Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-29
of the insane Asylum of the District of Columbia


 TOT suPPofI' care and medical treatment of tran sie'ig paers medical and surgical patients in Wash lngton lnfrmary. B 0OO
 $l,000. '' f"'-0 si0"'i'''
 For hlre ot carts on the public grounds. sl 900.
 For purchase and repair of tools used in the public grounds $500.
 For purchase of trees and tree boyes to renlaoe where necessary such have been planted bv the United States and the repair of payenleuts in front of the pubic grounds 5000.
 For or annual repairs of the Capitol, water closets puhlc stables, water pipes. pavements and otiar walks within the Capitol Square. broken glass and locks, S6,000.
 For annual repairs of the Presidents house and l"lnltute' (ncIudng the painting of the east room and entire wood work of the interior fitting ID the Watcr-closets and ciSterns and makinr other neces Sary Improvements improvement of grounds pur- chasing trees and plants for garden and making hot $ll 900.
 For refurnishing the Presidents house. to be ey- pended under the direction of the President in addi- tlon to the proceeds of the sale of such of the furi tufe and eqmpase as may be decayed and unfit for use S20 900.
 For fuel in part for the Presidents house. sl 800
 For lighting tine Presidents house and Capitol the pnbhc grounds around them and around the Execu- ClVe we offleeS and PennsylNania Avenue. s270oO. For purchase of books for library at the execut ve mansion to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States S250
 For erecting cast-iron lamp posts and lighting the same With gas from the western terminus of Penn SyIvania Avenue, through Bridge and High streets III Georgetown, S4009: Procided, the cost of the same shall not exceed the price paid for those now in use by the government on Pennsylvania Avenue
 For compensation to Alfred L. Rives, civil engi- neer, and paying the incidental expenses in making surveys, drawings specifications and estimates for a orld e across the Potomac, under of Congress S64lO IT.
 For repairs of the Potomac, Navy Yard, and Upper bridges. S6 ,0OO.
 For repairs of Pennsylvania Avenue &. .O0o Square, S3,0oo.
 For taking care of the grounds south of the Pres dents house, e ntlnuing the improvements of the same, and keeping them in order S3 900.
 For tine erection Of stables and conservatory at the Presidents hou~e. to replace those about to b. taken down to make room for the extension of the Treasury building, $3D,0O0.
 For the preservation and improvement of the Circle at the intersection cf Pennsylvania and New Iamp- shire Avenue, and and Twenty third streets $l,- 300. "
 For completing the grading and travcliug New Jer- sey Avenue from Nor | b street to New York Ave- nuc, the sum of $7,oUJ.
 For the payment of laborcrs employed in shovel Ahg snow from the walks to and around the Capitol tine Presidents house and other public buiIlu $500
 For repairs Of water pipes. 500.
 TOT continuing Warrington aqUeduct $l .0D0.0
 Forcon'mung tn: imProvementof udicury Square. repairing tenec an completing tho pavement around
 For completing the improvement of the ground, of the Botanic Garden. Sl DuO.
 For continuing the grading and planting with trees the unllnWoytd portion of the mall. SIo.OQD.
 forrePar' of tne furnaces under the Senate Cham Der ani supreme Court rooms $500
 For Umtc' States Capitol extension. T9O0 .0)0
 For eonunulng the work of the new dome of the Capitol, 55oO,01y.
 For extension ol tic General Post Office, $2oo 0oo.
 For euiarting the building for custom house. Po't-o!tee, amt court room at Buffalo, New York, @I2l ujU inc iuIng the per cent. for incdentals ana Tor the like purpose at Chic.go Illinois 500 900 with the ten pal ccnt. for incidental cXpelloes.
 for the construction ot a custom house. Uni cd $5D.OOo.
 For the construction of warehouses at Quarantine N,"Nan oll tAc Mississippi river, below New Orleans, S3'.o2p: Ir"r4Lo3 Ina. AD pat pf said shall be eXpenIed until the State of Louisiana shall pass law ccIlug jurisdiction over the site of such ware hou>e to the United States. and shall grant to the United States the Use ot much land as may be ne ccnnAIy Tor the construction of such warchUU>e with water front and privilege of the wharf built or hereafter to be built at said station.
 Forthe continuation and completion ofthe custom house, post-oiAce, etc., at Dubuque Iowa. $2J,UO0, with ten per cent for contingencies; and the Socre- ary of the Treasury k hereby authorized .o take pos, sssHl"n amt pay for the land and prosecute tue work coniIpned upon the city of Dubuque entering into bond III Is corporate capa.Ity with good and Sufi- cient individual scturi for twice the amount of the appropriations. that ths legislature of Iowa will at i, next session. pas act ccding exclusive jur.di Ii n over the ,re to the uteI Stat- aud forever exempt ing the property from all taxation.
 for uA-Lih- tnotWay in tho congressional buryng ground from tho entrance Of the lO Inc govern Iucut vault S22Ou.
 For thc collection of agricultural statistics vesti Gaunn~ for promoting agIltuturt and rural economy. and tht procurement, an, distribution of cutting and seals. :Hlo'l. io ba expended under the direction of ne commissioner ut p.,eIlt,; ura to enable th. com niS-l"el Of patents to coirct J re ,oit information III icA'1on to the to--Hmi;loA If cotton i'll the raI c"utrlc- If thn world. &3.5pp.
 To enable tc >earerar, of til Interior to Iay tho superintendent of Jhe building occupied by said Sc- elafy anll hi> T, ar5nelt from tine first day of 4n- navy, l~3' 70 fIt 3'th June. l~ao t, allowance to be made to such -u ue.iutcu4nt with his salary as clerk i't to cNtt-l 5000 Der auuUm, the slnn ol s1o1.
 For 3aEeiue tha main avenue in tie Botanic Gar dei!' @iId for -t"nc gultel for same %},3fJ.
 tor tha cnis,u..i0u ot a wooden bridge with a I'uh4e u4rA aero.~ ,le canal in the liuc of Maine a,,uut, El53n.
 Tyr a.aop1' d th. contractors on the construction @' ne marine hospital ~t Nlckabug, Mississippi,
 For ,he continuation and completion of the United N'as court uejoo and pu,t olre ac Indianapolis. Indiana. di,o1t. YtA'en perccu turconiugencc,
 For tine conilluAtion and completion of the build h@r for the tlAtel Sate, courts and poat-oiice at hd,-unl anl Windsor, Vermont. slU,u01 each with ten Der cent. for coil. in4ecje>
 For comp anI Htting up the post office in the bmhhnE erected for custom house and post oLic. at Clncinnuti, <i53s 90.
 For comIlcinIt ItAc cu~tom- hou-ca at Belfast, Maine. and for furnishing the rame S3, ,5OJ, with ten Der ceAC for contiI r-iigics
 For completing tic custom house at Bath, Maine $5.5Do.
 For fencing and grading the site of the custom house at Bath, Maine, :Io,opo.
 For eniaFglug the custom house at Ogclensburr New lorA. and providing for the Uses of the United States courts and their federal officers $50 ,J0U with ten per cent. on tho same for contingencies.
 For rp I,,,,,. l,,. section oi seventh street the width of said street on the plan known Belgian pavement" the sum of 3o'o0o, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose.
 For furnishing lamp posts ndlamps on the north eAStand west sides of La1y square and for taking up and reaying the ootways on the south side of said squme and underdraining the same, the sum ofS 35o
 TOT expenses oI packing and distributing the Con gTe',lon-i Journals and documents, in pursuance of the provisions contained ill the joint resolution of congress, approved 2Sth January. 1857. SD ,OO0
 For small class revenue cutter, to be located in the collection district of key West, $5,5oo.
 lo enable the Secretary of the Treasury to cause such eNclmcls and alHysCs of different beds of oro S to test whether any of such orcs in thei native state possess alloys that will resist the tendency to oAldSe to greater extent than others, and to asrer- tam "lider what circumstances they found. and where, III order to facilitate the proper selections of ron for public works S2 .5Ou.
 For completing and furnishing the building rur- chased ut te Bank of Penn,y vinia to adapt l to the "9VS oi I"St-olLec Ill the city of Phade pha, sluoO1V.
 For expenses of loans and treasury notes, s5.oop: being so much of the amount of such appropriation heretofore made carried to the surplus fund on the 9Vth June, loo6 which Is hereby rcappropropia- ted
 lo enable thc President of the United States to car ry into ctc tha act o Congress ofthe 3d March, lslg and any subsequent acts. in force for the sup pression of the slave trade $o.oo
 IU enable the Secretary of State o pay for the ser vices ol Dr. James Morrow d aglicultufist to the Ja pan expedition under Commodore Perry, such sum as shall be t'und due under the aet for his relie ar- proved loth February lo5z, so,935 6o or So much thereof as may be necessary.
 For the erection of a temporary capitol for Wash ington Territory. $3p.0on, aud fer pelltentialy in the same Territory, s20,o'o inclusive of the sites ot the buildings; Jfoc}ed That eayh building sLaIl b, finished tpr the sums herein appropriated. No enable the committee oil the library to contract with MT. icaly for series of portraits of the Presi dents ot the United States for the executive mansion; Pfottded The cost of the same shall not exceed SlOoU for the full length potrai;s tile sum ot s5 go, Is hereby appropriated: in the discretion of the