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 .588 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 790. 1900. l{!f§’§”§,¥§,P*I;·,{"§Q,, Outlet of Mississippi River: Section one of the Act entitled "An amennea. ’Act making appropmations for the construction, repair, and preserva- _ tion of certain pub ic works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and the same is herebly, amended as follows: In the paragraph beginning “Improving out et of the Mississippi River," strike out the word iz two" beztore the word " dredges" and insert in lieu thereof the words one or more,. r. ` Yfg- ?j¤g;1ggljNg;{ Sec. 5. That the so-called East Channel across Sandy Hook Bar, New namedl Ambrose York Harbor, for the improvement of which provision was made by °l§?,'§{‘§ji p_ m3_ the river and harbor Act approved March thir, eighteen hundred and P<>¤¢» P· 627- ninety-nine, shall hereafter e known as Ambrose Channel. g*;¤%m_ im mw Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and ment beam aiithor- directed to appoint two naval officers, and the Secretary of War one “°d· engineer officer, to constitute a board whose duty it shal be, under the d1rection of the Secretary of the Navy, to make a survey, plan, and esiumates for the 1mprovement of a harbor at the islan of Guam; and the sum of ten thousandwlollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby apprpipriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate, for this purpose. Approved, June 6, 1_900. June 6, 1900. CHAP. 791.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil éxipenses of the ···""_""" ggvégggmzwe fiscal year en ing une thirtieth, nineteen hundre and one, and, · ·Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 0 f the United mgggy*%{§,§§;’;gm*_§‘ States of America bn, Congress assemble , That the following sums be, ` and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects ereinafter expressed, for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred an one, namely: i • '1`re¤s¤rrD¤p¤rtm¢¤t· UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. _. -., Public buildings. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. A1=<>¤¤¤»P¤- For court-house and post-office at Altoona, Pennsylvania: The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or ccgntracts for the completion of said building within its present limit o cost. . A11>¤¤r.N·Y- For custom-house and post-office at Albany, New York: For makin cellar water-tight and for special necessary repairs to building and approaches, twenty-tive thousand dollars. _ B¤¤w¤.M¤¤¤· or post-office and subtreasury at Boston, Massachusetts: For re- ‘ pairs o the buildin? installation of elevator system, remodeling, and plumbing, and wor incident to electric-light service, one hundred ‘ and seventy-five thousand dollars. ‘ B¤1¤m•>re.Md- For custom·house at Baltimore, Mar land: For continuation of _ building under present limit, one hundred, and fifty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contrapt or cpntracts for the completion of said building within its resent imit o cost. .-mpans, ern com- P For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of customh°““° b‘“m“" · house and other Government ofhcials at Baltimore, Maryland, and for _ removing furniture, fixtures, safes, and other Government propert, and for repairing the old United States court-house building and tile adjacent building erected by the city of Baltimore and to adapt the same to the uses of Government offices, twenty-three thousand dollars: {given- { {Provided, That all the provisions in the sundry civil Act approved stm $?rga,°r °°° ° March second, eighteen undred and ninety-tive, relating to the build-