The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-12


For extension of the General Post Office two hundred
/ thousand dollars
For charging the building for custom.house post Of
fee and courtroom Buffalo, New York one hundred
and twentyone thousand dtllrs including the per
cent for incidenal and for the like urp5e Chicago
illinois, two hundred thousand dollars, with the Ten per
cent for incidental expenses.
For the construction of custom house United States
eortroomsi and pest Office at Caro- Inois fifty thousand
| dollars.
For the construction of WAREHOUSES at Quarantine
tion the Mississippi river below New Orleans nifty
thousand dollars Provided That part of said gum
shall be expended until the State of Louisiana shall pass
law cedng jurisdiction tie site of such warehouse
y the United Satss and shall grant to the United States
the use Of much land may be necessary for the
sructon of such warehouse with water front and priv
ege OF The wharf built hereafter 10 be built at said
station.
For the constinuation and completion of the CUSTOM
house post Office &c at Dubuque Iowa twenty thodsend
dollars with ten per cent for contingencies and the Secre
ay Of the Treasury hereby authorized TO take posses
sion and pay for the land and prosecute the work copd
tiored upon the city of Dubuque entering into bond IL
is corporate capacity with good and sufficient individual
security for twice the amopn of the appropriations that
the legislature of Iowa will at session pass
cedng exclusive Jurisdiction the site to the United
States and forever exempng the property from all taxa
| ton.
For tagging footway in the Congressional buryipg
ground from the entrance of the to the goverhment
| vault, two thousand two hundred dollars
For the collection OF agricultural statistics inyestga
tons for promoting agriculture and rural economy and
the procurement and distribution of cutting and seeds
sixty thousand dollars be expended under the direction
of the Commissioner OF Patents and snable the Com
missioner of Patents collect and report information ia
relation 10 the consumption of cotton in the several coun
tries of the world three thousand five hundred dollars
To enable the Secretary of the Interior pay the super
nendent of the bnildng occupied by said Secretary and
his department. from the first day of January eighteen hun
dred thirtyve to Tie ,bttesh June eighteen hundred
hrtyegh the allowance be made to such snperintend
ent with his salary clerk not to exceed two thousand
dollars per aunum, the sum of seven hundred dollars.
For tagging the main the Botanic Garden, and
stone gutter for same three thousand three hundred
1 and sixty dollars
For the construction of wooden bridge with double
track the canal in the line Of Maine avenue fifteen
hundred dolars
! For amount due the contractors on the construction
OF the marine hospital at vieksburg Mississippi seventeen
hundred and sixty-two dollars ami ffiJ Jeisht cents.
For the continuation and completion OF the United States
courthouse and post Office at Indianapolis Indiana sixty
seven thousand dollars with ten per cent for contin-
/ gencies
For the continuation and completion of the baildngs for
the United States courts and post office at Rutland and
Windsor Vermont forty thousand dollars each with ten
| per cent for ccntingencies)
For completing and fitting up the post Office in the build
ing erected for customhouse and post offices at Cncn-
matt four thousand three hundred au thryeght dollars
and ninety cents.
For completing te custom-house at Belfast Maine, and
for furnishing the three thousand hye hundred dol
/ lars with ten per cent for contingencies,
i For completing the custom House at Bath Name hve
| thousand five hundred dollars.
Fer fencing and grading the site of the Custom House al
Bah Maine, ten ,housaud dollars.
/ For enlarging the custom-House at odensburg New
York aud providing for the of the United States courts
and their federal officers fifty thousand dollars, win
| per cent on the same for contingencies.
For repavng Pennsylvania at the intersection OF
Seventh street. the width of said street. On the plan known
Belgian pavement the of five thousatd dsiars
much thereof be necessary for that purpose
For furnishing lampposts and lamps on the north east
and West sides OF Lafayette Square, and Tor taking up ana
reaying the ootways the eouh side OF said quare and
understanding the ssms the sum OF one thousand taree
bundled and fifty dollars.
i For expenses uf packing and distributing the Con-
aJa au6d in
provisions contained in The joint Resolution OF Congress
approved twenty eighth January eighteen hundred aud
| fifty seven twenty two thousand dollars
For small class cutter to be located in the col
lection district of Key West i've thousand hive hundred
dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury TO cause such
ex permenis and analyses of different beds of ore to
whether any of such ores in their native State possess
alloys that will resist the tendency to oxdse to greater
extent than Others and to ascertain under what circu-
they found and where's in order to facilitate the
proper selections Of Iron for Public Works two thousand
| five hundred dollars.
For completing and furnishing the building purchased Of
the Bank Of Penns adapt to the of post
Office in the city of Philadelphia one hundred thousand
dollars.
dollars being much of the amount of such appropriation
heretofore made carried to the surplus fund on the
thirtieh June eighteen hundred and 6ftysix which Is
| hereby reappropriaed
To enable the President of the United States to carry
into effect the act of Congress of the third March eighteen
hundred and nineteen and any subsequent acts now in
| eaud dollars.
To enable the Secretary of State pay for the
of Dr. James Morrow agrcuurst to the Japan expedi
ton under Commodore Perry such shall be found
due under the for his relief approved eighteenth Feb
ruary eighteen hundred and yseven, thousand nine
hundred and nnety-6ve dollars and sixty cents or so
| much thereof as may be necessary.
For the erection Of temporary capitol for Washington
Territory thirty thousand dollars and for penitenary
in the Territory twenty thousand dollars inclusive OF
the sites of the buildings Propided That each building
shah be flushed for the ms herein appropriated.
To enable the Committee the Library to contract with
hr Healy for series Of portraits OF the Presidents of
The United States for the Executive Mansion; Provided
The of the shall exceed thousand dollars
for the fulengh portraits the sum Of FIVE Thousand dol
lars is hereby appopriaed in the discretion of the
committee TO purchase sch OF Suarts portraits OF the
Presidents as shall be for sale.
For building court house and post Office at Raleigh
North Carolina fifty thousand dollars.
For building courthouse and post Office at Columbia
South Carolina fifty thousand dollars.
For building court house at Madison Wisconsin fifty
thousand dollars.
For court house and post Office at Memphis in the State
of Tennessee fifty thousand dollars
For building Tallahassee Florida to accommodate
the United States courts and post Office fifty thousand dol
lars
To supply deficiency in the appropriation for the saa
ries of the Judges of the circuit and orphans courts for the
District Of Columbia for the year ending June thirteh
eighteen hundred and ffyeght four thousand and fifty
dollars
For the completion Of United States court house and
post Office at Key West Florida thirty thousand dollars
with ten per for contingencies aud much may
be necessary for the purpose of suitable site for the
same.
SEC And Be further enacted That the President Of
the United States and he hereby authorized to appoint