` \ 1114 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-1. 1007. 1903. C Street south, First Street east and First Street west, as the Commission hereinafter provided shall determine, seven hundred and fifty P1¤¤5- thousand dollars; and said building shall be constructed substantially according to the plans prepared under the provisions of an Act of vol. 31. p. 1156. Congress approved March t ird, nineteen hundred and one, with such ces:. modifications as may be found necessary or advantageous, and at a cost exclusive of site, not to exceed three million one hundred thousand · dollars, for any part or all of which sum contracts are authorized to C¤¤¤¢r¤¤¤i<>¤ ¤¤d be entered into. Said construction and letting of contracts including °°°"°°°S` the em loyment of all necessary skilled and other services shall be givmgeisgigg under the control of the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and mGrounds, subject to the direction and supervision of a Commission, which is hereby created, to be composed of three Members—elect to vacancies the House of Representatives of the Fifty-eighth Congress to be · _ appointed by the Speaker of the Fifty-seventh Congress; vacancies occurring, by resignation or otherwise, in the membership of said C0mmission shall be filled by succeeding Speakers of the House. The 9°*°°“°” °* ’“°· Commission herein authorized shall, within thirty days after their appointment, determine which of the uares above described shall be acquired and used for a site for the bdilding herein provided fo1·, and shall notify the Secretary of the Interior in writing of their determination, whereupon the Secretary of the Interior shall, within thirty days after the receipt of such notice, proceed in the manner Iprescribed for providingla site for an addition to the Government rinting Oilioe V¤!· 3°· P-**6- in so muc of the Act approved July iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, as is set forth on ges six hundred and forty-eight and six hundred and forty-nine odhyolume thirty of the Statutes at Lar e, to acquire the square so determined upon; and for the purposes of such acquisition the Secretary of the Interior shall have an exercise all the _ powers conferred upon the Public Printer in said Act. 4 ,,,f,’;,’*Q,?§{,”(f§f’“* °‘ W The appropriations herein and hereafter made for said site and buildin shal be isbursed by the Secretary of the Interior. °*P*°°‘¥’°“”"*· Tmrnovmo run CArrroL onourmsz For continuing the work of the improvement of the Capitol grounds and for care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers; for repairs go artificial stone pavement, walks, and roadways, twenty-five thousand o ars. m‘_;*g,§},‘_g_ °'*’*°°‘ Lrorrrmo mn CArrroL AND onouxnsz For lightin the Capitol and grounds about the same. includin the Botanic Garden,§enate and House stables, and en ine house, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the I-Emse of Representatives; for gas and electric lighting; pay of superintendent of meters, at the rate of one thousand two hunred dollars per annum, lamplighters, fitters. and for materials and labor for s and electric lighting, ancflisor general repairs, forty-two thousand die hundred dollars. Rrruirs. For repairs and improvements to steam fire engine house and Senate and House stables, and for repairs to and ving of doors and courtyards of same, one thousand five hundred dldllars. 1·¤mx¤1.¤a.¤. nxrnxsns or rm-: conmzcrrox or amvmmin raom SALES or PUBLIC LANDS. -n§,*l*;jéf;éF’*¥l¤**¤ SALARIES AND COMMISSIONS or Bzorsrnns AND RECEIVERSZ For sal- " aries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of ublic moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dbllars per annum each, six hundred thousand dollars. pe‘fL;§',{,Q,g$,,'{,f,esfx· Coxrrscnxr nxrnxsns or LAND orricmsc For clerk hire, rent, and " other incidental expenses of the district land offices, two hundred thou- {_’=·v¤£:¤é m sand dollars: Provided, That this appropriation Shall be available for " ’ i' the payment of per diem. in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding three
