The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-19

For extension Of stables aud erection OF shsds in
nexion with the stock yard fopr thousand dollars
Pos hesAfnx ana yp,e kang ths ntiSs hahnishod
mainder Of the hospital edce, and fos lighy remodel
ling tho heating sapa~s al the peQA fniaAod portions
Of the building that the heating and vsnlsof the
whole establishment shAu ~ CONNECTED and efficient
system, fifteen Thousand dollars. ssalss ia1i1 r.
For support care and medical treatment of forty tran
sient psupen, medical aud surgical patients in Washing
ton Infirmaxy, six thousand dollars. So
For purchase of manure for the public grounds one
thousand dollars
For hire Of carts the public grounds thousand
and ninety-fve dollars and fifty cents
For purchase and repair Of tools used la the public
grounds, i've hundred dollars
For purchase of trees and tree boxes replace where
necessary such have been planted by the United States
and the repair of Id front of the public grounds
five thousand dollars. sal-sf
For annual repairs Of the Capitol closets public
stables water pipes psvemsnts and other walks within
the Capitol Square broken glass and locks six thousand
dollars ts
To eusbe the CsrnmAmioasr Of Public Buildings TO fit
up with shelves the two at the south end of the
library of Congress- for tho of the library, and for
putting up partition in the passage to them two hun
For annual repairs Of the Presidents House and furni
ture improvement OF grounds, purchasing trees and
plants for garden and making hot beds therein and
ngent expenses incident thereto, twelve thousand dol
lars. 8.taW8f a Nv
For fuel in part of the Presidents House, one thou
sand eight hundred dollars
For lighting the Presidsnt's House and Capitol. the
public grounds around them and around the Executive
Offices and PennyylyaniA avenue, and Bridge and High
streets in Georgetown, forty three thousand dollars
For erecting thirty additional lamp posts in Bridge
and High streets in Georgetown eight hundred and ten
dollars ~ at ,star,
For purchase of books for library at the executive
mansion to he expended under the direction of the Pres
dent Of the United States two hundred and fifty dollars
For repairs of the Potomac Navy Yard, and upper
l-tl .f-2~< Loxa. IL l.xll T.
For repairs of Pennsylvania avenue, three thousand
dollars 4e VIZ ~ Ma44 4
To pay the residue of the salary due the engineer for
constructing the bridge the Potomac at Little Falls
thousand Ave hundred and eighty nine dollars and
cents and for painting the hand rails, and
iron work said bridge four hundred dollars and the
bridge is hereby placed under protection Of Georgetown
with power to regulate the speed OF travel and the pas
sage OF droves of cattle the same but tolls shall
be charged ~ NN g 81
For public reservation number two Lafayette Square,
three thousand dollars. 49, ,.s.-anr
For taking care Of the grounds south OF the Presidents
House and keeping them in order, Thousand dollars
For the payment Of laborem employed in shoyelling
snow from the walks to and around the Capitol, the
Presidents House. and the pevements along the govern
ment reservations on Pennsyvana avenue eight hundred
dollars. .r lsaaa s-aa aa.s. '4i,y tss z
For repairs of water pipes, five hundred dollars
For repairs of the furnaces under the Senate Chamber
and Supreme Court room, one thousand dollars
For casual repairs Of the Patent Office building three
thousand dollars. /
For completing the west wing Of the Patent Office
building, filling up the southwest corner of the square
setting the curb and raising Ninth street in front of the
building to its proper grade, fifty Thousand dollars
For repairing the fence around that portion Of the mall
upon which the Smithsonian institution is situated
thousand dollars f a*s Da a3aatt
For cleaning out the sewer traps Pennsylvania
nue., three hundred dollars
For purchasing plants for the conservatory at the Pres
ident's House. one thousand dollars tgfK :a8 III
For the completion of the Washington Aqueduct eight
hundred thousand dollars, and in addition thereto,
much OF the appropriation of two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars or paying existing liabilities for the Wash
ngton Aqueduct and preserving the work already done
from injury" contained in the act entitled "An act
making appropriations for certain civil expenses OF the
government for the year ending the threth june eigh
teen hundred and fifty seven, approved eighteenth
August, eighteen hundred and fifty six may not be
required for Raid purposes For United States Capitol
Extension, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Provided, That none OF this appropriation shall be ex
pended in embellshing any part of the Capitol extern
sion with sculpture paintings unless the designs for
the shall have undergone the examination of
mittee of distinguished artists not to exceed three In
number be selected by the President and that tho
designs which said committee shall accept shall ALSO
receive the subsequent appreciation of the Joint Com
mittee the Library Of Congress but this provision
shall not be construed to apply to the execution Of
designs heretofore made and accepted from Crawford and
Rogers ESQ
For extension Of the General Post Office hundred
thousand dollars. ea
of the District of Columbia, at seyenyve cents per
copy authorized by act approved third March, eighteen
hundred and fifty five, thousand eight hundred and
seventy 1--WE dollars. &ta
For derayng the expenses Of certain party Of Omaha
Indians who visited the city of Washington during the
months of February and March, eighteen hundred and
be expended under the direction of the Sec
rotary of the nterorbeng the balance Of former ap
propration which carried the surplus fund the
thireth June, eighteen hundred and fifty venthree
hundred and thrty-fve dollars.
For continuing the extension of the Treasury building
five hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the work the custom house at New
Orleans Louisiana two hundred and fifty Thousand dol
lars. '-
For continuing the work on the custom house at
Charleston South Carolina, two hundred thousand dol
lars.
For the completion of custom houses at the following
places viz at Ellsworth Maine two thousand dollars; at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire fifty thousand dollars at
Bristol, Rhode Island including fencing and grading, five
thousand dollars at New Haven Connecticut sixty thou
sand dollars at Oswego New York. ten thousand dollars
ut Patsburg New York ten Thousand dollars at Newark
New Jersey ten thousand dollars at Norfolk, Virginia.
twenty thousand dollars at Pensacola, Florida, five
thousand dollars at St. Louis Missouri, twenty thou
sand dollars at Mobile, Alabama including fencing and
paving thirty thousand dollars at Galena Illinois, ten
thousand dollars at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ten thou
sand dollars and for annual repairs at custom houses
fifteen thousand dollars For the completion Of marine
hospitals at the following places viz at Portland Maine
three thousand dollars at St. Marks Florida two thou
sand Ave hundred dollars at New Orleans Louisiana in
Guiding filling up site, grading introducing gas and wa
ter pipes and fixtures, and fencing eighty fve at Gin
cinnati Ohio fifty thousand dollars at Galena, Illinois,
FIVE thousand dollars and for annual repairs at marine