644 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHS. 384,385. 1897. Sm “’**“· For repairs of sea wall on the Hudson River and a culvert at junction of Dry River and Hudson River, two thousand six hundred dollars. ,_,,]§"§f§,,}’,‘;,,‘ff,Ql,§{““°° Beam) OF Onniurrcn AND FORTIFICATION: To enable the Board Purchases, tests. to make all needful and proper purchases, experiments, and tests to °t°‘ ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured, under authority of the Secretary of War, such guns, carriages, armor plates, and other war material as may, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary in the proper Xg,,§g;1P£D*;§g,m discharge of the duty devolved upon it by the Act approved Septemv¤1.2s,p.vcs.ber twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eightyeight; to pay the ` salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and ior the necessary traveling expenses of said mem- ` E‘P°”°"· ber when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act; for the pay— ment of the necessary expenses of the Board, including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of two dollars and iiity cents a
- T°“*"*‘ day; and for the test of experimental guns, carriages, and other devices
procured in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Ord- Promo. _ nance and Fortiiication, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Prou£'§h° t" "“° '"°"` vided, That before any money shall be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements under the supervision of the said Board, the Board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements, or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawtnl right or authorized to convey the same to the Government. Af,§°n‘;_“Q,“§,'f,,}’}’,‘f,$ That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this tnlggc t_ Act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the °’° ‘°”` judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty. Approved, March 3, 1897. M”°h 3· 1897- CHAP. 385.-—An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office —`—""_`— Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Pm I _ Be it enacted_11y the Senate and House of Represcntrrt-ities of the United pmp,,,:,,°f,jf"‘°° "l" States oj America m Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department, in conformity with the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: · Postmaster-G¤¤¤r¤r OFFICE on THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. A·*~·mi¤*¤s~ For advertising, five thousand dollars. Mi¤¤~¤¤¤<+<>¤=· For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. P,;`:n*;jSjejé*;g;r;{¤* OFFICE OF THE Fmsr Assrs1*AN1* P0sT11A.sTER—GENERAL. P<>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤r¤- For compensation to postmasters, sixteen million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Cl°‘k**· For compensation to clerks in postoffices, ten million six hundred thousand dollars. R•·¤¢· ¤z¤t¤¤¤f¤¤¤— For rent, light, and fuel for first, second. and third class post-offices, P··¤v¤¤- one million six hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That there shall
