, 1857-10-02

end entire woodwork Of tie interior fitting up the
water-cuCts and ,stefns. and niak.sg pthor Eeces-
ns iucl and p.aHi- for garden and making hot
beds therein. and ootirret exncnsos incident there
TO- eleven Thousand lars.
fyr hing The Presd,ut'- house, 10 be cy-
pended uncr the direction OF the President addi-
lion to tie prucoeds Of the sale II such Of The urbi
tuTc end epaipParc a. MY le decgycd and unfit for
use, twenty thousand dollars.
tcr iael IA rsrt toI tic President house thou
sarl oigit hundred dpllsrs.
For lighting the Presidents house and Capitol The
public grounds around them aud around the Evccu-
tive oniccs nd Pennsylvania Avenue. twenty4eyen
.hou md dai.ars.
For pgrchl., Of books for library a, the executive
man-ion, TO he expended under tie direction If the
plei'ot Of tie -uited States, two hundred and lty
dollar.
f3r c'oeiin- eastiron lamppo.,s and lighting the
Ssric with gs from the western terminus of Pcunsy
virii Avenue. through Bridge aud High siiccts in
heorgetWn, todr thousand dDilar,: Provided the cost
oi u" sane shall net exceed Tie psyo paid f1r ihlc
ov IN q g by the g4icfuneut on Pennsylyaaa Ave
lue.
Pr compensation 70 Alfred T. Rive. civil engineer
iId ayhg The ined Hal eNpeus e. in making surrey
a'ro,s the Potomac, under an act II Congress, SIX
ih9a'and icnr hundred and ten dollars and seventy
even cents.
For repair, Of the Potomac, Navy Yard and Upper
bridges, siN ,Iou.and dollar.
dollars.
for pull' reservation number two aud Lafayette
square Tire thousand dollar.
Fg tai lag care Of the grounds s3Gth Of the Ple,i-
dents hlu-e, continuing the Improvements Of the
,''iie and keeping them In order three thoutand dol
For the erection Of stables and conservatory az the
Presideni house, to replace those about 20 he tken
wn 10 make room for the extension Of the Treasury
Building twenty llou.ard lollars.
For TN preservation and Improvement Of the Cir
cle at the ut.i.ecti0n Of Pennsylvania aud New
Hampshire AyeGdc, and X and IWecty-tlaird streets
one thoa7and tive hundred dollars
For completing the grading aud gravclling New
jersey Avenue ifom ID street 10 New York Avenue
the sum OF seven Thousand dollars.
For the payment Of laborcr- employed in shnyelling
sn0w from tile walk 10 aLd around the Capitol the
Presidents house. and other public buiidings, five
hundred dollars.
For repairs Of watcrpipes, five hundred dollars.
Tor coi,iiuung Washington squcduct, one million
Of dollars
For continuing the improvement Of Judiciary
square, repairing fences, and completing the pave
iGcnt around the same, six thousand dollars.
For comretine the Improvement OF the grounds Of
the Botanic Garden one thousand dollars.
For continuing the gnding and planting with trecs
the unmproved portion vi the mall ten thousand dol.
lars.
For repairs Of the furnaces underline Senate cham.
ter aLd Supreme Cont rooms, five hundred dollars.
For United states Capitol extension, nine hundred
thousand dullars.
For continuing the work OF the new dome Of the
Capitol, five hundred thousand dollars.
F9I extension Of the GeRvrl P0stUlte, two hun
dred thousand dollars
For oularsng tic building for a custom house post
oilre, aud court room at Bai.io. New York one hun
drcd and twenty-one thousand dollars including the
ten ,r cent, for iucia,ta aud for the like purpose
NJ Chlcago, Illinois, Two hundred thousand dollars
with ten per cent for Incidental expenses.
For the construction Of customhOuse United
states court rooms, aud pOs.-Ofice at Cairo linoi.
fifty thousand collars.
For the construction of warehouse al Quarantine
station on the Mississippi river, below New Orlcln.
hiiy thousand duar,: Provided That no part Of said
SUN shall be expended until the state Of Louisiara
shall pass law ceding jurisdiction over the ste OF
such warehouse e. the United States and shall grant
10 tile United States the of 80 much land as may
be necessary for the construction of such warehoUs
WIN waller front and privilege Of The wharf now built
or hereafter TO be built at said station.
For the continuation and completion OF the custom
house, posoihce, &c. at Dubuque, Iowa twenty tho.
sand dollars, with ten per cent for contingencies; and
The Secretary of the Treasury Is hereby authqC To
take possession and pay for the land and prosecute
the work conditioned d upon the city of Dubuqua u.i-
terng into bond in its corporate capacity with good
and sufficient individual security ior twice the
OF the appropriations that the legislature Of Iowa
VIII al il. next session, pass act cedindg exclusive
Jurisniction over the site to the United States ana
forever eNempting the property from all taxation.
For Tagging footway in the congressional burning
ground. from the entrance Of the same to the gov
ernment vault, two thousand two hundred dollars.
For the collection OF agricultural statistics iuyesti-
CATIONS Tor promoting agriculture and rural economy
ind the procurement and distribution OF cutting and
seeds sixty thousand dollars, to be EXPENDED under
the direction Of the Commissioner Of patents: and to
enable the commissioner of patents to collect aud
port Information in relation to the consumption of
cotton in the several countries OF the world three
tAOusand five hundred dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the
superintendent Of the building occupied by said Sec
retary anil his department TOm the first day of jam.
Jude, eighteen hundred thirtyeight. the allowance TO
ne madf 10 such superintendent with his salary a.,