Chapter 43.
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CHAP. 43.— AN ACT making appropriations for fortifications and for other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes.March 23, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications and other works of defense, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine,Fortifications. the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; also, the following for armament of fortifications, namely:
For the armament of sea coast fortifications, including heavy gunsArmament of fortifications. and howitzers for flank defense, carriages, projectiles, fuses, powder, and implements, their trial and proof, and all necessary expenses incident thereto, and for Gatling or other machine guns, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 32 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Ch. 43, 44, 46. 1878. For torpedoes for harbor defenses, and preservation of the same, andTorpedoes for harbor defenses. for torpedo experiments in their application to harbor and land defense, and for instruction of engineer battalion in their preparation and application,*Proviso limiting use.* fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the money herein appropriated for torpedoes shall only be used in the establishment and maintenance of torpedoes to be operated from shore-stations for the destruction of an enemy’s vessel approaching the shore or entering the channel and fairways of harbors.
Approved, March 23, 1878.