Lights, etc. Use by railroad companies. Terms Secretary of plaus, etc. construct at their own expense, such works of channel reg. ulation and such aids to navigation as the Secretary of War shall order, to render the approach and passage reasonably safe and easy: Provided also, That the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. SEC. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for its use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and to rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using such bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and the proof of the parties. SEC. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed War to approve under this Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of the loca tion, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should Changes. any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to and completion. the approval of the Secretary of War; and if said bridge is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this Act, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. Commencement etc Amendment, SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in the structure or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress decides that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, July 26, 1894. July 30, 1894. Castine, Me. CHAP. 170.-An Act Granting the use of certain land to the town of Castine, Maine, for a public park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted to the town of Castine, in the State for public park. of Maine, the right to occupy, improve, and control, for the Land granted purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of the citizens of the United States, and for no other purpose whatever, the tract of land owned by the United States situated in the extreme southerly part of said town of Castine, containing three acres, more or less, and known as the "Fort Madison lot"-said tract being more fully described in the deed of Joseph and Phebe Perkins, conveying the said land to the President of the United States, dated April first, eighteen hundred and nine, which deed is recorded in the records of Hancock County, Maine, book numbered twenty-seven, page one hundred and five-upon the following conditions and provisions, namely: First. That the said town of Castine shall ascertain by proper survey and accurately mark in a permanent man- Survey. ner the boundaries of said tract of land according to the description given in said deed; that no use of said land shall be begun by the said town until after general plans Approval by of said improvement shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Second. That said town of Castine shall have and exercise power to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall properly protect all said property from injury. Secretary of Protection. served. Third. That the United States reserves to itself the fee Fee, etc., in said tract and the right to resume immediate and entire' possession whenever either of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for public defense or otherwise, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine, without any claim for compensation to said town for improvement thereon or damage on account therof. Approved, July 30, 1894. re CHAP. 174.-An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, July 31, 1894. executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Legislative, exthe following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropri- dicial expenses ecutive, and ju ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriations. appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: WAR DEPARTMENT. * * War Depart.. ment. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS: Chief clerk, Engineer office. two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of Draftsmen, etc. Proviso. Report. Public build. ings and grounds. Clerk, messenger, gardener. Overseers, ete. Watchmen. class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars. And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. OFFICE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: For one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For overseers, draftsman, foremen, mechanics, gardeners, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For day watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For day watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For two day watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For two night watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For one day watchman at Judiciary Square and one at Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one day watchman at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut squares; one at Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion, eleven in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For one night watchman at Henry and Seaton squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Garfield Park, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred Contingent exdollars. Approved, July 31, 1894. penses. CHAP. 178.-An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and August 1, 1894. other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Fortifications the sums of money herein provided for be, and the same appropriations. are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: GUN AND MORTAR BATTERIES: For construction of gun and mortar batteries, four hundred thousand dollars. For construction of gun and mortar platforms, one hundred thousand dollars. SITES FOR FORTIFICATIONS AND SEACOAST DEFENSES: For the procurement of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Gun and mortar batteries. Sites. etc. PRESERVATION AND REPAIR OF FORTIFICATIONS: For Preservation, the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, forty-five thousand dollars. For construction of a sea-wall on the north shore of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. Plans Fort Monroe, Va. Provisos Half to be paid by hotel owners, SEWERAGE SYSTEM AT FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA: For one-half of the cost of construction of a sewerage system Sewerage. for all buildings at Fort Monroe, Virginia, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the owners of hotels and of other nonmilitary buildings now at Fort Monroe, Virginia, shall bear one-half of the expense of construction of the said sewer, and the Secretary of War be, ete. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to equitably and justly apportion among, assess 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 Secretary of War is hereby further authorized to assess wharfare. upon vessels using the wharf at Fort Monroe, Virginia, onehalf 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 Charges for directed from time to time to cause to be assessed upon street repairs, collected from the owners of nonmilitary buildings situated Charges for and et. within the limits of the Fort Monroe military reservation, and from individuals or corporations engaged in business thereat, other than water navigation companies, one-half 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 noumilitary interests now established or that may hereafter be established Use of receipts. at Fort Monroe: Provided 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. Balance ered in. COV And any unexpended balance of the appropriation for Vol. 25, p. 966. construction, 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. Purchases, tests, etc. ber. * BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND FORTIFICATION: To enable the Board to make all needful and proper purchases, experiments, and tests to 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 materials and articles as may, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary in the proper disVol. 25, p. 489. charge of the duty devolved upon it by the Act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eightyCivilian mem- eight; to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Vol. 26, p. 769. Board of Ordnance and Fortification provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act; for payment of the necessary expenses of the Board, includ ing a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of two dollars and fifty cents a day; and for the test of experimental guns and carriages procured in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, one hundred thousand dollars. Prorided, 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 Expenses. Proviso. Right to inventions. |