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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 202. NUR. 393 For modernizing older emplacements, the Secretary of War is author- , M°d€miZi¤g 0***** ized to apply the sum of twenty-two thousand eighthundred and fifty- Lmplucemenm seven dollars and eighteen cents, remaining unexpended from the Unexpended MP appropriation for pneumatic dynamite battery at San Francisco Har— 2mm' bor, California, contained in the deficiency appropriation Act approved VOL 30- P- 70* July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the sum of one hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred and four dollars and eighteen cents remaining unexpended from the appropriation for pneumatic dynamite batteries, contained in the fortification appropriaton V<>1.?·1.p.1><~1. Act approved May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred. For construction of fire—control stations and accessories, including t,(f1;'g£§<>¤**·>l Swpurchase of lands and rights of way, and for the purchase and instal-' ation of necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, coast signal apparatus, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and other necessary employees connected with the use of coast artillery; for the purchase, manufac· R““g° ““"‘*”» °*°· ture, and test of range finders and other instruments for hre control at the fortifications, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, two hundred and seventy thousand two hundred and fifty-six dollars. For supplying current for power and lightin at seacoast fortiiica- f“°°*’i°°“¤’*=¤*¤¤P· tions, three hundred and forty-eight thousand eight hundred and p y` eighty-eight dollars. _ _ For the procurement or reclamation of land, or right pertaining feflggjs (ff °°”° d** thereto, needed for the site, lomtion, construction, or prosecution of Y works for fortifications and coast defenses, one hundred and twenty- one thousand and forty-eight dollars: Provided, That not more than fggggistem Md twenty-one thousand and forty-eight dollars of said amount shall be Maximum. ’ ' paid to any person for property at, near, or adjoining Fort Armistead, Anne Arundel County, Maryland: And provided f}mt}ze1·, That no R°°°iP°S· part thereof shall be so paid until such person receipts in full for all claims of every kind against the United States. The Secretary of \Var is directed,by a suitable board, to investigate §g;*C€;g*°· gjilmcw and report fully to Congress as to the advisability and necessity of sea- tions._ coast fortifications for the protection of the harbor at San Pedro, Cali- ,,;?{§’§°i“ °" "°°”"y fornia., and the cities in that vicinity, and if such fortifications are deemed advisable or necessary furnish an estimate of the cost of sites and fortifications separately. For purchase and installation of searchlights for the defenses of our S°**’*‘h‘*¤h*”· most im rtant harbors, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. _ For the) protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for P”°”°"°`°i°“‘°°" which there may be no special appropriation available, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. F xx 1 _ Q C To complete the construction of about four thousand eight hundred p?§{,,Q,{{;Q{§$;;f ' linear feet of wall necessary for the protection of Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, South Carolina, from the effects of storms, one hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred dollars. To complete the repair and restoration of batteries and other struc- §§§;§Q’f,‘Q{ ba, tures appurtenant to the defenses of Pensacola and retaining walls to term. ew. protect the batteries from floods, fifty-nine thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars For the installation of machinery and for changes in buildings to g§‘;§‘,§§§g,fE*};,, arse. receive it at the Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Georgia, six thousand Mldollars. _ To complete the repair and restoration of batteries and other struc- §f§,§£$·0$l§,e,,S,,,_ tures appurtenant to the defenses of Mobile, Alabama, and rebuilding sea walls andgroins for protection of the sites of the fortifications and of the garrison posts, five hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. ·