664 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 175. 1855. 1852, eh. 108. of August thirty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, five thousand dollars. . For taking care of the grounds south of the Presidentfs house, continuing the improvements of the same, and keeping them in order, three thousand dollars. For the completion of the east wing of the Patent-Oiiiee building, and the improvements connected therewith, ten thousand seven hundred dollars. For lighting the Presid0nt’s house and Capitol, the public grounds around them, and around the executive offices and Pennsylvania Avenue, East; Capitol Street; to Second Street, twenty-five thousand dollars. For fuel for the Presidente house, one thousand dollars. For furnace keeper at the Presidente house, three hundred and sixty- five dollars. To complete the furnishing of the rooms of the new wing of the Patent- Ofiice building, with furniture, and providing the saloon therein with cases for models, fifteen thousand dollars. Agricultural For the collection of agricultural statistics, and procuring and distrib- ““"*“*“· uting cuttings and seeds, twenty-five thousand dollars. Washington For continuing the work on the WVa.shingt0n aqueduct, two hundred ”‘1““d“°*· and fifty thousand dollars. For completing the engravings and illustrations of the Mexican boundary survey, ten thousand dollars. To meet the expenses of the transportation of certain persons from San Diego to Sam Francisco, California., charged with a. violation of the neutrality laws of the United States, and who surrendered themselves to the military authorities, one thousand two hundred dollars. cutyogntaleud For salaries and incidental expenses of the commission appointed °°‘;;’:;”gg“h under the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, for settling ’` land-claims in Califomia, from third March, eighteen hundred and fifty- five, to third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, in addition to unexpcnded balance, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. 'I?¤mF<>f¤ry_ For compensation of thirty clerks of class one, ten of class two, nine gg}: “p°""°° of class three, and one at two thousand dollars per annum, one messenger at eight hundred and forty dollars, one messenger at six hundred dollars, two laborers at: five hundred and seventy-six dollars each, and four watchmen at six hundred dollars each pei- annum, for temporary service at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, in the Pension-Oiiice on accoluat of bounty lands, seventy-one thousand three hundred and ninet dollars. U¤¤*i¤z¤¤¤i¤¤· Fo); Oontingent Expenses, viz.- For rent of rooms, stationery, engraving plates for bounty-land warrants, paper, and printing the same, binding books, blank books for registers, office furnitiire, and miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars. For expenses of the current fiscal year on account of military bounty lrmds, thirty thousand dollars. For clerk hire, patents, records, stationery, and miscellaneous items in the General Lnnd—Office, on account of military bounty lands, seventy thousand dollars: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece work, or by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates, as he may deem just and fair. For compensation of ten clerks of class one, to be employed tempora- Bd Auditor. rily in the office of the Third Auditor, on account of military bounty lands, twelve thousztncl dollars; and that the Secretary of the Interior be, Jw»¤P.Chue.and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Jacob P. Chase, the i usual compensation for the services of his two sons, as clerks in the » Pension Office, for the time they were engaged as such, and the sum necessary to pay the same be, and the same is hereby, appropriated.
