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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 178. 189-1. 213 against, and collect from the said owners and to expend in construction of the said sewer the moiety of the estimated cost thereof; and the Sec- Cb=¤rs¤¤ f<>r wlwrfretary of War is hereby further authorized to assess upon vessels using “g°‘ the wharf at Fort Monroe, Virginia, one-half of the actual cost of repairs rendered necessary by the ordinary wear and tear of said wharf, and any damage done to said wharf by any vessel shall be paid for by the owner or owners of said vessel; and he is also authorized and directed from Cl¤!¤@¤¤ *`•>¤ ¤*·‘¤¤¤ time to time to cause to be assessed upon and collected from the owners r°pm°’°t°` of non-military buildings situated within the limits of the Fort Monroe military reservation, and from individuals or corporations engaged in business thereat, other than water navigation companies, onehalf of such sum or sums of money as he may deem just, reasonable, and necessary for expenditure upon the repair and operation of, such roads, pavements, streets, lights, sewerage, and general police, as, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, should be constructed and maintained in order to protect the interests of the United States and the interests, health and general welfare of the said non-mili tary interests now established or that may hereafter be established at Fort Monroe: Provided U" ¤* r¤·=¤iP*¤ further, That all funds collected as above provided, or that may be received from other incidental sources from and after this date, be, and are hereby, made special contingent funds, to be collected and expended for the above purposes in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, who will render annually to Congress a detailed account of all receipts and expenditures. And any unexpended balance of the appropriation for construction, $§{f‘§‘§f’,,f°{,’§,,°’°° “'· complete, of a sewerage system at Fort Monroe, made by the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby covered into the Treasury. ARMAMENT or ronrrmcxrrousa For iinishing and assembling g;:£:¤:u_ Am eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch Seacoast guns at the army gun gun smut?. ’ Y factory, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For eight, ten, and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under $‘;'j_‘;g*°IfI§g*{g·,,0 the provisions of the Fortifications Acts approved August eighteenth, ’` eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty thousand dollars. For steel field guns of three and two tenths inch caliber, twenty-five SM1 Mid ¤¤¤¤· thousand dollars. _ For carriages for field-gun batteries, thirty-six thousand dollars. C"""‘¥°“· For alteration of existing carriages for ten-inch and fifteeu-inch ·“'°""¤***""“¤“°· smoothbore guns to adapt them to present service conditions, twenty- five thousand dollars. __ For sights for cannon, and for fuses, eight thousand two hundred "·""""""“"“"*’· and nfty dollars. Forinspecting instruments, gauges, and templets, for the manufac— m;:;;*j;Q¤$ *¤°*“'· ture of cannon, one thousand dollars.` _ For powder for issue to service, twenty thousand dollars. m§;"‘*°' ‘“" l"°*°°‘ For projectiles for issue to the service, twenty thousand dollars. For powders and projectiles for the proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, fifteen thousand dollars. For powder and projectiles for proof of twelve-inch breech-loading mortars, three thousand dollars. For steel deck-piercing shell for twelveinch breech-loading mortars, S*°°*¤'*°“* thirty thousand dollars._ For purchase and erection of steel plates for the test of deck-piercing P"""’ '°"""‘*’· shell, eight thousand dollars. _ For steel armor-piercing shot for breech-loading seacoast guns, thirty S*°°* ¤’*°*- thousand dollars. _ _ For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor-piercing ,e;;'f"°' *"“‘°“ *°’ shot, sixteen thousand six hundred dollars. , W { rvliet AMW To provide for payments that may become due in the PUPCIQHSC 0I' Tcl13m. ‘ manufacture of machine tools and iixtures to complete the 0ql111>¤1€¤¤ `