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 462 F1ErY-N1N¢rH CONGRESS. sms. 1. ons. 3539, 3540. 1906. wagon, and foot-passenger bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri, in accordance with the Am, p. a4. provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. _ _ Acqrrisiticuclprcxr SEo. 2. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of 2:3 M °PP°°°°h°”' this Act, the city of Saint Louis may receive, purchase, and also acquire by lawful appropriation and condemnation in the States Of·1llll]01S and Missouri, upon making proper compensation, to be ascertained according to the laws of the State within which the same is located, real and personal property and rights of (property, and may make any and every use of the same necessary an proper for the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge and approaches consistent with the laws of the United States and of said States respectively. A¤¤<-=¤¤¤¤¢¤¤· Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved June 25, 1906. Junezi, 1906. CHAP. 8540.-An Act Making appro riations for fortifications and other works lu- R- 1*171-] of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial ` and service, and for other purposes, Be it enacted by the Senate and House af R esentatavea of tbe United £$¤g_¤¤¤M¤¤pre States of America in Oongrecs assembled, Tl':-at the sums of money ° °herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: FOBTIFICATIONS AND ornnn wonxs or DEFENSE. ,,¤lg_°,Qgc’;*g{{f{ °ld°' For modernizing older emplacements, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ,,°];£_°,;,gf’”*'°l SW For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, including purchase of lands and rights of way, and for the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wirinp and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, coast siglna. apparatus, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and ot er necessary employees, connected with the use of coast artillery; range mn1e¤,ez¤. for the purchase, manufacture, and test of range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications, and the machinery necgsgaiiylfor their manufacture at the arsenals, seven hundred thousan o rs. semmigim. For purchase and installation of searchlights for the demnses of our _ most important harbors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. mwwuucn, ew. For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, two hundred thousand dollars. P’°“”· For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. E‘°°°'*° Pl*"*°‘*· For too s, electrical and engine supplies and appliances, to be furnished by the Engineer De rtment, for the use of the troops for maintaining and oplerating efdbtric light and power plants in gun and mortar batteries, t irty thousand dollars. ` S°°‘”°“‘· d ger construction of sea walls and embankments, fifty thousand o ars. T°'P°"°““*°*“"”· ITRESERVATIOS AND REPAIR or TORPEDO STRUCTURES! For preservation and repair of structures erected for the torpedo defense of the United States, ten thousand dollars.