For continuing the extension of and maintaining the high-service system of water distribution, and for laying necessary trunk mains for low service, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, and labor, and the purchase and maintenance of horses, wagons, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this work, so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated

Total amount for Water Department, $135,406.]

SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to report to Congress at its next session a plan for the removal to a suitable place within the city of Washington of the remains of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and erecting a proper monument or gravestone over them, or erecting such monument or stone where they are now buried, as may seem to them most desirable.

SEC. 3. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall not make requisitions upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District, except as otherwise provided herein.

SEC. 4. That until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to advance, on the requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, made in the manner now prescribed by law, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary from time to time to meet the general expenses of said District, as authorized by Congress, and to reimburse the Treasury for the portion of said advances payable by the District of Columbia out of the taxes and revenues collected for the support of the government thereof: Provided, That all advances made under this Act and under the Acts of February eleventh, nineteen hundred and one, June first, nineteen hundred and two, and March third, nineteen hundred and three, not reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, shall be reimbursed to said Treasury out of the revenues of the District of Columbia from time to time, within five years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and five, together with interest thereon at the rate of two per centum per annum until so reimbursed: Provided further, That the Auditor for the State and other Departments and the auditor of the District of Columbia shall each annually report the amount of such advances, stating the account for each fiscal year separately, and also the reimbursements made under this section, together with the balances remaining, if any, due to the United States: And provided further, That nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to require the United States to bear any part of the cost of street extensions, and all advances heretofore or hereafter made for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be repaid in full from the revenues of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 5. That all laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act are repealed.

Approved, April 27, 1904.

Indefinite.

Total, District of Columbia Act

[In addition to the appropriations for the District of Columbia made in the foregoing Act, contracts are authorized thereby to be entered into subject to future appropriations by Congress, aggregating $650,000. For details, see page 616.]

$11, 018, 540. 00

FORTIFICATION APPROPRIATION ACT.

[PUBLIC-No. 130.]

By the Act 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 purposes, approved April 21, 1904.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sums of money herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely:

FORTIFICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS OF DEFENSE.

For construction of gun and mortar batteries, seven hundred thousand dollars

For installation of range and position finders, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars

For the procurement or reclamation of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses, one hundred thousand dollars

For purchase and installation of searchlights for the defenses of our most important harbors, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars... For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, three hundred thousand dollars

For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars.

For tools, electrical and engine supplies and appliances, to be furnished by the Engineer Department, for the use of the troops for maintaining and operating electric light and power plants in gun and mortar batteries, thirty-five thousand dollars

For construction of sea walls and embankments, ninety-nine thousand dollars

For the construction of mining casemates, cable galleries, torpedo storehouses, cable tanks, and other structures necessary for the operation, preservation, and care of submarine mines and their accessories, eighty-seven thousand dollars, to be expended by the Engineer Department

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein appropriated under the heading "Fortifications and other works of defense," in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such

contract.

[Total amount for Fortifications and other Works of Defense, $1,701,000.]

$700,000. 00

225,000. 00

100,000.00

150,000. 00

300,000.00 5,000.00

35,000.00

99,000.00

87,000.00

ARMAMENT OF FORTIFICATIONS.

For the purenase, manufacture, test, and issue of machine and automatic guns, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, two hundred and ten thousand two hundred and twenty-nine dollars.. For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of mountain, field, and siege cannon, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, five hundred and eighty-four thousand two hundred dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of ammunition for machine and automatic guns, and for mountain, field, and siege cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, two hundred and eleven thousand six hundred dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of rapid-fire guns for coast defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, six hundred and eighteen thousand dollars

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of ammunition for rapid-fire guns for coast defense, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and seven thousand dollars

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of seacoast guns and their mounts, including sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of ammunition for seacoast cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, and issue of inspecting instruments for the manufacture of cannon, carriages, and ammunition; range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications and in field batteries, and the necessary machinery for their manufacture at the arsenals, two hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred dollars

For the purchase, manufacture, and issue of ammunition, subcaliber tubes, and other accessories for artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, three hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars

For the alteration and maintenance of the mobile artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of lathes, tools, and materials necessary for the work and the expenses of the mechanics engaged thereon, eleven thousand dollars

For the alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of lathes, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and the expenses of the mechanics engaged thereon, five hundred thousand dollars..

For eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, manufactured by contract, under the provisions of the fortifications Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twentyfourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and one thousand dollars

[Total amount for Armament of Fortifications, $3,544,529.]

PROVING GROUND, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY.

For current expenses and maintenance of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including expenses incident to the transportation of men and material therefor, general repairs and altera

$210, 229.00

584, 200.00

211,600.00

618,000.00

107,000,00

180.000.00

330,000. 00

217,500.00

374,000.00

11,000.00

500,000.00

201, 000.00

tions and accessories incidental to testing and proving ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, fifty thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars.

For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employed on ordnance duties at the proving ground and absent from their proper station, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem while so employed, and the compensation of draftsmen while employed in the Army Ordnance Bureau on ordnance construction, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars..

For repairs of railroad tracks connecting the proving ground with the Central Railroad of New Jersey, six thousand dollars..

For replacing plank roads by macadam, five thousand dollars For the construction of bomb proofs for protection of observers at the different targets, and to provide facilities for observing the bursting point of shrapnel and high-explosive shell, four thousand dollars. For observation range and plotting tower, seven thousand two hundred dollars

For adding to the wing of the brick house for accommodation of officers temporarily at the proving grounds, including heating, lighting, plumbing, and furnishings, in addition to the eleven thousand dollars appropriated by Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, five thousand six hundred dollars

[Total amount for Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, $96,743.]

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, WATERVLIET, NEW YORK.

For purchase and installation of electric power plant in Army Gun Factory, seventeen thousand dollars.

For rebuilding electric crane in main gun shop, fifty thousand dollars.

$50, 243.00

18,700.00

6,000.00 5,000.00

4,000.00

7,200.00

5,600.00

17,000.00 50,000.00

WATERTOWN ARSENAL, WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

For the purchase of machines and tools at Watertown Arsenal, thirty thousand dollars...

FRANKFORD ARSENAL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

For necessary machinery for enlarging shrapnel plant authorized by the fortification appropriation Act, approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, thirty thousand dollars.

For building for assembling and storing artillery ammunition, thirty thousand dollars

SUBMARINE MINES.

For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports, and continuing torpedo experiments, including extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days on work in connection with the issue, receipt, and care of submarine mining material at the torpedo depot, one hundred thousand dollars..

FIRE-CONTROL INSTALLATIONS.

For the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of the necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and other necessary employees, connected with the use of coast artillery, five hundred thousand dollars.

30, 000. 00

30,000.00

30,000.00

100,000.00

500,000.00

FORTIFICATIONS IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

For construction of seacoast batteries in the insular possessions, seven hundred thousand dollars.

For procurement of land needed as sites for the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, two hundred thousand dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue, for the insular possessions, of seacoast guns and their mounts, including sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred. and twenty dollars..

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue, for the insular possessions, of seacoast mortars, with their mounts, including sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, seventy-eight thousand dollars ...

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of rapid-fire guns for coast defense for the insular possessions, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars.

[Total amount for Fortifications in Insular Possessions, $1,318,920.]

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 material as may, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary in the proper discharge of the duty devolved upon it by the Act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act; for the payment of the necessary expenses of the Board, including 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, carriages, and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, one hundred thousand dollars, the expenditure of which shall be made by the several bureaus of the War Department heretofore having jurisdiction of the same, or by the Board itself, as the Secretary of War may direct: Provided, 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 construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government. That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty.

A. H. EMERY ELEVATING CARRIAGE: To enable A. H. Emery to

$700,000. 00

200,000.00

178,920.00

78,000.00

162,000.00

100,000.00