Squatter sovereign., 1855-07-31
NO. 25.
each. one thousand two, hundred

a.
For compensation of the assistant docr-keep-
er at the Presidents house, four hundred and
thirty EIGHT dollars.
For compensation of four draw-keepers at
the Potomac-bridge, and for fael, Gil. and lamps,
three thousand two hundred and fifty-six dol
lars.
For compensation OF two draw-keepers ar
the two bridges across the eastern branch Of
Potomac, and fuel, oil. and lamps, one thousand
one hundred and eighty dollars.
For compensation Of the Auxiliary Guard,
fuel. and oil for lamps, nineteen thousand four
hundred dollars.
eighteen transient paupers. medical and surge
cal patients, Ia Washington inhrmarys three
thousand dollars.
purchase OF manure for the pubic grounds
one Thousand dollars.
For hire of carts on The public grounds, one
Thousand dollars.
For purchase and repair of tools used in the
public grounds, five hundred dollars.
For purchase of trees and tree-boyes. to re-
place, where necessary, such as have been plan-
ted by the United States, and the repair of pave
ments in front of the public grounds. FIVE thous-
| and dollars.
employed for the better Protection of the build
| ings lying south OF the Capitol. and used
public stables and carpenters shop, six hundred
dollars.
closets, public stables, water-pipes. pavements,
and other walks within the Capitol square. bro>
ken glass, and locks, five thousand dollars.
| For annual repairs of the Presidents house.
1 Improvement of grounds. purchasing trees and
plants for garden. end making hotbeds therein,
| six thousand dollars
| For removing the stone wall which now forms
the southern boundary of the psrk at the Pres
| ident's, in accordance with the recommendation
| and plan submitted by the Commissioner Of
Public Buildings, fifteen thousand dollars.
| For removing the old engine-house OF the
| Franklin Fire Company from the triansutar
i space on Pennsylvania Avenue. between Ihir-
teenth and Fourteenth Streets. and inclosing
said space with an iron fence and improving IL,
six thousand dollars.
For removing the present dome over the cen
tral portion of the Capitol extension. under the
direction of the President Of the United States.
one hundred Thousand dollars.
| For public reservation number two, and La
fayette Square. three thousand dollars.
For public reservation number two, and La
fayette Square, three thousand dollars.
| For inclosing the intersection of Pennsyiva-
MIA Aven1e with New Hampshire Avenue. and
! K and Twenty Third Streets. and improving the
space within said circle. three Thousand dollars.
| For inclosing the triangular space, upon
which the western market-honse recently stood.
with iron fence improving the same, five
thousand dollars.
/ For repairs of Pennsylvania Avenue, One
Thousand dollars.
II For footway on north front of the Presidents
house, in lieu of the brick pavement now much
broken. containing seventeen thousand one hnn-
dred and seventy-six square feet at twenty-eight
cents per foot. three thousand eight hundred
and nine dollars and twenty-eight cents.
For finishing the brick pavement on the south
front Of Lafayette Square, one thousand dol
lars.
For purchase OF books for library at the ex-
ecutive mansion, to be expended under the di-
rection of the President of the United States,
two hundred and fifty dollars.
| To complete and revise the grades of the city
of Washington, and to determine the plans for
A. -. -
August thirtv-one, eighteen hundred and fifty
two. FIVE thousand dollars.
| For taking care Of the grounds south of the
, Presidents house, continuing the improvements
of the same. and keeping them in order, three
| For the completion OF the east wing Of the
Patent-O Office building, and the Improvements
connected Herewith, ten thousand seven hund-
!, red dollars.
For lighting the Presidents house and Capt.
!, tol, the public grounds around them, and around
the executive Offices and Pennsylvania Avenue,
East Capitol Street to Second Street, twenty-five
Thousand dollars.
For fuel for the Presidents house, one thou
sand dollars.
/; For furnace keeper at the Presidents house,
three hundred and sixty-five dollars.
!; To complete the furnishing Of the rooms OF
the new wing Of the Patent-office building.
! with furniture and providing the saloon there
in with cases for models, fifteen thousand doll
: lars
1 fss
: and procuring and distributing cuttings and
seeds, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For continuing tie work on the Washington
aqueduct, two hundred and fifty thousand doll
;. lars.
ii For completing the engravings and iiiustra-
: tions OF the Mexican boundary survey, ten
? thousand dollars.
d To meet the expenses Of the transportation
:: of certain persons fsoG San Diego to San Fran
cisco. California. charged with violation of
n the neutrality laws OF the United States, and
4 who surrendered themselves to the military au-
= thorities. one Thousand two hundred dollars.
= For salaries and incidental expenses of the
commission appointed under the act third March
: eighteen hundred and fifty-one. for settling
|. land-claims in California, from third March,
eighte hundred and ffty-five, 10 third March.
! eighteen hundred and ffJs-six, IN addition to
unexpended balance, one hundred and twenty
: thousand dollars.
IS For compensation of thirty clesks OF class
/ one, ten of class two. nise OF class three, and
II one at two Thousand dollars per annurn. one
>. messenger az eight hundred and forty dollars,
II two Iaborers at FIVE hundred and seventy-six
: dollars each. and four wsfehmea at six hundred
l. dollars each per annum. for temporary service
b at the discretion OF the Secretary or the Inte-
rior. in the PensIop-Obice on account or bounty
y lands, seventy-one thousand three hundred and
,e ninety dollars.
/ Foa CoxTrgeEsT ExPENsEs, yIz.--For rem.
OF rooms. stationery, engraving plates for boan-
,f ty-land warrants, paper. and printing the same
d binding books blank hooks for registers, Office
furniture. and miscellaneous items, twenty thou
:. sand dollars.
Of For expenses Of the current fiscal year on ae-
d count of military bounty lands, thirty thousand
E dollars.
rti For clark hire, patents, records. stationery,
,t and miscellaneous items IN the General Land
g. Office, account OF military bounty lands, sev-
ie enty Thousand dollars: Provided, however, Thai
the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion,
i shall be, and he is hereby, authorised to use
g any portion of said appropriation TOR piece
d, work, OF by the day, week. month, or year, al
=. such rate or rates, as he may deem JUST and
E fair
v For compensation of ten clerks OF class one
to be employed temporarily in the Office OF the
A. Third Auditor on account OF military bounty
= lands. twelve thousand dollars; and that the
: Secretary of the Interior be, aEd hereby Is ar-
tE.oEisei and directed 70 pay te Jaceb p Chase
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