FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SEss. III. C11. 424. 1899. 1109 cal 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, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. GARFIELD MEMORIAL H0s1>1*rAL: For maintenance, to enable it to Gweld Hcsriralprovide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay there- M°`"°°""°°‘ for, nineteen thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. ` CALIFORNIA Drnsnis Commission: For defraying the expenses of <>•¤{¤rq·i¤ Débrh the commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act of Con- °‘$I,'i‘§%f‘,‘f‘ 501, ` gress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That officers of the commission traveling rmeq. on duty in connection with the commission’s work may be paid their °iE§{,§f"“¥°‘P°”*°“· actual traveling expenses in lieu of mileage allowed by law, and shall ~ hereafter receive no mileage. HARBOR OF NEW Yonx: For prevention of obstructive and inju- New York Hmm-. rgous deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York ity: For pay of inspectors and deputy inspectors, office force, and expenses I¤¤i>¤<=¢¤r¤. ·>*¤· of office, ten thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; For pay of crews and maintenance of tour steam tugs and three vmeis. launches, forty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty dollars; For new boiler and installing same in steam tug Nimrod, six thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; For purchase or construction of one steam tug, forty-ilve thousand dollars, to be immediately available; In all, one hundred and ten thousand five hundred dollars. DEEP WATEEWAYS COMMISSION! For completing surveys, examina- Deep waterways tions, and investigations (including estimate of cost) of deep waterways, °°“"“"“*°“‘ and the routes thereof, between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic tide waters, as recommended by the report of the Deep Waterways Commission transmitted by the President to Congress January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; such surveys, examinations, and lim, psu. investigations to be made by the board of three engineers designated and appointed by the President for this purpose July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, in compliance with the provisions of the Act of June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to be immediately available, ninety thousand dollars. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS, Dgslrmrii iglrsmtm Soldiers. For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as thllows: Ar rms CENTRAI. BaA1~:or1,.ir Diirrroiv, 01110: For current expenses. myr..¤.oi.s.. namely: Pay of officers and noncommissioned officers of the Home, with such exceptions as are hereinafter noted, and their clerks and orderlics; also payments for chaplains and religious instruction, printers, bookbinders, librarians, musicians, telegraph and telephone operators, guard s, policemen, watchmen, and iirc company; for all property and materials purchased for their use, including repairs not done by the Home; for necessary expenditures for articles of amusement, boats, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, and for repairs not done by the Home; and for stationery, advertising, legal advice, for payments due heirs of deceased members, and for such other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, fifty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For subsistence. namely: Pay of commissarysergeants, eommissary S¤\>¤i¤t¤¤¤¤- clerks, porters, laborers, bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters, and others employed in the subsistence department; the cost of all articles purchased for the regular ration, their freight, preparation, and serving; aprons, caps, and jackets for kitchen and dining-room employees; of
