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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546. 1898. 635 ARTIFIGIAL LIMBS: For furnishing artincial limbs and apparatus A¤*¤l¤i¤Ui¤¤l¤¤· or commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred and twenty- five thousand nve hundred and seventy-five dollars. . APPLIANCES Fon DISABLED SOLDIERS: For furnishing surgical abjagpgjggjg ‘°* dis appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the ` United States, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars. SUPPORT AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF DESTITUTE PATIENTS: m{’¤**i<l°¤¤¤H¢>¤1>i- For the support and medical treatment of ninety-five medical and sur- nmnuts patients. gical patients who are destitute, in the city of Washington, under a contract to be made with the Providence Hospital by the Surgeon- General of the Army, nineteen thousand dollars. _ _ _ For construction and completion by the Commissioners of the Dis- I“°“‘*"‘g """‘“'g· trict of Columbia of an isolating building for minor contagious diseases _ on the grounds of the Providence Hospital, including sewer, water, and , gas connections, twenty-five thousand dollars; for furnishing and equip- ‘ pin gsaid building for use, five thousand dollars; and for the maintenance of said isolating building, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand dollars, oue-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia: Provided, That said hospital shall receive at f;"';'fjg;v6 cum any time such patients suiiering with minor contagious diseases as may gum cms, ac. be sent to it by the said Commissioners at the request of the health onicer of said District. _ GABFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: For maintenance, to enable it to §,}j‘_¥,f‘,$,f,'f,“’§‘,‘g§,{"““L provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay therefor, nineteen thousand dollars. _ _ _ . For construction and completion of an isolating building for minor I“°1"‘“‘g b““‘““g· contagious diseases on the grounds of the Garfield Memorial Hospital, including sewer, water, and gas connections, twenty-tive thousand dollars; for furnishing and equipping said building for use, five thousand dollars; for inclosing, grading, and improving the grounds immediately connected with said building, one thousand dollars; and for the maintenance of said isolating building, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty- three thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the _ revenues of the District of Columbia: Provided, That said hospital shall _Q'";;;,, mnt__ receive at any time such patients suffering with minor contagious sions ¤¤¤¤¤.c¢¤. diseases as may be sent to it by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at the request of the health officer of said District. That the provision in the District of _Columbia Appropriation Act $§{f°Q*,‘§Y§,,, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, making an appro- . priation of thirty thousand dollars for two isolating buildings to be constructed in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on the grounds of two hospitals, and to be operated as a part of such hospitals, is hereby repealed. . PUBLICATION or OFFICIAL Rnconns or WAR or THE Rmnnnmonz ,,,§*;§g,§‘_§;,§,{_ “'“' °" For continuing the publication of the Official Records of the Union and c»¤u¤u1¤gp¤1»u¤» Confederate Armies, in accordance with the plan approved by the Sec- °‘°“‘ retary of War, August third, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for the compensation of the civilian members of the Board of Publication, appointed in accordance with the Act of March second, eighteen hun- V°1·25·*’·"°· dred and eighty-nine, and for the compensation of such temporary E”*P*°F°°* expert services in connection with the preparation, publication and distribution of said records as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, not to exceed one agent at two thousand dollars, five clerks at eighteen hundred dollars each, two clerks at sixteen hundred dollars each, two clerks at fourteen hundred dollars each, four clerks at twelve hundred dollars each, two copyists at nine hundred dollars each, four assistant messengers, or watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one laborer at six hundred dollars, in all not to exceed twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars for such temporary expert services per annum, and for the purchase of