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 442 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 420. 1896. I-¤¤*l°· any land purchased hereunder shall be unineumbered by any private or public ways or roads. Y¤U¤w *¢>¤¤ N¤- IMPROVEMENT or THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: For the "‘}'Q§,i,1;'E§€,,,_ improvement and protection of the Yellowstone National Park, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, not more than five thousand dollars of which may be expended within the limits vo1.m.p.sm. of the forest reservation in Wyornin g established by Executive proclamation September tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety- one, thirty-five thousand dollars. 1¤¤•¤y1>•rk¤- MILITARY runs. C!¤i·¤k¤¤¤¤¤z¤ nd Cnrcxuuncx Ann Cmrrxnooax NATIONAL Plum: For compen- ° sation and expenses of two civilian commissioners and the assistant in historical work-; maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance, messenger, office expenses, and all other necessary expenses. For foundations for State monuments, wire fencing, cutting out underbrush and mowing; historical tablets and iron gun carriages, for roads and their maintenance, and thr the purchase of land already authorized by law; in all, seventy-tive thousand dollars. G·¤r¤1¤¤rg- GETTYSBUBG NA·r1oN.u. PARK: For continuing the work of estab- E"°"‘°" lishiug the National Park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; for the acquisition of lands, providing surveys and maps; opening, constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bridges thereon; making fences and gates, marking the lines of battle with tablets and guns, each tablet bearing a brief legend giving historic facts and compiled without censure and without praise; preserving the ieatures of the battleiield and the monuments thereon; providing for a suitable office for the park commissioners in Gettysburg; compensation of three civilian commissioners, clerical and other services; offices, expenses, and labor; the purchase and preparation of tablets and gun carriages and placing them in position, and all other expenses incidental to the foregoing, tlfty thousand dollars. ghnsgmod Snrron NATIONAL M11.1TA1zY Panic: And the Secretary of War °” °°m`°°` and the Secretary of the Navy are hereby authorized to deliver to the Commissioners of the Shiloh National Military Park, at the park, upon the requisition of said Commissioners, such condemned cannon, cannon balls, and shells as may be needed for the purposes of the park. m:§j;§i¤°•*D°P•**· ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. _ Rivet ·¤¤d hsrlwr Forcontinuingimprovement of harborat Philadelphia,Pennsylvania: '"Y?§`{f§1".§}’,{';{§`;_p,_ Continuing improvement, removal of Smiths Island and Windmill_ Island, Pennsylvania, and Petty Island, New Jersey, and adjacent shoals, six hundred thousand dollars. ¤¤1*¤·¤¤¤· '1‘¤¤- For improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: Continuing improvement, eight hundred and forty thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars of which may be expended for dredging, under the direction of the Secretary of lVur, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the United States. H¤d¤·>¤ Bi*·f·N·Y· For improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement, four hundred and eighty thousand dollars. $$3;** For improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: To enable the National ` Dredging Company, the contractor under the continuing contract f r the improvement of the harbor at Mobile, Alabama, to proceed the work of dredging, under the direction of the Secretary of War, as m.:,p.m. authorized by the joint resolution of Congress passed the present session, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; this sum to be in tull of any authorization or appropriation under said joint resolution. Great Lakes. For improving channel connecting the waters of the Great Lakes between Chicago, Duluth, and Builhlo, five hundred thousand dollars. mQ:¤·&•;i-¤¤¤¤bi· For improving canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon ; ’ Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand tive hundred and ninety-seven dollars.