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86 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 129. 1856.

 of WP For annual repairs of custom·h0uses, thirty thousand dollars. i v
  • °’§;u3gf°S‘ For building vaults as additional security to the public funds in mty.

° six depositories, sixty-six thousand dollars. _ _ · A ’ Ventus:' For ventilating basement-rooms of the Treasury building, in addition to b”°m°“* Ig? surplus funds for ventilating and lighting l1pp€1' 1‘00lDS of the same build. imnsury bmw" ing, fifteen thousand dollars. mg` · F‘f' ur hundred thousand dollars-... Extension of or continuing the Treasury extension, 0 _ treasury bui1d· and that the appropriation for removing the stone wall which now forms "‘g‘ the southern boundary of the park at the Presidents may be expended in accordance with such plan as may be hereafter approved by the President, for the purpose of removing said wall and enclosing said ark. _0¤Pi¤>l ¤>=*¤¤· P For continuing the Capitol extension, seven hundred and fifty thousand mm dollars. Mall. For continuing the grading and planting with trees the unimproved portions of the mall, ten thousand dollars. Washington For paying existing liabilities for the Washington aqueduct, and pre- A‘l“°d“°"‘ serving the work already done from injury, such sum of money as shall Pm p' 328` be necessary, not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Now dome of For continuing the construction of the new dome of the Capitol, one C¤Pi*<>l· hundred thousand dollars. Housefor plants That the President shall cause the money appropriated for the erection fwm J¤P°·¤· of a suitable house for the plants recently brought from Japan, for the V°l· X- P- 669- United States, to be applied as directed by the act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty-six. Public build- And that the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized

    • 2* M D°m`°l”· to cause the building provided by law to be constructed at Detroit, in the

State of- Michigan, for a custom-house, post·ofl‘ice, and court-house, to be increased in length over the plan heretofore adopted for that purpose, not to exceed twenty-tive feet, and to modify and enlarge said plan so as to adapt the same to such increased length, if in the opinion of the Secretary the public convenience shall require such modincation: Provided, That such extension and modification can be accomplished at an expense not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, and a sum not exceeding ten per cent on the said last-mentioned sum, for superintendence and contingencies, which sums, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: And provided, further, That no money shall be paid under this clause of this bill, until the Secretary of the Treasury shall contract for the completion of said so extended building, at a cost within the sums heretofore and hereby appropriated therefor. Electoral mcs- For payment of messengers of the respective States for conveying to “°"g°"‘ the seat of government the votes of the electors of the said States, for giiesideut and vice-President of the United States, twenty thousand 0 lars. Land Surveys. Survey of the Public Lancl$.—For surveying the public lands, (exclusive of California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah,) including incidental expenses and island surveys in the interior, and all other special and difficult surveys demanding augmented rates to be apportioned and applied to the several surveying districts according to the exigencies of the public service, including expenses of selecting swamp lands and the compensation and expenses to survey or to locate private land claims in Louisiana, in addition to the unexpended balances of all former appropriations, one hundred thousand dollars. F or resurveying and correcting erroneous surveys in the lower peninsula of Michigan, at a rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, nine thousand seven hundred and nity dollars. For correcting erroneous and defective lines of public and private sur-