and considerations relating to the construction and future use of deep-water channels between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The persons so appointed shall serve without compensation in any form. but they shall be paid their actual Expenses. traveling and other necessary expenses, not exceeding in all ton thonsand dollars, dir which pnrposc the said sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. Dczsn. The President may, in his discretion, detail as one of such persons an officer of the Army or Navy. Transporting ¤¤¤x>$~ TRANsPoRTATIoN OF REPORTS AND MAPS TO F<>REIGN COUNTRIES: For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution. one hundred dollars. Artif¤¤i¤11i¤¤b¤- ARTIFl(’IAL Lures: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus or commutation therefor, and necessary transportation. to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of \Var, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Appliances rar dis- APPLIlXN(‘ES Fon DISABLED SOLDIERS: For furnishing surgical “m°‘l °"’m‘°"‘ appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the Ynited States, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars. DPi(lovideuceHospitnl. SUPPORT AND BIEEICAL TREATMENT OF DESTITUTE PATIENTSZ Fi}? g,;,,,,,,,,0,—,,_,S,i,,,m the support and medical treatment of ninety-five medical and surgical i>=·ti¤¤¤~ patients who are destitute, in the city of lVashington, under a contract to be made with the Providence Hospital by the Surgeon—General of the Army, nineteen thousand dollars. DG€r‘6¤ld Hospital. GARFIELD EIEMORIAL HOSPITAL: FOI' lIlRlllt€·l1fU1C€, to Cuable it t0 3;,;,,,,,,-,,,,,,,c,,_ provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay therefer. nineteen thousand dollars. ·