434 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. CHS. 392-394. 1898. And the words: _g§(,‘ff;,§; 323;,,,,,,,,,, •‘Provided, That no more than one million dollars of the sums appro- Hmiv- priated by this Act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employ- ees in the Quartermastens Department, including those heretoiore paid out of the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, army transportation, clothing, camp and garrison equipage; that no employee paid therefrom shall receive a salary more than one hundred and iiity dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially fixed by law." mg;*¤=¤¤¤ D°P=“· Third. So much of the Act approved March fifteenth, eighteen hun- 4»` . us. dred and ninety-eight entitled “An Act making appropriations for the .‘?*$*?*"“ °'“'k‘* support of the Army for the iiscal year ending Jupe thirtieth, eighteen lm"` hundred and ninety-nine," under the heading Ordnance Department, as provides that not more than sixtydive- thousand dollars of the money , appropriated for the Ordnance Department in_all its branches shall be applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said Department. xumasupn free or And be it farther enacted, That during the existing war materials “' “‘““°'“I" required by the War Department may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be purchased abroad and shall be admitted free of duty. mixiggesgfgntmtneut f%•rdd1oe zthirtlégr evnlacteld, That during tale exésltntng warhthe B_n;{·|eau ‘ o ance o e ar epartment is au. oriz pnrc ase Wl ou advertisement such ordnance and ordnance stores as are needed for immediate use, and when_such ordnance and ordnance stores are to be manufactured then to make contracts without advertisement for such stores to be delivered as rapidly as manufactured. Approved, June 7, 1898. J¤¤¤ 7-18% CHAP. 393.-Au Act Authorizing certain life-saving stations to be opened and “"—’“"_*_` manned during June and July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ggfgggzprgtsgrérgit States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m“5‘¤t"“"* ‘“"“ “L§‘§T3`.}£’.E’,‘i:,‘.Z“‘€i.‘2.°§£§§€£’;iSt'Z€5i?°S.§° &°i’}§.2.§‘§5` ‘££.’i{’° "€$;5.?.f‘l¥,€ · s . s ma active service during the months of June and July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as he may deem advisable, tlée nulmber of surfmen to be employed at each station during this perio to e such as the General Superintendent of the Lite-Saving Service shall determine, not to exceed the number now employed, and the compensation of each surf- _ man shall be at the rate of sixty dollars per month. APP’°P"°*=**‘”· Sec. 2. That for the purpose of carrying into eflect the provisions of the preceding section the sum ot seventy thousand dollars, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 7, 1898. J unc 8, 1898. QHAP. 394.-An Act Conferring on the supreme court of the District of Columbia '”` jurisdiction to take proof of the execution of wills afiecting real estate, and for other pll1`p0B8B. b Be it inacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lmtrictofllolum ia. St ( A’ C n l d Th t t' f f th A t
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§,§{§§§"‘;22_"*' ""’“"“' trict of Columbia? approved June twentyiirst, eighteen hundred and ‘ ven`. mp. nn. seventy, be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to read as follows: “That all the powers and jurisdiction by law held and exercised by the orphans! court of Washington County, District of Columbia, prior
