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— FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 410, 411. 1874. 199 CHAP. 41Q.—An act to provide for the sale of the present United States marine hos- June 22, 1874. pits1I_ and_site, and the purchase of a new site, and erection thereon of a new marine '_'“""";"“" ospital, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Sale of marine Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to dispose of, hospital at Pittsat public sale to the highest bidder, the United States marine hospital *‘}"€h> P°”““Y1"“‘ building and grounds pertaining thereto in the city of Pittsburgh, M" Pennsylvania, and to procure, by purchase, a site in or convenient to Purchase or new the said city of Pittsburgh, which shall be eligibly and healthfully ¤it¤· located, and shall be ceded to the United States Government by the State of Pennsylvania, and erect thereon a. suitable buildingofor use as Erection of builda United States marine hospital, the same to be of such dimensions as iwshall be sufficient to accommodate all such marines as would be likely to seek a ylum at that point, and in accordance with designs to be pre- Approval or ri e- pared by the Supervising Architect to the satisfaction of the Super- ¤ig¤¤- vising Surgeon of Marine Hospital Service, and approved by the Secre- . _ tary of the Treasury; Provided, That the cost of site and construction cost or new site of the new building shall not exceed the sum realized from the sale of Md building limitthe present building and site: And procidedfurziwr, That the new site wi, . shall not be purchased, or the construction of the building commenced r°V”°‘ until the sale of the present building and site is concluded. And the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized to provide for the care Tempomy cm of and maintenance in private hospitals of such patients as are entitled to patients. admission to a United States marine hospital during the construction of the new building, provided, it is practicable, so to do; but in the event of such provision being found to be impracticable, then the present building shall be occupied for such patients until the new building is ready for occupancy. ’ _ Approved, June 22, 1874. CHAP. 411.-An act to provide for the appointment of a commission of engineers to June 22, 1874. investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the nlluvial basin of "`—_""""""" the Mississippi River subject to inundation. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of Amcreica in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he C9¤*m¤¤¤¤°¤ °f . is hereby, authorized and directed to assign three officers of the c¤»ps—;_yg;;;i;;;_{·;);;_=;;;¤;i. of Engineers, United States Army, and to appoint two civil engineers oiio Miomioippi eminent in their profession and who are acquainted with the alluvlal River. basin of the Mississippi River, to serve as a board of commissioners; Doiiguotion 0,- the president of said board to be designated by the President of the pgesi dent o £ the United Statesi It shall be the duty of said commission to make a full Mdreport to the President of the best system for the permanent reclamn- Pqty of the comtionand redemption of said allnvial basin from inundaticn, which report ”·“°“‘°°· the President shall transmit to Congress at its next session with such u£]§£i';t’;g t'g°C;°n§ recommendations as he shall think proper. _ gm Sec. 2. That the members of the commission who may be appointed Compensation of from civil· life shall receive compensation at the rate of five thousand members spfponited dollars per annum. The commission may employ a secretary at a rate from <>ivi11¤ ·>· of compensation not exceeding two hundred dollars per month for the S°'”`°°’*"Y· time he is employed, and the necessary traveling expenses of the mem- Tiovoiiog oxbers of said commission not omcers of the Army, and of the secretary, peuses, how paid. madbe paid upon the approval of bills for the same by the Secretary o ar. Sec. 3. That the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars, or so much Appropriation _ thereof as may be necessary to carry into effect the foregoing provisions liowtobedisbursed. is hereby appropriated, and shall be subject to disbursement by the Secretary of War in accordance with the provisions of this oct. Approved, June 22, 1874.