ALBANY KEGISTER.
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ing thereof, to be expended under the su
pervision of the Architect of the Capitol
Extension (wording to a plan to be estab
lished by resolution of the House, forty
thousand dollars; and the amounts hereby
appropriated (or work on and around the
"Capitol shall be available from the passage
$f this act.
BOTANICAL GARDES.
For the construction ofa brick wall and
Iron fence along First street between
Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues, and
for gateways on same line, nine thousand
'five hundred dollars.
For taking down and rebuilding fence
Along Maryland avenue and Third street,
to conform, to new grade, four thousand
dollars.
For repairs to buildings, improvements
to heating-apparatus, and walks, and for
grading and inclosing square on Maryland
Avenue opposile the Botanical garden,
bounded bv Second, Third, and B streets,
and for erecting thereon bouses for storing
pots, soil coal, and plants, six thousand
five hund red dollars.
For completing the new conservatory by
erecting an octagon at the eastern end to
conform to that at the western cnd.seven
teen thousand live hundred dollars: and
the several amounts hereby appropriated
for the Botanical gardens shall be available
from the passage of this act.
8li 1! VKY OK TUK COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Atlan
tic and (iulf coasts of the United Slates,
and Lake Champtain, including, ooinpen
aation of civil ians engaged in the work,
and excluding pay and emoluments of
officers of the arinvand navy, and petty
Officers and men oi the navy employed in
the work, lour hundred and ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the survey of Hie west
ern coast of the United States, including
compensation of civilians, and pay and
rations of engineers of steamers engaged
in the work, two hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars. , ,
FoTestending the triangulatlon of the
'" Coast Survey, SO as to form a geodetic con
nectionile ween the Atlantic and Pacific
coastaortht 1'nlied Stales; and assisting
E estate. surveys, Including oompensa
of civilians engaged in the work,
y-stx thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance of the com
plement of vessels used 111 the Coast Sur
vey, fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the publication of tho
observations made in the progress of Coast
Survey, including coniiiensntion for civil
ians engage 1 in the work, the publication
to be made at the Government Printing
office, ten thousand dollars.
LIUIIT-IK It'SE BSTA BLIHH t tiNT.
For salaries of eight hundred and ninety
three right-house keepers and llghf.heacon
keepers, and their assistants, live hundred
and thirty-five thousand eight hundred
dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in
rertttingand improving light-houses, and
buildings connected therewith, two hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars,
For supplying lite llghi-houses and beacon-lights
on the Atlantic, (iulf, Lake, and
Pacific coasts, with oil. wicks, glass chim
neys, chamois-skins, spirits of wine, whit
ing, polish ing-now.ler, towels, brushes,
soap, paints, and other cleaning materials,
and for expenses of repairing and keeping
In repair illurainatiii.r apparatus and ma
chinery, and of gauging, testing, transpor
tation, delivery ol oil and other supplies
tor light-houses, and other incidental nec
essary expenses, three hundred ami sixty
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven
dollars.
For expenses of visiting and inspecting
lights and other aids to navigation, two
thousand dollars.
For seamen's wages, rations, repairs, sal
aries, supplies, and incidental expenses of
twenty-two light-ships am: seven relief
light-vessels, two hundred and seventeen
thousand seven hundred and thirty-two
dollars and fifty cents.
For repairs and incidental expenses in
renewing, refining, and improving fog
signals and buildings connected there
with, fifty thousand dollars.
For expenses of raisins, cleaning, paint
ing, renewing, and supplying losses ot
buoys, spindles, and day-beacons,, and for
chains, sinkers, and Similar necessaries,
three hundred thousand dollars.
FOR LIUHT-Uol'liES, BEACONS) AND FOG
BIGNALS. For rebuilding the upper part of the
light-house tower at Naslus Island, coast of
Maine, three, thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the upper part of the
light-house lowerat Seguin island, coast of
Maine, five thousand dollars.
Fer rebuilding tile west light-house nt
Cape Eliza'icth, coast of Maine,! nifty thou
sand dollar .
For replacing dav-beacons destroyed by
the ice on the coast of Maine and Massa
chusetts, thirtv thousand dollars.
For a steam fog-signal at the Highlands,
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, live thousand
dollars. ,
For a steam fog-signal (to guide into a
harbor of refuge) at Hace point, Cupc Cod,
Massachusetts, five thousand dollars.
For a steam fog-signal at the mouth of
the AtchafiUaya river, Louisiana, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For placing a light on Muscle-Bed bea
con, Narrairansett bay, Rhode Island, three
thousand dollars.
For new dwelling at Coniinicut light
house, Nnrragansett bay, Rhode Island,
fifteen thousand dollars : Provided, That
upon the completion of said dwelling the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized
and directed to sell, at public auction, after
due notice, and either In one parcel or di
vided Into lots, the land constituting tho
site of the old lighi-stat Ion at Nayat point.
For wharf and lioat-houuc. at I'umhain
rock, Providence river, Rhode Island, one
thousand two hundred dollars.
Forafog-signalat New London, Connec
ticut, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing the light-house at Race
rock, Long Island sound, seventy-flve
thousand dollars.
For a day-beacon at Black Ledge, en
trance to New London, Connecticut, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For protecting the foundations of the
light-houses at Calves island, Brockway's
beach, and Devil's wharf, Connecticut
river, two thousand live hundred dollars,
For commencing!! light-house on South
west Ledge, en trance to New Haven Har
bor, Connecticut, lift v thousand dollars.
For the construction of a light-house to
take the place of tho UglltrSliipat Strat
ford shoals, Long island sound, filly thou
sand dollars.
For protecting the site of east beacon
and fog-signal at Randy Hook, New York
harbor, twenty thousand dollars ; and the
fog-bell authorized by net approved June
tenth, eighteen hrmdredaud seventy-two.
to be placed at any point Inihc Narrows
which tho Light-House board may select.
For cisterns, coping of exterior walls,
and the couplet ion of other works of im
provement nt the light-house supply-depot,
Staten island, New York, five thou
sand dollars.
For commencing the construction of a
light-house to replace the light ship at
Cross Ledge shoal, Delaware, bay, fifty
thousand dollars.
For commencing the construction of a
llght-htfuse at Bulk-Head shoal, Delaware
river, fifty thousand dollars.
For a light-house on or near the south
end of Tea-Patch island, Delaware river,
eight thousand dollars.
For completing rangerjighta forCraighlll
cbannel.Ches&pcake bay, twenty thousand
dollars.
For re-establishing the light at Love
point, Chesapeake bay, ten thousand dol
lars. For commencing the const ruction of a
light-house at Ship John shoal, Delaware
bay, fifty thousand dollars.
For completing the buoy depot at Chris
tiana, Delaware, ten thousand dollars.
For building a screw-pile light-house on
Thomas's Point shoal, to take the place of
the old light-house on Thomas's point,
Maryland, twenty thousand dollars.
For three day-beacons In the Potomac
river, fifteen thousand dollars; and the
light-house authorized at Shipping point
mavbc placed at any point In the near
vicinity that the Light-House board may
determine upon.
For building light-houses at Dutch-Uap
canal, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars.
For a screw-pile light-hotise to mark t he
entrance to the sounds of North Carolina
by Hatteras inlet, eighteen thousand dol
lars. For commencing the construction of a
first-order light-house at or near Poyner's
hill, a point midway between Cape Henry
and Body's island, North Carolina, fifty
thousand dollars.
For commencing the rebuilding of the
first-order sea-coast light on Morris island,
South Carollda, destroyed during the war,
sixty thousand dollars.
For completing the sea-coast light at
Hunting island,South Carolina, fifty thou
sand dollars.
For a screw-pile light-house to replace
the light-ship at Tybee, Knoll rivcr.Sn van
nub, Georgia, eighteen thousand dollars.
For day-beacon's In the river Savannah,
Gcorgfa,"two t honsand five hundred dol
lars : Pravkkd, That t he appropriation of
last year for Oyster rock shall revert to
the treasury.
For completing the sea-coast light at
Saint Augustine, Florida, twenty-five thou
sand Hollars.
For completing the first-order sen-coast
light-house at Alligator reef, Florida reefs,
twentv-flve thousand dollars.
For a screw-pile light-house at the en
trance to amt Andrew s nay, norma,
twenty-two thousand dollars.
For completing the Gulf coast light at
Sand island, off Mobile harbor, Alabama,
twenty thousand dollars.
For a Bcrew-pUe light house at Horn Isl
and pass, Gulf of Mexico, twenty-two
thousand dollars.
For protecting the light-house depot at
the head of the Passes, river Mississippi,
from the erosion of the shore, ten thou
sand dollars.
For completion of the Gulf coast iron
light-house at Timbalier island, coast of
Louisiana, fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs of the screw-pile light-house
at Southwest reef, Louisiana, damaged by
a hurricane, five thousand dollars.
For completion of the first-order iron
light-house at Trinity shoal, Gulf of Mex
ico, forty thousand dollars.
For completion of a coast-light at Mata
gorda island, Texas, twelve thousand dol-
For a lake-coast light, at or near Thirty
Mile point. Lake Ontario, New York, thir
tv thousand dollars.
"For rebuilding the light-house at Ashta
bula, Ohio, three thousand lour hundred
dollars.
For pier-head lights on the lakes, twenty
thousand dollars.
For completion of Spectacle Reef light
house, Lake Huron, twenty thousand dol
lars. For completion of a second-order light
house at Urosse point. Lake Michigan, Illi
nois, fifteen thousand dollars.
For a light-house at L'Anse, Lake Super
ior, ten thousand dollars.
For surveys, examinations to determine
the praotiialiiiity ol building alight-house
on Stannard's rock, Lake Superior, ten
thousand dollars; and the Light-House
lwar I mav, in their discretion, expend for
alight-house at the entrance to Portage
Lake ship-canal tho appropriation hereto
fore made for Eagle river, Lake Superior.
For a light-bouse on Isle Royal, Lake
Superior, twenty thousand dollars.
For a lake-coast light on Outer island,
Lake Superior, forty thousand dollars.
For a light-house on Poverty island,
Lake Michigan, eighteen thousand dollars.
For a lake-coast light at Twin River
point, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, forty
thousand dollars.
For a fog-signal at Marquette, Lake Su
perior, four thousand dollars.
For building a light-house at Port Aus
tin, Saginaw bay, ten thousand dollars.
For a light-house at Point Huenemc,
Santa Barbara channel, California, twenty
two thousand dollars: and the amount
heretofore appropriated for a fog-signal at
said point shall revert to the treasury.
For completing the light-house at Point
San Pablo, Caliiornip, thirty thousand dol
lars; and the light-house may be built at
Point San Pablo, or at such point in the
near vicinity as the Light-House board
may select.
For building a small light and fog-signal
at the mouth of the Columbia river, Ore
gon, thirty thousand dollars.
For building a fog-signal at New Dun
genncss. St raits of Fuea, Washington Ter
ritory, eight thousand dollars.
For a light-house at Point-no-Point, Pu
got sound, Washington Territory, or at
such other point in Pugct sound as the
Light-House Imard may elect, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For building a steam-tender for engi
neers' constructions and repairs, and for
inspection in the tenth district, Lakes
Erie and Ontario and river Saint Law
rence, ninety thousand dollars.
For building a relief light-ship for gen
eral service, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For a steam fog-signal at or near Point
Moiitain. coast of California, fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For a steam fog-signal at the entrance to
Humboldt bay, California, ten thousand
dollars; and the light-house appropria
tions made in this act for s)iocial objects
shall tie available from the date of thisact.
UNDER THE TREASURY DEPART
MENT, i-r m. n uuildlnus.
For completion of the building for the
custom-house and post-office at Rockland,
Maine, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For alterations unci repairs of the build
ing for the custom-house at Boston, Massa
chusetts, thirty thousand dollars.
For purchase of site and construction of
a building for the custom-house at Fall
River, Massachusetts, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the work on the 8tatc,
War.and Navy Departments building, one
million live hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation of the building for the
court-house and post-office at New York
city, fencing, grading, sewers, and similar
necessaries, one million nine hundred
thousand dollars.
For the purchase (In part) of a site for a
building for purposes of tlie general gov
ernment, at Albany, New York, one hun
dred and .fifty thousand dollars: Pro
vided, That the corporation of the city of
Albany, or the citizens thereof, make tho
purchase of tho balance of the ground
necessary for sold site, to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
For purchase of site and to commence
the erection of a building at Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania, for a post-office and United
states courts, one million five hundred
thousand dollars : Provided, That the ag
gregate cost of such site and building shall
hot exceed three million dollars.
For completion of the building for a cus
tom-house, at Charleston, South Carolina,
including the sum of twenty-three thou
sand two hundred and twenty-six dollars
and tlx: cents for construction of and re
pair of wharves, one hundred and seven
ty-two thousand and eighty-one dollars
and fifty-two cents.
For continuation of construction of the
building tor court-house and post-office at
Columbia, South Carolina, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For completion of the building for the
custom-house at New Orleans, Louisiana,
one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
For purchase of the site and commenc
ing construction of the building for the
custom-house and post-office at Port Hu
ron, Michigan, one hundred thousand dol
lars. For purchase of site for the building for
custom-house and post-office at Cincinnati.
Ohio, seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For completion of the bnlldlng for the
custom-house at Knoxville, Tennessee, one
hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hun
dred and forty-seven dollars.
For erection of building for use of custom-house,
post-office, and court-house at
Nashville, Tennessee, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For continuation of construction of the
building for the custom-house and sub-
treasury at Chicago, Illinois, eight hun-
arcu mousnuu uonars.
For tho marine hosnltal nt Chicago. Illi
nois, for engine., coal-house, laundry, ma
chinery, water-works, engine, tanks, and
similar necessaries, twenty-three thousand
eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and
lorty-ionr cents.
Forcomnletlon of the building for the
court-house and post-office at Omaha, Ne-
DrasKBj seventy-one tnousanu uonars.
For biiildiiifr for uniimiscr's stores, and
other purposes at San Francisco, Califor
nia, four hundred and eight thousand dol
lars
For completion of the building for the
custom-house at Portland, Oregon, seven
ty-six thousand five hundred dollars.
For continuation of construction of the
building for the ciistoin-boiisc.court-liouse,
and post-office at Saint Louis, Missouri,one
million dollars : ProvUled. That the total
cost of the building and site shall not ex
ceed four million dollars.
For completion ot a building for post
office and court-house in the city of Hn
leigh. North Carolina, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to obtain by purchase, or to obtain by con
demnation In the courts of the State of
Massachusetts, the several lots or parcels
ot land lying easterly of the present site
of the new post-office In Boston, and
bounded by said site. Water Street, Con
gress street, and Milk street, upon the
lines or said streets as they arc now estoli
lishedormay hereafter lie established by
the due process of law, and for repairing
the Injuries to the jiost-ofHee building,
caused bv fire, and to extend the building
over said site, eight hundred thousand
dollars: Provided, That no money ap
propriatcd for this puriwse shall lie' used
or expended in the several lots or parcels
of land for said site until a valid title
thereto shall lie vested in the United
States, nor until the State of Massachu
setts shall cede its jurisdiction over the
same, and shall duly release and relin
quish to the United States the right to tux
or in any way assess said site amltlie pro
erty of the United States that may lie
thereon during the time that the United
States shall lie or remain the owner there
of: And prwiil'd further. That the Secre
tary' of the Treasury shall make no pur
chase of land under this provision, until
the city of Boston shall cause the trian
gular space between Congress, Pearl, Milk,
and Water streets to be opened to the pub
lic, and graded and paved at the expense
of the city, and shall widen Milk and
Water streets, where the buildings have
been dest royed by fire, to a width of at
least sixty teei.
And the sums hereby appropriated for
the construction of public buildings under
the Treasury Department, including the
building for the new State, War, and Navy
Departments, shall be available immedi
ately upon theapprovalof thisact.
For machinery for the new branch-mint
building, San Francisco, California, two
hundred and fifty thousand live hundred
dollars, Including such part of the appro
priation for the same object made rorthc
present fiscal year as shall lie expended
prior to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three.
For the mints of the United States:
For wages of workmen, from April first
to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, thirty-one thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
For ordinary expenses for the same peri
od, fifteen thousand dollars.
For wages of workmen for fiscal vear
ending Jiino thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four, one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For ordinary expenses, rciairs. and re
placing machinery, nil, dies, acids, cool,
wood, and other miscellaneous items for
same period, tiftv thousand dollars, to lie
available Immediately ujion the passage of
this aer.
For repairs and preservation of all the
public buildings under the contfilof the
Treasury Deportment, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the annual repairs and improve
ments of the Treasury building, Washing
ton, District of Colombia, twenty-live
thousand dollars.
UNDER TnE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ABMOKIES AND ARSENALS.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa
chusetts: For repairs and preservat ion of
grounds, buildings, and machinery, twen
ty thousand dollars ; mid for macadamis
ing the hill portion ot Pearl street and
curbing one side of Itsentlre length, three
thousand five hundred dollars: In all,
twenty-three thousand live hundred dol
lars. Rock Island arsenal, Kock Island, Illi
nois: For a new wood-working and guu
earrlnge shop, two hundred and thirty
thousand dollars,
For the completion of new finishing
shop for armory, one hundred und fifty
thousand dollars; ondlbrono sctofsub
altevn officers' quarters,! went y-t hive t hou
sund seven hundred and fifty dollars; in
all, one hundred and seventy-three thou
sand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For forges, foundry, chimneys, machine
ry, and shop-fixtures, for forge-shop, fifty
thousand dollars.
For machinery and shop-fixtures for
shop C, as laid down on the plan adopted
by the War Department, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For Improvement of grounds, building
of new roads,nnd care anil preservation of
the same, eight thousand dollars.
For paving the basements of shops B
and C. as laid down In the plan adopted by
the War Department, twenty-one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
Foranewguord-housejlrocngine house,
and quartermaster's and commissary
store-house, twenty-seven thousand- live
hundred dollars.
For machinery tor transmitting power
from the water-power to shops, eighteen
thousand dollar.
For painting, of buildings and fences,
and for care and preservation of water
power and publio buildings, ten thousand
Baa tela arsenal, Ben ids, California: For
one set of officers' quarters, twenty-aix
t honsand five hundred and seventy-one
dollars ; for repairing roads, building sew
ers and drains, four thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-six dollars ; for grading
grounds, seven thousand eight hundred
and Bixty-fotir dollars; for permanent re
pairs of post, machinery for shops, and
fences, five thousand nine hundred and
five dollars ; for artesian well, four thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-nine dol
lars ; in all, fifty thousand and forty-five
dollars.
For the construction of depot-hulldings,
Including shops, offices, and commissary
and qnartermaster's store-rooms, at San
Antonio, Texas, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For necessary repairs and preservation
of all ot her arsenals, fifty thousand dollars:
Provided, That fie same shall not be ex
pended at one arsenal, hut shall be distrib
uted to the various arsenals not herein
named, as the same shall be in need of
such preservation and repairs.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND ABOUND
WASHINGTON.
Improvement and care of public grounds:
For repair, care, and improvement of pub
lic buildings, grounds, and works in the
District of Columbia, under the direction
of the Chief of Engineers: Completing
improvement of reservations, viz:
For Monumental grounds, five thousand
dollars.
For Smithsonian grounds, ten thousand
dotlars.
For Armory square, five thousand six
hundred dollars.
For reservation between ThirdandSixth
streets, five thousand dollars.
For grounds south of tho Executive
Mansion, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Lincoln square,
six thousand dollars.
For continuing improvement of Judi
ciary square, ten thousand dollars,
For Improving reservations on various
avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
For reiairs of Propogating-lionse, In
cluding Its removal from Third street to
Monumental grounds, three thousand dol
lars. For ordinary care and protection of La
fayette square, two thousand dollars.
For annual repairs of fences, two thou
sand dollars.
For manure, and hauling same on pub
lic grounds, live thousand dollars.
For painting iron fences around the
government reservations, four thousand
dollars.
For purchase and repair of seats in the
public grounds, one thousand dollars.
For hire of horses and carts, five thou
sand dollars.
For purchase and repair of tools, two
thousand dollars.
For trees and tree-boxes, and for lime
anil whitewashing, live thousand dollars.
For flowers, flower-pots, mats, twine,
and wire, one thousand dollars.
For removing snow und ice from pave
ments, one thousand dollars.
For purchase of young trees and plants
for nursery, two thousand dollars.
For tree-markers nnd marking trees,
one hundred dollars.
For purchase of cages and boxes for
sparrows, Ave hundred dollars.
For ubating nuisances, one thousand
dollars ; and for the expenses of the board
of health of the District of Columbia,
thirty thousand dollars.
For Inclosing, drainage, and for grading
reservation miniliered seventeen, five
thousand dollars.
For reconstructing walks, and for water
and drain pipes, nnd laying the same, in
the Washington circle, one thousand eight
hundred dollars.
For constructing walks and fountain
bowl, and forpurcliaseof trees and shrubs,
for circle at intersection of Rhode Island
and Vermont avenues, two thousand three
hundred dollars.
For improving reservation! on Massa
chusetts and New York avenues, and res
ervation lately occupied by t he Northern
Lilierties' market, drainage, water-pipes,
and iron posts and chain, three thousand
live hundred dollars.
For improving four triangular reserva
tions on Pennsylvania avenue, east of the
Caoitol. by inclosing, draining, and intro
ducing water, ami for tires and shrubs,
and for setting out same, tlnee thousand
dollars.
For improving two reservations on Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island avenues, on
east side of site selected for the Scott
statue, seven thousand dollars,
For repairing fountain-bowls in various
reservations, live thousand dollars.
To reimburse tho late corporation of
Washington for work done around gov
ernment reservations, one hundred and
eighty-eight thousand two dollars and
seventy-five cents.
To reimburse the board of public works
for work done around government reser
vations not heretofore paid, one hundred
and six t liousund live hundred and thirty
three dollars.
To complete improvements of streets
and avenues now in progress opposite and
nround government property, nine hun
dred and thirteen thousand four hundred
and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-six
cents : Provided. That all payments made
under this and the two preceding appro
priations shall be made only upon vouch
ers, approved by the officer in charge of
the public buildings nnd grounds of the
District, after full examination and meas
urement of the said improvements, and
theapprovalof the prices claimed there
for. To reimburse the city of Washington
for Improvement of the avenues of said
city, and for work done t hereon not charge
able against owners of private pro)ierty,
nor Included In appropriations heretofore
made, one million dollars; and this appro
print Ion shall be available on and after the
passage of this act. and shall be subject to
the draft of the lioard of public works,
upon the certificate of the engineer In
Charge of public buildings and grounds as
to the amount of work done and prices
paid.
For light ing tho Capitol, Executive Man
sion, and grounds:
For gits, forty-five thousand dollars.
For iuy of lamp-lighters, gus-fitting.
plumbing, lamps, posts, and repairs of ail
sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
For fuel for Propognttug garden and
watchmen's lodgefcelirbl hundred dollars.
For annual repairsoTthe Navy Yard and
Upper bridge, seven thousand dollars.
For annual repairs of Executive Man
sion, fifteen thousand dollars; for refur
nishing Mime, ten thousand dollars; for
fuel for same, five thousand dollars.
For care, protection, and continuing
g inpatient Improvement of greenhouse at
xecutivc Mansion, ten thousand dollars.
For repairing and extending of water
pllies, purchase of necessary apparatus to
clean them, and for cleaning the spring
supplying the Capitol, Executive Mansion,
War and Navy Departments, ten thousand
dollars.
Washington aqueduct:
For finishing the wooden fence at the
distributing reservoir, one thousand five
hundred dollins.
For dwelling for gate-keeper, two thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For oomplet ing stone bridges, eight thou
sand six hundred dollars.
For completing the macadamizing of the
condnlt.rmul. sixteen thousand dellars.
For engineering, maintenance, and gen
eral repairs, fifteen Thousand doHars.
Modification and repairs of
building at
corner of Seventeenth and F
streets:
For cutting out windows fn basement
and fitting fourteen cellar rooms for offirt
or file rooms, three thousand five bundle
dollars. ' -' 1 1
For removing mastic from front! o
Seventeenth and F streets, cleaning iaet
and pointing and flushing up joints of un
derlying brick wall, and painting and sand
ing same and other portions Of each front,
and of wood-work of rear and ends of the.
building, six thousand dollars.
For removing marble from basement
from and Including present upper course,
and refacing with marble from the present
ground line up to present upper course ef
marble, and bnlldlng marble steps to each
of the front entrances, ten thousand dol
lars. For renewing tin roof and painting same,
repairs of steam-warming apparatus, and
painting, whitewashing, ana general reno
vation of interior of toe building, five
thousand dollars.
For contingencies, five hundred dollar.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
MISCELLANEOUS,
Signal-Office: For observation and ie
port of storms by telegraph and signals
for the benefit of commerce and agricul
ture throughout the United States, two
hundred nnd ninety-six thousand eight
hundred and twenty-five dollars! Prim
vided. That the Chief Signal-Officer may
cause to lie sold any surplus maps or pub
lications of the Signal-Office, the money
received therefore to be applied towards
defraying the expenses of the signal ser
vice, an account of the same to be ren
dered In each annual report to the chief of
the signal service.
For expenses of the War Department in
the collection and payment of bounty,
prize-money, and other legitimate claims
of colored soldiers and saviors, fifty theu--a
mi dollars.
For support of the Freedmcn's Hospital
and Asylum at Washington, District of
Columbia, viz : Pay of medical officers
and attendants; medicine, medical snp
plles, and rations; clothing, rent of W
pltal buildings; tuel and lights; repairs;
and transportation, sixty thousand dol
lars. For payment of costs and charges of
State penitentiaries for the care, clothing,
maintenance, and medical attendance or
United States military convicts confined
in them, sixty-five thousand dollars.
To indemnify the States for expenses In
curred by them in enrolling, equipping,
and transporting troops for the defense or
the United Stales during the late insur
rection, three hundred thousand dollars:
ten t liousund dollars ot which, or so much
thereof as may lie necessary, shall beap
proprlated to reimburse the State of Ne
braska for expenses incurred in the sup
pression of lndiun hostilities In eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, to be paid by war
rant In favor of the treasurer of said State.
To provide ;',rthe payment, under ex
isting laws, for horses and other property
lost or destroyed In the military service (if
the United States, fifty thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of the Treasury lie, and
he Is hereby, directed to pay to the eensn
takers of eighteen hundred and sixty, or
their assigns, the sums set to their credit,
now in the treasury of the United States,
any provision of ex'ist Ing laws to the cen
trary notwithstanding.
For I lie const ruction of a militory tele
graph from San Diego, California, via Fort
Yuma and Maricopa Wells, to Prescotf and
Tucson, Arizona, fifty thousand three hun
dred nnd eleven dollars and eighty cents.
For continuation of the survey of the
northern and northwestern lake's, deter
mination of points In the interior of Mich
igan, and construct ion of maps, one hnn
drcn and seventy-five thousand dollars,
UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
navy-variis.
For the navy-yard at Kitten', Maine:
For repairs ol all kinds, ninety-three thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For the navy-yard at Boston, Massachu
setts: For repairs of all kinds, one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the navy-yard at Brooklyn, New
York: For repairs of all kinds, one hun
dred and twenty-live thousand dollars.
For the navy-yard at Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania: For repairs of all kinds, fort)
thousand dollars.
For work at the naval station at Leagne
isiiino, iwo nunureu ana nity tnousanu
dollars; and that not less than fifty thou
sand dollars of this shall be expended In
the removal of property from the Phila
delphia yard to League island.
For the navy-yard at Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia: For repairs of all
kinds, seventy-live thousand dollars.
For the navy-yard at Norfolk, Virginia :
For repairs of all kinds, seventy-five thou
sand dollars.
For the navy-yard at Pensscola, Florida:
For repairs of all kinds, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For the navy-yard at Mare Island, Cali
fornia: For repairs of all kinds, ninety
seven thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars; for continuation of stone dry
dock, four hundred thousand dollars; for
dredging, twenty thousand dollars; for
continuation of rail-track, fifteen thou
sand dollars ; for iron-plating shop, fifty
thousand dollars ; in nil, five hundred and
eighty-two thousand seven hundred and
sixty dollars.
For naval station at New London, Con
necticut: For repairs of all kinds, five
thousand dollars.
For naval station nt Key West, Florida :
For repairs of all kinds, five thousand dol
lars. IMPROVEMENTS AT NAVY-YARDS UNDER
DIRECTION OF THE BUREAU OF ORD
NANCE. For the magazine at Boston, Massachu
setts five hundred dollars.
For the navy-yard, Washington, District
of i olnnjhla : For removal of the present
and establishment of a new magazine and
ordnance building, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For the magazine at Mare Island, Cali
fornia: For fitting up racks in new maga
zine, two thousand two hundred and seventy-live
dollars ; for doors, locks, abutter,
and lightning-rods for new magazine,
four thousand dollars; forfenee-inclosure
of new magazine, one thousand six hun
dred dollars; for grading, graveling, and
brick drains, two thousand five hundred
and fifty-eight dollars: in all, ten thou
sand four hundred and thirty-three dot
lars.
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI
CULTURE. For improvement of the grounds of the
Department of Agriculture: For labor,
twelve thousand dollars; for cast-Iron la
bels for trees and shrubs, one thousand
five hundred dollars ; for tools, wagons,
lawn-mowers, carts, and general repairs of
t he same, one thousand dollars ; for boiler
for heating-apparatus, three hundred dol
lars; for building furnaces and chimneys,
two hundred and ttfty dollars ; for repair
ing fence on Fourteenth street, four bun
d red dollars ; for repairing concrete roads
and walks, seven hundred and fifty dol
lars; In all, sixteen thousand two hundred
dollars.
REFORM SCHOOL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
For superintendent, one thousand five
hundred dollars; two assistant superin
tendents, at seven hundred and fifty dol
lars each; matron, sL hundred dollars; two
teachers, at six hundred dollars each;
physician, flvo hundred dollars: superin
tendent of workshop, nix hundred dollar
laborer, one hundred and forty-four dol
lars; seamstress, laundress, ana servants,
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