458 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 121, 136. 1893. direct, at the expense of said bridge company, in order the more . eifectually to preserve the free navigation of said river. _ wg°T:g*;*¤¤* =¤¤•i SEG, 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of Pthe bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. mmmat em. SEc. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 15, 1893. F··bnuu-y 18, 1893. CHAP. 136.-Au act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of www 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 rmumnoussppss States of America in Oemgress assembled, That the sums of money herein i’“““°"°· provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in -the Treasury not otherwi e appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: mm me mmm GUN AND MOBTAJL BATTERIES: For construction of gun and mortar ‘°“°’· platforms, fifty thousand dollars. sia-. Srrns ron Fonrrmcarious Arm Snscorscr Dnrnusns: For the procurement of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of work for fortifications and coast defenses, One hundred and seventy five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. rmumaama. Pimsnnvarrozc un Bnram or Fonrrrresrrrous: For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, forty five thousand dollars. Plum- For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. swam. Annumnnr or Fonrirmnronsz For finishing and assembling status: gu., eight—inch, ten-inch and twelve-inch Seacoast guns at the army gun my g““ ""°°°""· factory, One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. cm;-m gum For eight, ten, and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under vu.¤¤.1>p.a1¤,m. the provisions of the fortifications acts approved August eighteenth, A eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hpliidred and ninety-one, seventeen thousand two hundred and forty two d rs. stan sem gms For steel field guns of three and twotenths inch caliber, fifteen thousand dollars. ‘ cmaga. For carriages for field-gun batteries, thirty thousand dollars. mam; cmnga. For alteration of existing carriages for ten inch and fifteen-inch smootbbore guns to adapt them to present service conditions, fifty thousand dollars. gL;?jEgsg¤*§i¤§gA_ To enable the Board of Ordnance and Fortification to procure and m-y, "' test one twelve-inch elevating carriage of A. H. Emery’s design, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of the several sums available for allotment by the Board of Ordnance and Fortiiication for experimental and other purposes under the several “Ac·ts making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other ¥0I.25,pp.4D.BB7- purposes, which several acts were approved September twenty-second, _,j{{,?T,°§l8’1°°‘ eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, March second, eighteen humh-gd and eighty-nine, August eighteenth. eighteen hundred and ninety, February fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and July twenty- third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and this act, all of which sums are hereby set aside to the extent necessary and made available and ¤¤¤¤·=¤>¢- continued in force for this purpose; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to contract. without advertising, with
