The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-28

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thousand tw hundred miles of1urvoying,
at a rate NOT exceeding foartpsn dofare
per mile, in California
For sectionlng one hundred townships, equal
70 six thousand miles of surveying, in
California, at rate not exceeding twelve
dollars per mile
! III PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
For compensation of the Commissioner of
ru5iic Buildings
For compensation Of the clerk in. the Office
4 Of Commissioner of Public Buildings
For the extension of the United States Cap
| itol
For compensation, in part, of the messen-
ger in charge of the main furnace in the
i Capitol - > - 80
For compensation of the laborer in charge
| Of the water-closets in the Capitol za-
For compensation of the public gardener :
For compensation of sixteen laborers en-
ployed in the public grounds and Preai-
dents garden, at the rate of forty dollars
81 per month each : -al- - ,,-
To supply deficiency for the purchase of
trees and the hire Of laborers on the inn
| provements of reservation number TWO, or
public mall between Seventh and Twelfth
streets west
For compensation of the keeper Of the west
ern gate of the Capitol square
For compensation of two day watchmen,
| employed in the Capitol square, at FIVE
| hundred dollars each -1g
| For compensation of the door-keeper at the
Presidents House, at FIVE hundred dol
lars, and of assistant door-keeper at the
same, at three hundred and sixty-fve dol
! lars per annum
For compensation of two night watchmen
at the Presidents House =
For bridge across the Potomac at Little
| Falls, to be expended under the direction
of the President of the United States =
For the purpose of bringing water into the
city Of Washington, upon such plans and
from such places as the President of the
United States may approve
| For compensation of two draw-keepers and
Waterman at the Potomac Bridge, and
! for fuel and oil for lamps
For repairing the Long Bridge across the
! Potomac river
| the two bridges across the Eastern Branch
| Of the Potomac, and for fuel and oil for
i lamps
For compensation of auxiliary guard, and
for fuel and Oil for lamps
For the support, care, and medical treat
ment, in the Washington lnirmary, of
twelve transient paupers, medical and
surgical patients
For the purchase Of manure for the public
grounds =
For cart hire on the public grounds :
For the purchase and repair of tools upon
the public grounds -
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 pavements in front of the pub
lie grounds .
For annual repairs of the Capitol, water
II closets, public stables, water-pipes, pave
ments, and other walks within and around
the Capitol Square, painting the interior
OF all the committee-rooms, cleaning out
and paving the vaults under the crypt, ex-
J tending gas-pipes through the vaults,
cleaning and embarrassing the ceiling of
the rotundo, replacing broken glass, locks,
&c. =
For annual repairs Of the Presidents House,
J furniture, improvement Of grounds, paint
ing and repairing roof; cleaning, paint
J ing, and embarrassing inside of the
house; extending east wing of offices for
carriage-house, blinds for the west front
J of the house, flooring larseroom IN base.
ment, purchasing trees and plants for
garden, and for making hot-beds therein,
wire fence, &c. :
} Forrefurnishing the Presidents House, to be
expended under the direction Of the Pres
idant, in addition to the proceeds Of the
sale of such of the furniture and equipage
| of the said house as may be decayed, out
Of repair, or unhtfor use
For painting the exterior of the Presidents
House below the cornice
For heating and yentilating the Executive
| Mansion, painting the exterior thereof,
and painting the walls, ceilings, &C., of
the rooms on the first floor, and making
other Improvements and repairs, and for
the purchase of books for the Presidents
! library
For erecting lamp-posts and lamps on both
sides of Pennsylvania avenue from Sew
en- eenth street to Georgetown, and from
the Capitol to the Navy Yard
For comp leung the grading and paving of
the carriage-way Of Pennsylvania avenue
from Seventeenth street to Rock Creek,
and for setting the curbstone and paving
the footway six feet wide on each side of
said avenue, in addition to the sun, here
J tofore appropriated for that object
For enclosing with an iron fence and other
wise improving the triangular space on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenua, oppo-
site the Market-house, and between Sew
enth and Eighth streets
For deficiency for surveying, levelIing,
and measuring the triangular square on
the north side Of Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets :
For supplying deficiency in the appro-
VI priation made March third, eighteen hum
l Irod ,p1 MIN IL
room under the Senate post Office
For lighting the Capitol and Presidents
House, the public grounds around them
and around the executive offices, and
Penn sylvania avenue :
J Towards the erection of the west wing of
Patent Office building
For completing the repairs of the two
bridges across the Eastern Branch
MISCELLANEOUS
For salaries and incidental expenses Of the
commission appointed under the act Of
| March third, eighteen hundred and fifiy-
one. for settling lan,l claims ia California :
J For annuilies and grants :
For expenses of loans and treasury notes :
For pensions to widows and orphans under
J the act entitled " An act to continue half
pay to certain widows and Orphans" APP
! proved February third, eighteen hundred
J and ffty-thrse
For the discharge Of such miscellaneous
claims, not otherwise provided for, as
J shall be admitted in due course of settle
ment at the treasury :
To enable the Clerk Of the House Of Rep
resentatives to furnish, pay for, and de-
n liver the same books to the delegates from
Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah, for the
Thirty-second Cong ess, as per resolution
of said House, passed twenty-sixth July,
eighteen hundred and ffty-two 80, :
To pay to J. T. Mudd for services in the Of
II fee Of Commissioner of Public Buildings,
ftom the day of the death of the late Com
missioner to the appointment of the pres
ont incumbent