622 _ FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I.— Ch. 791. 1900. and _ repair of fountains; abating nuisances, cleaning statues, and re£_a1rrngpedestals%fifteen thoiisand eight hundred and fifty dollars. or Improvemen , care, an maintenance 0 various reservations, twenty thousand dollars. ‘ " · · For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian grounds, two thousand five hundred dollars. " - thFor ig1prov£mept,;1cgre=ii and maintenance of Judiciary Park, two ousan - ve un re dollars. . d gor laying asphalt walks in various reservations, two thousand . , dollars. Hm %PP*°P*i¤**¤¤§ ~ -One-half of the foregoin sums under "Buildings and grounds in S32;. mmm rev? and around Washington “Snail be lpaid from the revenues of. the Dis- . térict of Columbia and the other-ha f from the Treasury of the_ United tates. . · . G'°“¤d¤·E¤°'=“**V° For improvement care and maintenance of grounds of Executive Depmmqml Departments, one thousand dollars. ` etg·**;,¤;ggg;g€8¤°mm· hat under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be "made for making `or repairing concrete or aslpahalt pavements in Washington Cityl gt a highefl price tpan ople gigs riaagd eiglhtylszents pe; square yar or a qua 'ty equa to the f i in e istrict o Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six- inches in thickness. E*°°“‘“°M°“°’°”· For improvement and maintenance of Executive Mansion grounds (within iron fence), onethousand dollars. - · go; constrlluctign of an iron and brick sgorlehouse lat the riurseryé an or eac an every purpose connecte therewit , six t ousan five hundred dollars to be immediately available. Exmcrrrrvn MANslgN: For care, repair, and refurnishing of Executive Mansion, twenty thousand dollars, to be expended by contract or , otherwise, as the President may determine. ·P‘¤¤¤‘°’°X°°°*“¤¤· For continuing plans for extendirg the Executive Mansion prepared In the office of the engineer 0 cer in charge of public build- 111gS and grounds, for comp etion of drawings, model and specifications, and for each and every purpose connected' therewith, six thousand dollars, or so much thereo as may be necessary; the Chief oi Epgmeers of the Ur&itedthSt;i1tes Arlipy shall have the employment o a persons connecte wi t ’s wor . . pr§ygeg>t;_ wk *m· The Chief of Engineers of the United States Army is authorized to make an examination and to report to Congress on the first Monday in Hepgmgeri nrpegeigi lhunglred, plans for lthef tigeatmept of that section o e is P10 o o um ia situate sout 0 ennsy vania avenue and north of B street southwest, and for a suitable connection between the Pogomlzc anlgl the Zpglogicgl tpprks, pnd inlamglging suchhexaminptions an_ p ns e 1s_au or1ze employ a n cape arc itect o conspicuous ability In ·his profession; for services and expenses incident go sagd examinatitopd an report the sum of four thousand dollars is ere y appropria . _ F¤¢l»¢*¤· thFor fgegflcig the Executive Mansion, greenhouses, and stable, three ousan o rs. . » For care and necessary repair oigggreenhouses, five thousand dollars. doldpfs repairs to conservatory, xecutive Mansion, two thousand Li8h¤¤8· LIGHTING rim Exncurrvn MANSION AND PUBLIC Gnomms: For gas, pay oflamplrghters, gas Htters, and laborers; purchase, erection, and relpair of lamps and amp-posts; purchase of matches, and repairs of al kinds; stoves, fuel, and lights for office and office stable, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, twelve thousand _§y£¢3mpmamp_ §;gt;1&1r;g:§z1dad:1>1l;:;;;:il.{’;·hggz{J‘i;?, That for each five-foot burner not con- _ ps on the public grounds not more than -twenty dollars shall be paid per lamp for (gas, including lighting, clean- Ing, and keeping the lamps in repair, un er any expenditure provided
