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486 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 102*7. 1888. as in full for all demands for such service; in all, two million seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter no part of this appropriation shall be expended in the purchase for the Army of imIjL”“°’d'““gh‘“‘ draught animals until the number on hand shall be reduced to five ' thousand, and thereafter shall only be expended for the purchase of a number sufficient to keep the supply up to thousand. Barracks and qoor- Barracks and quarters : For barracks and quarters for troops, we store-houses for the safe-keeping of military stores, for offices, and for the hire of buildings and of grounds for summer cantonments and for temporary buildings at frontier stations, for the construction of temporary buildings and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established posts, six hundred and twenty thousand {_]’rov¤¥¢<>fi.t dollars : Provided, That no expenditures exceeding nve hundred maid; um °x` dollars shall be made upon any building or military post, or grounds about the same, without the approval of the Secretary of War for the same, u on detailed estimates by the Quartermaster’s Department; and the erection, construction, and repair of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermastens Department shall, as far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertisement: And provided further, That no more than one million three hundred thousand dollars of the sums appropriated by this cmimempioyees. act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employees in the (iuartermastefs Department, including those heretofore lpaid out of t e funds a propriated for regular supplies, incidenta expenses, barracks and quarters, Army transportation, clothing, an camp and garrison equipage; and that no employee paid therefrom sha Maximum sum-ies receive as salary more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially fixed by law; and no part of any of the moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuel and for quarters to officers or enlisted men. 1mmmgs,em.,om- For the necessary buildings and wharf for the militar ost at °“g°·m Hi hwood, near Chicago, Illinois, three hundred thousand, dbllars. sbooti¤gr¤¤gos,o¤¤- Igor shelter, shooting·galleries, ranges, repairs and expenses inci- _ dent thereto, ten thousand dollars. Hospitals- Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs of hospitals, including the extra- uty ay of enlisted men employed on the same, one hundred thousand dollars. Quarters for hospi- For construction of quarters for hospital-stewards, including the "““°'""°" extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, twelve thou- P»qri¤o._ sand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the posts at which such D°"‘““"°"°“’°”‘”‘ uarters shall be constructed shall be designated by the Secretary of h`/Var, and the quarters shall be built by contract, after legal advertisement, whenever the same is practicable; but the cost of construc- Hmirotioo- tion of uarters at any one post shall in no case exceed eight hundred dollars, except w ere a post is situated at a city of more than fifty thousand inhabitants, the cost of construction of such quarters may be not to exceed twelve hundred dollars. C1o¢M¤z·<a¤mv¤¤¤ Clothin >·, camp and garrison equipage: For cloth, woolens, ma- ‘“‘"°°·°°`"°°g°` terial, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Arm ; for issue and for sale at cost—price, according to the Army Regulations; for altering and fitting c othing, and washing and cleaning when necessary; for equipage, and for expenses of (packing and handling, and similar necessaries, one million one hun red and fifty thousand dol- Pr~··f~>· lars; Provided, That out of the money hereby appropriated for clothing and equipage of the Army there shall not be expended at the Military prison. military prison at Fort Leavenworth a sum in excess of one hundred and twenty·’1ive thousand dollars. Modi¤¤·¤Dov•¤¤m¤¤¢· MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Suvviiwt ¤¤¤· Medical and Hospital Delplaitmentz For the purchase of medical and hospital sup lies, inclu 'ng disinfectants for general sanitation, expenses of medical purveying depots, pay of employees, medical