Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/154

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SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 27. 1917. 135 Li htin the public ounds: For lightin the ublie ounds, Lighting md hmtmg watcimengs lodggs, officgg, and greenhoiises g the liiopagaélng gar- public gmmdl dens, including all necessary expenses of installation, maintenance, and re air, $22,300; For iieating offices, watchmen’s lodges, and greenhouses at the propagating gardens, $3,820; _ _ In all, $26,120, or so much thereof as may be necessary, one-half re5$f§£°m D‘st"°t of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Co- ‘ lumbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the departments and Gov- g,§lp'{,Y°””m°“° t°l"` ernment Printin Office: For care and repair of existing lines, $500. _ Washington Llonumentz For custodian, $1,200; steam engineer, m,lX€fSm”gt°“ M°““‘ $960 ; assistant steam engineer, $840; fireman, $660; assistant fireman, Mamwmwsdmies- $660 ; conductor of elevator car, $900; attendants-one on floor $720, one on top iloor $720; three night and day watchmen, at $7 20 each; in all, $8,820. E For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, aints, brushes, x°°°S°S‘ brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric ligiits, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator car and upper and lower floors; repairs to en ines, boilers, dynamos, elevator, and re airs of all kinds connected with the Monument and machinery; ami) purchase of all necessary articles for keeping the Monument, machinery, elevator, and electric plant in goo order, $3,000. Summa , For extra services of employees and for additional supplies and ' materials, to rovide for opening the Monument to the public on Sundays and llegal holidays, $2,000. nuuaasgwumaim. Building where Abraham Lincoln died: For painting and miscel— hsmhinccmcm. laneous repairs, $200. wma ld V Birthplace of George Washington, Wakefield, Virginia: For repairs ° ’ °‘ to fences and cleaning up and maintaining grounds about the monument, $100. commissou or rmt Commission of Fine Arts: For expenses made necessary by the Act Am. ’ approved May seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten, entitled "An $§}f°3'$§°,§j3,,_ Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts," including the purchase of periodicals, maps, and books of reference, to be disbursed, on vouchers approved by the commission, by the officer in charégle of public buildings and grounds, who shall be the secretary and sh act as the executive officer of said commission, $8,000. Gmmomm, The a propriation of $5,000 made in the sundry civil Act approved rmpggmpnaaoii. August iirst, nineteen hundred and fourteen, for unveiling an dedi- v°‘· ·P·“°‘· cating the memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including erectmtgl and taking down viewinlg stands and putting the grounds in sigh y condition, is made ava` able for said purposes during the fisc year nineteen hundred and eighteen. Lincoln Mmmm Lincoln Memorial Commission: For completing the erection of the c0mpna¤g mania. Lincoln Memorial in accordance with the p ans and design and on the °‘°"‘ location approved by Congress, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, to be immediately available, $331,000. A B _ Aqueduct Bridge: For continuing the construction of the bridge D, €l1°d°°t “`lg°’ authorized in section one of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for §Z‘§f‘§"9“‘;,‘*‘fgé the removal of what is now known as the A ueduct Bridge, across the ` ` Potomac River, and for the buildingl of aqbridge in place thereof," _ approved May eighteenth, nineteen undred and sixteen, $400,000, m§§;“m,_S‘f°”’ D’S*'*°‘ one half to be payable out of the Treasug of the United States and the other half out of the revenues of the istrict of Columbia. mm, ,,,d,,,,,,°,,,_ Harbors and rivers, contract work: Toward the construction of ¤¤¤¤=¢¢*¤*k- works on harbors and rivers, under contract and otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, including horse-drawn and motor-