The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-27

eighty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to purchase suitable number of
iron settees to be placed in the public
grounds at the Capitol and Presidents
House, the sum of eight hundred and
forty dollars
For compensation of the keeper of the
western gate of the Capitol grounds, sew
en- hundred and thirty dollars.
For compensation of two additional
day watchmcn, to be employed in pre-
serving the public grounds about the
Capitol, authorized by the act fifteenth
May, eighteen hundred and fifty, to sup
ply the deficiencies, and the act of thir-
tieth September, eighteen hundred and
fifty, making appropriations for the cixil
and diplomatic expenses of Government,
at five hundred dollars each, one thou
sand dollars
For compensation Of the messenger
in charge Of the main furnace in the
Capitol, three hundred and fifty dollars
For compensation of the laborer in
charge of the water closets in the Capt.
tol. three hundred and sixty-fve dollars.
For cart hire upon the public grounds
one thousand dollars
For the purchase Of manure for the
public grounds. one thousand dollars
For the purchase of tools for laborers.
five hundred dollars
For the purchase of trees and tree
boxes, to replace when necessary such
as have been planted by the United
States. and for repairs of pavcments in
front of the public grounds, thirteen
hundred dollars.
To complete and revise the grades in
the city of Washington, and to deter
mine the plans for the drainage and
sewerage thereof, six thousand dollars
the surveys and plans to be made by
the engineer now in charge of that duty.
under the direction of the President of
the United States.
To enable the President of the United
States to cause the necessary surveys,
projects and estimates to be made for
determining the best mean. of affording
the cities of Washington and George
town an unfailing and abundant supply
of good and wholesome watcr--rcport
thereof to be made to Congress at its
next scssion-thc sum of five thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be
found necessary.
For dcfraying the expenses incurred
in the improvement and for embellish-
ing the triangular space on the north
side Pennsylvania avenue, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets, five thou
sand one hundred ard fifty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, under the direction Of the Presi-
dent of the United States, to purchase a
site in the neghborhood of Washingt on,
and for the erection, furnishing and fit
ting up of an asylum for the insane of
the District of Columbia, and of the army
and navy of the United States. enc hun
drcd thousand dollars Provided, That
the whole expense ofpurchasing the site
and of erecting, furnishing, and fitting
up the building, shall not exceed the
sum herein appropriated
For compensation of two drawkeep-
ers, and for fuel and oil for the lamps OF
the Potomac bridge, one thousand three
hundred and seventy-seven dollars and
fifty cents.
For the support, care, and medical
treatment in the Washington Inirmary
of twelve transient paupers, medical and
l surgical patients, two thousand dollars
For compensation and contingent ex
: penses of the auxiliary guard, fourteen
, thousand eight hundred dollars
For compensation of two draw-kecp
D ers, and fuel and oil for the lamps of tho
| two bridges across the eastern brancl
T. of the Potomac river, nine hundred dol
f lars.
e For repairs of the two bridges ovcl
T. the Eastern Branch of the Potomac riv
. er, four thousand nine hundred anC
' ninety-ninc dollars and that the bridg
D.. cs across the Potomac and Eastern
Branch thereof be surrendered to the
authorities of the District of Columbia
= For lighting Pennsylvania avenu,
( from the Capitol grounds to the Presi
= dents House. the Capitol grounds, thu
Presidents House and grounds. and tn,
! streets around the Executive Offices, six
{ teen thousand dollars
T. For enclosing Lafayette square witt
an iron fence, including four gates
: twelve thousand dollars.
\ For defraying the expense incurred il
r the improvement of Lafayette square
: three thousand nine hundred and eighty
= eight dollars.
For the completion of the east wing
of the Patent Office building, one hun
dred and three thousand dollars Pro
yidcd, That the work and materials furn
ished by contract for said building, and
l likewise the materials for the extension
l. of the Capitol, be measured agreeably
to the original contracts, and that NJ
!, further payments be made until the
, measurmeent is made and reported
Q The contracts and the proposals to be
put in the hands of the mcasurer, and
he or they to be sworn, before entering
| en- duty, to examine and measure and
report every part of the work and mate
t rials without deviation from the con-
t tracts and proposals and ifit be shown
, that any extra materials are used, they
to be rated at the pro rata price for ma
terials only, and entered in a separate
5 column of the account. And the same
!, rule or measurment to be applied to all
!, other buildings and other public works
{ and contracts in this District. And it
D shall be the duty of the Comptroller OF
I the Treasury to arrest and stop any YOU
cher not made in form and in accord
: ance with the terms of tho contract
against which it is drawn. And it is
} hereby made penal offence for every
maasurer and insnactor of work or dis.