The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-10

dollars
In the Office of the Quar,ermsster General, inelu-
| ding the Office at Philadelphia:
| For blank books, binding, stationery, labor anu
printing, ak hundred dollars
| For miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.
| 10 the office Of the Payma-ler General
| For blank books, binding, stationery, and fuel,
| three hundred and twenty tiye dollars
| For miscellaneous items -four hundred dollars
la the Office Of the Commlssaiy General OF subri''-
For blank books, binding stationery, printing ad-
yertising, labor and fuel one thousand sln hundred
| and fifty dollars
| For miscellaneous items, one hundred dollars.
| In the office Of the Chief Engineer
| For blank books, binding, stationery, and luei'
| four hundred and fifty dollars;
| For miscellaneous items four hundred and hfty dol
| lars
| 10 the Office Of the Surgeon General
For blank books, binding, stationery, printing and
| fuel one hundred and eighiy-6ye dollars
| For miscellaneous items, sixty-hse dollars
! In the office of the Colonel Of Ordnance
For blank books, binding, stationery, pnnlingi and
| fuel ak hundred and thirty dollars;
! For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars
! Ia the bureau Of Typographical Engineers:
| For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and
| fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars
| For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.
| For the contingent expenses OF the northwest exc
cutve building, namely:
For labor, fuel, and light two thousand four hun
dred dollars
! For miscellaneous items one thousand six hundred
| dollars
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
| For compensation of the Secretary OF the Navy
and the clerks messenger and assistant messenger In
hi. office, nineteen thousand i've hundred and hfty
| dollars
! Foi compensation of the chief of the bureau of
Navy Yards and Docks, and to the civil engineer,
draug htsman clerks, and messenger in his office ten
thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensa of the chief Of the bureau Of
Construction, Equipment, and Repair, and t. the as
sstant constructor clerk and messenger Ia his office,
min ~ thousand seven hundred dollars.
For clerks at the rate Of twelve hundred dollars
each and clerk al the rate Of one thousand dol
lars, hereby authorized TO be appointed in the Bureau
Of Construction, Equipment and Repair three thou
sand four hundred dollars
For salaries Of the chief naval constructor and en-.
gineer-ln- chief, sin thousand dollars.
For compensation Of the chief of the bureau Of
Ordnance and Hydrogaphy, and to the draug hsman,
clerks, and messenger in his office, eight thousand
! tour hundred dollars.
For compensation Of the chief of the bureau Of
Provisions and Clothing, aud TO the clerks and mes
senger in his office, thousand one hundred dol
| lars;
For additional clerk, hereby authorized to be
appointed in the Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing,
Twelve hundred.
For compensation of the chief of the bureau of
Medicine and Surgery, and To the clerks, assistant
surgeon, and messenger in his office six thousand six
hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said department, and
all the bureaus connected Herewith, namely
For blank books, binding stationery printing, and
labor, four thousand hundred and forty dollars
For miscellaneous items, one thousand six hun
dTed and sixty dollars
For the contingent expenses Of the southwest exc
suiye building, namely:
For labor, fuel, and light, one thou, and six hun
dred and seyenty-iye dollars;
For miscellaneous items, one thousand hun
bred and fifty dollars
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
For compensation to the Postmaster General,
three Assistant Postmasters General clerks messen-
gers, assistant messengers superintendent and watch
men, oil the said department, seyentyfour thousand
five hundred and fifty dollars
| For the contingent expenses of said department,
namely
| For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel, oil,
printing, labor, and day watchmen six thousand one
| hundred and sixty dollars;
For miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars
For compensation of the Auditor for the Post
Once department, clerks, messenger, and assistant
messenger IN his office, eighty five thousand seven
hundred dollars.
| Forcontingeut expenses of said Office, namely:
For labor, blank books, binding, stationery print.
ing blanks and circulars, four thousand one hundred
| and sixty dollars;
| For miscellaneous items seven hundred dollars,
| To enable the Postmaster General to purchase for
the use OF the Post Office Department. the remainder
Of the square on hch the General Post Office build
Ing Is situated, at the prices agreed upon with the
owners oil The property twenty-eight thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars;
For defraying the expenses of the magnetic tele-
graph from the city Of Washington to Baltimore for
the current year ending the first day of February
next, the said sum TO be discussed under the direc.
ton and supern' endence of the Postmaster General
eight thousand dollars.
PATENT OFFICE.
For the purchase of such scientific works as are
necessary for the use Of the Patent Office one thou
sand dollars for the collection agricultural stats
tisucs, and other purposes, three thousand dollars
which several sums, amounting in the whole to four
thousand dollars, TO be paid cut of the patent fund
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
For repairs of the Capitol, lamp lighters, oil for
lamps, wick and repairs OF lamps and lamp posts at
tending furnaces and water closets cleaning the ro-
tundo and crypt laborers and carriage on the Capitol
grounds, tools, wire leather nails and manure and
straw for grounds, and shrubs attendance al the
western gates of the Capitol, repairs of public sta
bes and sewers keeping in order the iron pipes that
conduct the water to the Capitol and public Offices
for repairs of the root of the Capitol and hose for the
grounds, eight thousand two hundred and seventy
four dollars and fifty cents.
For gardeners salary, twelve hundred dollars
For repairs of the Presidents house laborers and
| carriage, Tools wire, Irvine, leather, stakes nails and
manure and straw for grounds, trees for the Presi
dents grounds, Fountain square, Lafaye square,
and Pennsylvania avenue, repairs of fence at Foun-
tam square, Lafayette square, Presidents garden
and for repairs of pumps and sewers, three thousand
and seventy-sev dollars
For improved iron water posts Pennsy MIA
avenue, Tor tagging in front OF the Treasury build
ngs, for repairs of the figure the ympanum of tho
Capitol, for the purchase Of hose for the Anacosta
Fire Engine Company, four thousand three hundred
and twenty -seven dollars.
For paving AID repairing Pennsylvania avenue,
and repairing the road to the Congressional burial
ground and to the navy yad agreeably to the mode
and under the superintendent provided in bill for
that purpose, which passed the Senate February