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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 552. 1900. 185 For eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns manufactured by contract under °°¤”¤°* SPM the provisions of the fortification Acts approved An ust eighteenth, W1-26· PP- 31*% 770- eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and sixty-one thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars. For test of one sixteen-inch type of breech-loading gun, sixty thou- sixteen-inch gun sand dollars. · “’S" For proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, thirty-three P¤><>f of eishvinch. thousand dollars. S °w" gu"' For powder and projectiles for the proof of twelve-inch breech- A0*g*¤;¤¤i*i¤P *0,; loading seacoast mortars, four thousand dollars. iii§:¤irs.we v°`m° For armor plates and deck platesfor testing armor and deck piercing APm°P Plates emprojectiles, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars. _ _ For powders and projectiles for artillery instruction and practice, p,‘§§§§’,§;“,'§,Q“°“ ’°' ei§hty-eight thousan dollars. or armament chests for siege andseacoast guns and mortars, nine A’¤*¤*¤°¤*°h¤¤°¤· thousand eight hundred dollars. . For machine gunsof caliber thirty., army model, including metallic Machine H¤¤¤· carriages, with imbers and protective shields complete for same, fifty thousand dollars. · For range finders for coast defense, thirty-five thousand dollars. m$§;*d°f¢¤$€ mst For imp ements and equipments for service, and also for mounting, Equ1i>msm,a¤. 7 repairs, care and preservation of armament, including range finders, twrgnty-fi\{)q thlqusémd dollars} W h d g o ena e the ecretary o ar, in is iscretion, to urchase for P“'°h°¤° Pi P¤*€¤° the United States the patent of Gre ory Gerdom for a ggs check for gfc.GmgOry Gm°m' . breech-loading uns, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: grovided, That before ayment is made to said Gerdom Pqwiso- f _ ‘ for said patent he shall file with the Secretary of ~War a release of all §.ri1f§£°° °l°””° °° claims against the United States for accrued royalties for the use of said patent or for any other claim in connection therewith. _ For steel field guns, one hundred and five thousand dollars. Sm? md g“““· For carria es for steel field guns, three hundred and ninety-eight “"“'““g"’S· thousand dollars. ‘ - _ For mountain guns, with their carriages and ammunition, seventy M<>¤¤¤¤¤ s¤¤¤»¢¢¤- thousand dollars., ’ For steel field mortars of three and six-tenths inch caliber, eight Sled wd m°"*"‘ thousand dollars. . _ For carriages‘"and platforms for steel field mortars of three and six- ·°¤"i¤€°¤· ew- · tenths inch caliber, including implements and equipments, three thou- ‘ sand eight hundred dollars. · For sights for cannon, twenty-five thousand dollars. Sights ‘°’ °P¤P°¤· For fuses and primers for cannon, nineteen thousand dollars. Fuss *’·Pd P***¤¤P¤· For inspecting instruments, auges, and templetsfor the manufac- m§,gStg°¢*i¤€ iPS¤‘¤· ture of cannon and plrojectiles, §ve thousand dollars. For completing the equipment of field and siege batteries now in S,§g*g,“,gg§je¤r§€§f’d md service, and) for fully equipping four additional siege batteries accord- V ing to the re uirements ot general orders of the War Department wundeirdate ofqFebruary twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred, one hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. 7 PROVING GROUND, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY. _ Sandy Hook provvv mg ground. For current expenses and maintenance of the ordnance proving M"““€“““°*’- ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including expenses incident to the transportation of men and material therefor, _ general repairs and alterations, and accessories incidental to testing and proving ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and replairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, thirty-seven thousand dollars. ‘