Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 14.djvu/492

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462 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 167. 1867. Heating Su- For heating with steam the Supreme Court room, law library, 1§’§§;° °°“" and the passages and stairways adjacent [to] the court-room, and for ` other improvements and repairs of said court-room, fifteen thousand dollars. Extra ,,]e,k,,_ For the compensation of eight extra clerks of class two in the office of the commissioner of Indian affairs, eleven thousand two hundred dollars. y T bl thS tyfthT ytpytL'Hylf Lewis He i. o ena e e ecre ar 0 e reasur 0 a 0 6W1S e or " compiling statutes prescribing the rates of duties on imports, and making index to the tarilf bill now pending, one thousand dollars. Public build- Public Buildings and Grounds.—For care, support, and medical

      • 8* ““d treatment of sixty transient paupers, medical and survical patients

grggggient in some proper medical institution in the city of Washington, undef p¤¤per¤,&¤· a contract to be formed with such institution by the commissioner of public buildings, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Carts and For hire of carts on the public grounds, two thousand dollars.

  • °°l¤· For purchase and repair of tools used in the public grounds, four

hundred dollars. -1-,.,,,, mc. For the purchase of trees and tree-boxes, to replace, when necessary, boxes, dc- such as have been planted by the United States, to whitewash tree-boxes and fences, and to repair pavements in front of the public grounds, three thousand dollars. r,vm,.,,,,,,,,,,, For annual repairs of the Capitol water-closets, public stables, water ¤tnb1es,&<=- pipes, pavements, and other walks within the Capitol Square, broken glass, and locks, and for the protection of the building, and keeping the main approaches to it unencumbered, twelve thousand dollars, in addition to the sale of old material. Lightingbuild- For lighting the Capitol and Presidents house and public grounds i¤gSi a¤~¤¤d¤. around them around the executive offices and Pennsylvania Avenue ’*“" “”"”· tinynt-e thouhand dollars. ’ oorpomtkmor For lighting Four—and-a-half Street, across the Mall, and Maryland Wesbingfgn. Avenue west, and Sixth Street south, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, gfgftfaalzggfand That the corporation of lVashington city shall light their lamps with for what time. seven-feet burner[s], twenty-one nights in each month, from dark until daylirrht and that no part of this appropriation shall be disbursed until it is prgved to the satisfaction of the commissioner of public buildings that said corporation have so lighted their-street lamps. Lamp-lighters, F 01‘ pay of lamp-lighters, gas-fitting, plumbing, lamp-posts, lanterns, &c. glass, paints, matches, materials and repairs of all sorts, twenty-five thousand dollars. Bridges. d afor casual repairs of the navy yard and upper bridges, six thousand o ars. FMI_ For fuel for the Presidents house, five thousand dollars. Pennsylvania. FQ? 1‘§pRl1‘S of Pennsylvania Avenue, and sprinkling the same, and Avenue- keeping it clean and free from dirt, two thousand dollars. public ,1,,,,.. For improvement and taking care of public reservation number two v¤ti<>¤¤· and Lafayette Square, in addition to the sale of hay which may be raised on the former, three thousand dollars. Squares and o For taking care of the grounds south of the Presidents house, con- K'°“”d$· gnfiing the improvement of the same, and repairing fences, three thousand ‘ dollars. W¤·ter—pip¤¤· For repairs of water-pipes, five hundred dollars. Sewer traps- h F5)? gltaztang and repahing sewer traps on Pennsylvania Avenue, Bight un re dollars. F¤f¤¤<=¢~¤· (1 5FoI` casual repairs of all the furnaces under the Capitol, five hundred 0 ars. P¤l>li<= s¤¤¤¤d¤· d §0r hauling manure for top-dressing the public grounds, five hundred 0 ars.