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 306 FIFFY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, Sess. I. Ch. 1033. 1902. 6g9F G""'°"‘ There is hereby granted to the State of Connecticut the right to enum to Qonnep occupy, improve, and control, for the Ipurposes of a public park for °“°"°’°p"bh°p” ‘ the use and benefit of citizens of the nited States and for no other purposes whatever, the tract of land owned by I-pho United State; which 1S situated on the east shore of New London rbor in said tate of Connecticut, known as the Fort Griswold tract, and plnrtly occupied by an abandoned fort and earthwork of that name, said tract being bounded northerly by the Fort Griswold monument reservation and by the land of various private parties, easteriév and southerly by the land of various private parties, an westerlv by ew London Harbor and by the land of various priyate parties. The provisions of this grant are t at the State of Connecticut s all have and exercise power to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall protect it from injury and ,,,°,ff,’$;‘,§;§§Q g,'?',,},'} defacement; that before beginnin any use or improvement of said 1>r¤v¤¤¤¤s· tract the State of Connecticut shah present to the Secretary of War detailed plans of any imtprovement and shall have received his approval __l§,l‘$‘,',';Q,,€°’°* thereof; that the Unite States reserves to itself the fee in said tract and the right to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof - whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for the public defense or otherwise, without any c aim for compensation to the State of Connecticut for improvements which may have been made thereon or damages on account thereof. 1’|•¤¤· For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. 1¤•¤¤i¤ ¤¤¤¤¤· For too s, electrical and engine supplies and appliances, to be furnished by the Engineer Department, or the use o the troops for mainglining and operalgng ellectricéighh and power plants in gun and mortar tteries twenty- ve thousand dollars. °°*"*“'· Eprécphstruction of sea walls and embankments, one hundred thousan dollars. S“*""’“’*“° “‘*“°'· Fort; the construction of mining casemates, cable galleries, torpedo store ouses cable tanks and other structures necessary for the operation, preseryation, and dare of submarine mines and their accessories, thirty-three thousand dollars, to be expended by the Engineer De rtment. b0T‘{,"§g‘},‘Q,?j ’°" h"' Igdr the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to our principa seaports, and coptinuingl torpedo experiments, seventeen thousand ollars, to be ex enc e by the Artillery Corps. scggg 'f)*g**§,;*,;¤§k,g; School of submarine defense at Fort Totten, New Yorlr: Incidental uprnesaenwlex W expenses of school and depot, rncludmgfuel, lights, chemicals. station- ° "° ‘ ”‘ ery, hardware extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artiticers on work in addition to and not strictly in line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers. lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators. teamsters, wheelwrig ts, masons machinists, painters, overseers. laborers, repairs of and for materials to repair public buildings, boats used rn connection with the school, office furniture and fixtures, machinery. and unforeseen expenses, ten thousand dollars. M¤*¤’*¤*¤— Purchase of materials for use in instruction of artillery troops at Fort Totten, New York, in their special duties in connection with _ loading and planting of submarine mines, one thousand dollars. §,¤;$'f;Q,‘uQgX{;*}'£[jjc_ Purchase of special apparatus and for experimental purposes of the merry, me department of e ectricrty. mines, and mechanism, two thousand dollars. cbQ;gg_f*;$j¤* 0* urchase of special apparatus and for experimental purposes of the gegartment of chemistry and explosives, one thousand five hundred ol ars. g€§;Q;*,{}§,;*;*n_ *°*· Purchase of slpecial apparatus for electrician sergeants’ division, one thousand dollars.