Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-10-05


June eighteen hundred and four thousand eight
hundred and seventy-fve dollars. - -
For contingent expenses Of oil missions abroad forty thou
sand dollars
For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse thirty thou
Forexpsnses of intercourse with the Barby Powers nine
thousand dollars.
For salary ofhe consul at London two thousand dollars
To defay the expenses special agent to the three repub
lies OF Venczue New Grenada Ecuador to claims ohose
Governments respectively the several amounts due from each
Of them on claims Of citizens Of the United States against the
former Government Of Columbia, two thousand dollars
three thousand dollars.
To Anthony Ten Eyck for salary and contingent expenses
as commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, for the year ending
December thirty first eighteen hundred and orynine three
seven cents. -
10 Charles Eames, for additional compensation as late
Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, in pursuance of the
of the Department Of State three thousand
dollars.
For interpreters guards and other expenses of the consul
aes az Constantnope, Smyrna and Alexandria one thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For the expenses of the agent of the Sublime Porte ten
Secretary of State.
For office rent Of the consul at Basle in Switzerland one
hundred dollars
For salary Of commissioner to reside in China including
ue aadon compensation under the act Of the eleventh of
dollars
For salary of the interpreter and secretary said mission
two thousand five hundred dollars
For compensation Of the consss at the five ports China
VIZ; Kwang Chow, Annoy, Fuchow, Ningpo, and shang-
bal, five thousand dollars.
For salary of consul general at Alexandria, hee thousand
dollars #3 a18 n
For clerk hire office rent and other expenses Of the Office
Of the consul London thousand eight hundred dollars
For salary of the consul Beirou five hundred dollars
For relief and protection Of American In foreign
countries one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars
MISCELLANEOUS. M
For the annual repairs in the capitol and attendance
furnaces in crypt attendance Closets cleaning
tundo for public gardener and aborers and carriage the
capitol grounds, TOOLS w twine leather nails chains and
posts boxes, straw, withdrawing, manure for grounds
attendance at the western gates of the capitol repairs Of pub
Inc stables tagging, enclosures, &C., keeping in order iron
pipes that convey water to the capitol and public Offices and
repairing damages by freshes brooms brushes, wooden
spades and shoveing snow, repairing abuments at Tber
creek graveng the walks in the capitol ground enclosing
and improving the public grounds at the NORTH SOUTH east
and west of the CAPITOL the open triangular spaces Pennsy
vana avenue for reaying and repairing flag in the
building terraces, and western approaches, &C., and for
other incidental repairs and Improvements, twenty thousand
dollars RI
For annual repairs Of Presidents house. gaden and labor
travelling the walks Presidents square, manure leather
nails TOOLS &C., and repairs of fence at Lafayette square,
Fountain square, Presidents square, and Presidents garden,
cartage &c, four thousand Eve hundred dollars. ,t
For improving the grounds in Lafayette square and fencing
the same three thousand doa be expended under the
direction Of the President Of the United States.
For compensation of four ASSISTANTS drawkeepers at the
Potomac bridge, including oil for lamps and machinery fire.
wood, and repairs, five thousand dollars Provided That
the allowance the two assistants employed keeping the
southern draw Of said bridge shall be two dollars per day
For lighting Pennsy avenue from Capitol square to
the Treasury Department. and compensation of two lamp
lighters for the same and for lighting the Capitol and Capitol
grounds and Presidents house, eleven thousand dollars
For compensation and contingent expenses of auxiliary
guard six thousand hundred and seventy dollars
H.. A. A. n
omac, pay of two wkeepe oil for lamps and machinery
and for reimbusng TO the Corporation and levy court of
Washington city the Of six hundred and fifty dollars
advanced BY them for repairs already done, five thousand
dollars.
For completing the improvements on Indiana avenue three
thousand dollars.
For grading, gaveng, repairing side walks building Gull
vers aud otherwise improving New Jersey avenue north Of
Capitol three thousand dollars be expended under the
direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings.
For like improvements New Jersey svenue, from the
Capitol square to the public reservation number seventeen
according TO such grade the Corporation Of Washington
may hereafter establish two thousand dollars to be e1pend
ed under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings
For paying balance due Peter German, for furnishing
for paving Pennsylvania avenue, two hundred and sixty
dollars and sixty-fve cents.
For completing the gravelling Fourand half street. from
Maryland avenue to the Arsenal grounds and tagging the
west side one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the support care and medical treatment of twelve
transient pauper medical surgical patients in the Washing
TWO thousand dollars to be expended under the
direction OF the Commissioner of Public Buildings Pr0uide
The physicians and surgeons of the aforesaid nfmary give
bonds for the maintenance of twelve pauper transient patients
during one year. If application be made for their reception,
and bind themselves to keep for the accommodation of
Twelve Pauper patients weekly average during the year.
For completing the grading planting with trees and
closing with substantial wooden fence for their protection,
the mall from Sixth street westward the Potomac river
five thousand dollars.
For extending the sewers from the Executive Department
and the Presidents house the canal and for further mprov
iog the grounds south of the Presidents house, fifteen thou
sand dollars. l. at
For paying balance due the contractors for laying gas
pipes between the Capitol and Fifteenth street. within the
Capitol and Capitol grounds and for chandeliers and burners
In the Presidents house, and completing the branch pipes
lamps &c within the Capitol grounds three thousand dollars
For continuing the under Pennsylvania avenue,
the east line of Fourteenth the canal three thousand
dollars to be expended under the direction Of the Commits
sioner Of Public Buildings.
For the extension Of the CAPITOL according to such plan
may be approved by the President Of the United States
hundred thousand dollars be expended under his direction
BY such architect he may appoint to execute the
That the duties due the United States upon certain
importation Of printed books contained in three cases. mark
cd one hundred and ninety hree hundred and ninety
dom England in the ship J. W. Andrews unto Messrs Hill
and Sears Boston, the value Of said books being seventy
eight pounds four shngs and sxpence seng be and the
same are hereby RENTED Povded 1t shall be made APP
pear 10 the satisfaction Of the Secretary Of the Treasury that
such books have not been imported for SALE but for charitable
and gratuous circulation by ceran religious societies in the
United States.
For refundng John Joseph Chance Bishop of Nachez
the duties paid cathedral bell, presented said Bishop
by Prince Alexander Toronia of Rome, hundred and
fifty dollars
For the expenses Of pauper lunacs in the Maryland Hos