FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 301. 1894. 419 BUILDING FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. » LibraryofCongress. For continuing the construction of the building for the Library of €·>¤ati¤¤¤¤g ¤¤¤· Congress, and for each and every purpose connected with the same, m“°"°“` seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be Patna. entered into for any work or materials required for the construction of ,,§Q§“"“°° ““"‘°" said building, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law; and the oliicer in charge of said building is hereby directed to report to Con- Report on mimi. gress at its next session plans and estimates of cost for a tunnel, with P0st,p.959. suitable conveying apparatus for the rapid transmission of books, papers, and messages at all times between the said building and the Senate and House wings of the Capitol. BOTANIC GARDEN: For repairs to buildings at Botanic Garden, B¤t¤¤i¤ G¤r<i·>¤- including extending concrete walks, and for erecting " shading” of iron construction under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars. ` PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING. biggjéc P’i¤'=i¤S¤¤d For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, the Executive Office, and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, lor labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two million three hundred and Amount seventeen thousand dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated printing and binding shall be done by the Public Printer to the amounts iollowing, respectively, namely: For printing and binding for Congress, including the proceedings Allptmeutofappw and debates, one million ninety-one thousand and five hundred dol- p"”“°‘°"‘ lars. And printing and binding for Congress chargeable to this appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containing an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress, within the tiscal year for which this appropriation is made (all reserve work shall be bound in sheep); and the heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting their annual reports to Congress, the printing of which is chargeable to this appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined, and shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely to the transaction of public business; For the State Department, eighteen thousand dollars; For the Treasury Department, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-tive dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey two hundred and eighty-tive thousand dollars; For the \Var Department, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office; For the Navy Department, seventy thousand dollars, including not exceeding twelve thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office;_ _ For the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission, three hundred and forty thousand dollars, including not exceeding ten thousand dollars for rebinding tract books for the General Land Office;
