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804 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 494. 1891. fifty-nine cents, the total cost not to exceed the sum hereby appropriated ; for dredging and filling in, five thousand dollars. Norfolk- NAVY YARD, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA: For extending machine shop for steam engineering, four thousand one hundred and sixty-six do - lars ; for extension of quay wall, twenty-five thousand dollars. rm Royal. COALING STATION, PORT ROYAL, SOUTH CAROLINA : To continue Timber mem. the construction of a timber dry-dock at the coaling station at Port Royal, South Carolina, and for the work provided for by the naval Amé, p.194. . appropriation act, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred and hfty thousand dollars. Dry dock at rm-: DRY-DOOK ON PUGET SOUND : That the Secretary of the Navy be, g§§,.l`_"d’ Pug" and he hereby is, authorized to acquire for the purposes of a dry- dock a tract of land not exceeding two hundred acres in extent on Puget Sound, at Port Orchard in the county of Kitsap, State of sm. ‘ Wasliington, at such point as he may select, and a sum not exceed- - ing ten thousand dollars to pay for said land is hereby appropriated ; -c0¤s¢mc¤¤n and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to have constructed by " contract after public advertisement upon said land so selected, for Dimensions naval and commercial purposes, a dry-dock, to be not less than six hundred feet in length, not less than seventy feet in width at bottom . of entrance, and capable of admitting vessels drawing thirty feet of Limit or mst, ew. water ; the cost of said dry-dock not to exceed seven hundred thou- V sand dollars, of which the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby a propriated for use during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. immnm m- con- And the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, empowered °°""‘“°°"‘ . and directed to purchase said tract of land at such price as he may ' deem reasonable ; and where he is unable to purchase the same at such price or where the owner or owners of any of said tract of land may e unable for any reason to vest by voluntary conveyance a complete and valid tit e to any art of said tract of land hereinbefore described, then the same shall be acquired by condemnation, Vol.%,p.357. agreeably to the act of Congress of August hrst, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight relative to such condemnations, and to the laws of the State of Washington for the condemnation of land for public mmm. uses in that State : Provided, That no money to be appropriated for Neegemxmu-enum said dry dock shall be available until a valid title to the land con- "*“d *°~ stituting the site of the same is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Washirigton shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over said tract of land during the time the United States may be or remain the owner thereof for all urposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process thereon. nwelnlnnn. NAvY XTARD, MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNI A: For widening gauge of railroad track, six thousand five hundred dollars ; for roads, five thousand dollars ; extension of quay wall, twenty-five thousand dollars ; for removal and reconstruction of return wall, sectional dry- dock basin, eleven thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars and twenty-four cents ; one twelve-ton crane, four giousand dollars. p {_·:¤!¤gg#:¤§g*¤¤,g;¤‘¢j LAUNOHINO WAYS AND SLIPS AT NEW YORK AND NORFOLK York me Noxgilk. NAVY YARDS : For launching ways and granite slips, thirteen thousand dollars to be made immediately available. mm. REPAIRS AND PRESERVATION AT NAVY YARDS AND STATION: For repairs and preservation at navy yards and stations, three hundred thousand dollars. C¤¤¤¤€¤¤*— CONTINGENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOOKS: For contingent expegses that may arise at navy yards and stations, twenty thousand o ars. cm: esabunmenz. CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND Docxs; Navy P°"‘“"‘°“"“ yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one