THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sicss. III. Ch. 108. 1857. 225 For purchase of trees and tree-boxes, to replace where necessary such as have been planted by the United States, and the repair of pavements in front of the public grounds, five thousand dollars. _ For annual repairs of the Capitol, water-closets, public stables, water- C“P't°l‘ pipes, pavements and other walks within the Capitol Square, broken glass and locks, six thousand dollars. _ , For annual repairs of the President’s house and furniture, (including hOE;f‘d°”t° the painting of the east room and entire wood-work of the interior, fitting up the water-closets and cisterns, and making other necessary improvements,) improvement of grounds, purchasing trees and plants for garden and making hot-beds therein, and contingent expenses incident thereto, eleven thousand dollars. For refurnishing the President’s house, to be expended under the direction of the President, in addition to the proceeds of the sale of such of the furniture and equipage as may be decayed and unfit for use, twenty thousand dollars. _ For fuel in part for the President’s house, one thousand eight hundred *‘“°’ "“‘l hghh dollars. For lighting the Presidents house and Capitol, the public grounds around them and around the Executive offices, and Pennsylvania Avenue, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For purchase of books for library at the executive mansion, to be ex- BOOKS- pended under the direction of the President of the United States, two hundred and fifty dollars. _ _ For erecting cast-iron lamp-posts and lighting the same with gas from S xg5E"??::`; the western terminus of Pennsylvania Avenue, through Bridge and High ,3},,;, gm, strects, in Georgetown, four thousand dollars: Provided, the cost of the same shall not exceed the price paid for those now in use by the government on Pennsylvania Avenue. For compensation to Alfred L. Rives, civil engineer, and paying the Alfred L- Rives. incidental expenses in making surveys, drawings, specincations, and estimates for a bridge across the Potomac, under and act of Congress, six thousand four hundred and ten dollars and seventy-seven cents. _ For repairs of the Potomac, Navy Yard, and Upper bridges, six thou- Bw1g8s' sand dollars. _ For repairs of Pennsylvania Avenue, three thousand dollars. a¤E';lQ;;€°°"dS For public reservation number two, and Lafayette Square, three thou- ` sand dollars. For taking care of the grounds south of the President’s house, continuing the improvements of the same, and keeping them in order, three thousand dollars. For the erection of stables and conservatory at the President’s house, Stahl6s and to replace those about to be taken down to make room for the extension °°nsewM°ry' of the Treasury building, twenty thousand dollars. For the preservation and improvement of the Circle at the intersection Public Streets- 0f Pennsylvania and New Hampshire Avenue, and K and Twenty-third streets, one thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the grading and gravelling New Jersey Avenue from North D street to New York Avenue, the sum of seven thousand dollars. For the payment of laborers employed in shovelling snow from the walks to and around the Capitol, the President’s house, and other public buildings, five hundred dollars. For repairs of water-pipes, five hundred dollars. W*’·V¤‘·PlP€¤· For continuing Washington aqueduct, one million of dollars. Wzshiggmn For continuing the improvement of Judiciary Square, repairing mggdxiafry fences, and completing the pavement around the same, six thousand dol- Squarelars. For completing the improvement of the grounds of the Botanic Gar- B<>l¤¤l¤ Gardenden, one thousand dollars. VOL. X1. ])l}li.—29
