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For repairs Of an kinds, lwo thousand iye hun,

four hundred and three dollars and fifty cents;
! Towards repairs Of all kinds, seven thousand
dollars.
AT PENSACOLA
Toward the blacksmith shop, twenty-one thou
sand dollars;
Towards cisterns at numbers 20, 25, and &c,
| twelve thousand dollars;
Towards coal-house, eight thousand dollars
| Towards lime-house Two thousand five hundred
| dollars;
Towards wharS, (permanent,) hfly-nine thou
| sand dollars;
Towards dredging machine, scows, &C., sixteen
thousand DOLLARS
For repairs of all kinds, five thousand dollars.
AT sACKETT's HARBOR
For repairs of all kinds, one thousand dollars;
For purchase of Navy Point and Fort rompkins,
Two thousand five hundred dollars;
For the improvement and repairs Of the several
naval hospitals, viz:
AT CHELSEA
Building fora eoal-house, repairing ouIhouses and
wall m of main building, two thousand four
hundred and twenty dollars
AT BROOKLYN
For completing smallpox hospital, ten thousand
dollars;
For repairs to hospital quarters, three thousand
dollars.
NEAR GosPoRT
For fence round garden and repairs to hospital
buildings, two thousand six hundred and sixty.
seven dollars.
AT PENSACOLA.
For centre building at hospital and galleries to
connect buildings, seven thousand four hundred and
nine dollars and fifty cents;
For engine house, five hundred and ten dollars;
For repairs Of hospital quarters, three thousand
dollars.
For magazines, viz:
At CharestoWn, one hundred and fifty dollars;
Al Brooklyn, two hundred dollars;
AZ Washington, one hundred and ffty dolarh:
At Gosport, three hundred dollars.
MARINE CORPS
For pay Of officers, non-eommissioned officers,
musicians. pryates, and servants serving on shore
and subsistence Of officers, two hundred thousand
seven hundred and seyenty-One dollars; Provided
That no payment shall hereafter be made to the
colonel or any other officer OF said corps, by virtue
OF a commission of brigadIer general by breyet
For clothing, forty-six thousand seven hundred
md e'ghty-seven dollars and fifty cents;
For provisions, forty-hye thousand seventy dol
| lars and twenty cents;
For military stores, repair Of arms, pay Of armo
| rers, accoutrements, ordnance stores hags drums
| hies, and musical instruments two thousand three
hun lred dollars;
For transportation of officers and troops, and for
| expenses OF recruiting, eight thousand dollars;
For repair of barracks and rent of temporary hur-
| racks, six thousand dollars;
For contingencies, viz: freight, feriage toll
wharfage, and carriage, compensation TO Judge advo-
Gates per diem for attending courts martial and
courts OF inquiry per diem to enlisted men on con-
slant labor; house rent where no public quarters are
| assigned the burial of deceased marnes printing
staoRory, forage hostages, and the pursuit of de-
| serers; candles and oil; straw, barrack furniture,
bed sacks; spades, axes, shoves picks carpenters
tools, and keeping horse for the messenger seven
| teen thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.
SEC 2. .fHd be IL further enacted That It it shall
| be the duty Of the Secretary Of the NAVY, on the
conclusion OF the with
duce the number Of petty officers seanien ordinary
seamen, landsnen, and boys herein provided for 10
seven thousand FIVE hundred.
SEC. B.. .9ndbs q further enacIed, That it shall be
the DUTY OF the Secretary Of the Navy, in the ex-
pendture of the appropriations made for the navy.
yard at Memphis, to confne the same to the con-
| structon Of ropewalk.
SEC. a. find be il further enacted That Of the mon.
ey appropriated in this act for "pay of the navy VI
and contingent exF enses enumerated, ;" an amount
mol teding twenty eight thousand and two hun
dred dollars may be expended under the direction
OF the Secretary of the Navy for REPAIRS improve
| ments, and instruction at Fort Severn, Annapolis
Maryland.
SEC. 5. find be Il further enacted That, upon az.
plcauoh OF the Secretary of the Navy the President
OF tue united States shall have authority, when in
MS opinion the eXgences of the service require IT,
to direct that part Of the money appropriated for
particular branch of the naval service be applied 10
another branch OF the said service; in which case
special account of the moneys thus transferred and
of their application, shall be laid before Congress
before ls adjournment, II In session, during the
hrst week OF the ensuing session if such transfer be
made in the of Congress: Propided That moth
ing IN this act contained shall be construed to author.
ze the President of the United States direct any
appropriated for Improvements at navy-yards to be
applied to any other object of public expenditure or
to authorize any sum to be transferred from any un
| expended balance which may be necessary for the
purposes for which the appropriation was originally
| made, or from any head or object of appropriation
which may require another appropriation at any flu.
ture time to supply the deficiency occasioned by
such transfer: Provided, also, That this section
shall apply to the appropriations for the fiscal veal
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-six
| and to no other
| SEC. 6. find be ii further enacted, That, from
and utter the passage of this act every proposal fo
naval supplies invited by the Secretary of the NAVY
under the proviso to the general appropriation bill
| for the navy, approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and torty-three, shall be accompanied by q
written guaranty signed by one or more responsible
PERSONS to the effect that he they undertake thai
the bidder or bidders wilt if his or their bid be &C
cepted, enter into obligation in such time as NAV
| be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, with
good ana suihclent suretes, to furnish the supplies
proposed. No proposal shall be considered, unless
accompanied by such guaranty If, after the accept
| ance Of a proposal and notification thereof to the
bidder or bidders he or they shall fail to enter into
an obligation within the time prescribed by the Sec
rotary of the Navy, with good and sufficient suretes
for furnishing the supplies then the Secretary of the
Navy shall proceed TO contract with some other per-
son or persons for furnishing the said suppies and
shall forthwith cause the difference between the
amount contained in the proposal so guaranteed and
| the amount for which he may have contracted for
furnishing the said supplies, for the whole period OF
the proposal to be charged up against said bidder or
bidders, and his or their guaran'or or guarantors
and the same may be Immediately recovered by the
United States, for the use of the Navy Department
in an action of debt against either all of said per-
| sons.
JOHN w. DAVIS
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
G. M. DALLAS,
Vice President Of the United STATES
find President Of the Senate.
APPROVED, August 10, 1896
JAMES X POI TX