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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 494. 1891. 809 BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. _BureauofConstruc-` tion and Repair. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF VESSELS: For preservation and 1?¤>¤¤¤*¤ti<>¤, m— completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of ma- pm' °t°" °f v°$S°]S' terials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers; steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor In navy yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use_ in shops; wear, tear, an repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of ` construction and repair; incidental ex enses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for draughting-room, one million dollars: Provzded, That no part of hmm. I this sum s all be applied to the repairs of an wooden ship when the Limit or mpms w , estimated cost of such repairs to be appraised? by a competent board of "°°°°“ “”"“· naval officers, shall excee twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like ma— terial: Provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall de- vemis in mmagn. prive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ""‘°°”‘ ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home: And provided further, The Smmm rgpgybgn Secretary of the Navy shall incor orate in his next annual report a '°¤°°*¤· statement showing the name and) tonnage of each vessel that has been completed since March four, eighteen hundred and eightv-five, when authorized to be built, when begun, and when commissioned, its entire cost of construction, inclu ing armor, armament, equi — ment and premiums and its cost for re airs since completion; and, also, a statement showing the name andp tonnage of each vessel not completed, when authorized to be built, when begun, the probable date of its completion, the amount expended upon its construction, including armor, armament, and equipment and the estimated amount required for its completion, including armor, armament, equipment, and premiums. ‘ Fon Imrnovmmnr or PLANT AT NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, Naw rommoum. HAMPSHIRE: For additional tools other than those heretofore au- Aaamonnmis. thorized, required to further improve the condition of the yard for repairing iron and steel shgps, twenty-five thousand dollars. CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT, UREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR: civu establishment. Navy yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval imnsmoum. constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; Navy-yard Boston, Massachusetts, For one clerk to naval con· umm. structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval con- Brooklyn_ structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval League mma constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to washington. naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, NO,fou,_ at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; Navy yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand pemmyg and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; Navy yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con- Mmkmy structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one _ thousand and seventeen dollars and twentydive cents each; in all, nineteen thousand nine hundred and sevent -two dollars and fifty cents, and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service.