The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-01

painting, repairing, rcmOoring, ana sup
plying losses of beacons and buoys, and
for chains and siukers for the same, one
hundred and twelve thousand three hun
bred ann fifty dollars.
For expenses of visiting and inspecting
lights and other aids to navigation, two
thousand dollars.
FOR THE COASTS OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON
AND WASHINGTON.
For supplying nineteen lighthouses
and beacon-lights with oil, glass Chin
neys, chamois skins, polishing powder,
and other cleaning materials, transporta-
ton, expenses Of keeping lamps and ma
chinery in repair, publishing notices to
mariners of changes of aids to naviga-
tion, seventeen thousand two hundred
and seventy dollars.
For repairs and Incidental expenses Of
nineteen lighthouses and buildings con-
nected Herewith, ten thousand dollars.
For salaries of forty-three keepers
and assistant keepers of lighthouses, at
an average not exceeding eight hundred
dollars per annum, twenty-five thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For the expenses of raising, cleaning,
painting, repairing, remooring, and sup
plying losses of floating buoys and bea-
cons, and for chains and sinkers for the
same, and for ooloring and numbering
all the buoys, ten thousand dollars.
For the maintenance of the act prOvid-
ed for by the act of eighteenth of August,
eighteen hundred and fifty-siX, for trans
portation of supplies and materials, and
for repairs of lighthouses, and buoys
service, and for inspecting purposes, thir-
ty thousand dollars.
For Communication of fuel and quarters
for officers of the army serving on light
house duty, the payment of which is no
Ionger provided for by the quartermas-
ter's department, five thousand two hun
dred and thirty-nine dollars and seven
ty-nine cents. .sJ...
For compensation of two Inspectors Of
customs acting as superintendents for
the life-saving stations on the coasts OF
Long Island and New jersey, three
thousand dollars.
For compensation of fifty-four keepers
OF stations, at two hundred dollars each
ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the life
saving stations on the coasts of Long Is
land and New Jersey, twenty Thousand
dollars.
For hire of carts on the public grounds
one thousand and ninety-fiVe dollars.
For purchase and repair of tools useC
in the public grounds, two hundred dol
lars.
For purchase Of trees and tree boxes
to replace, where necessary, such as hay,
been planted by the United States, e
whitewash tree-boXes and fences, and Il
repair pavemcnts in front of the publ,
grounds, three thousand dollars.
For annual repairs of the Capitol, wa
ter-closets, pavemehts, and other walks
within the Capitol square, broken glass
and locks, and for the protection Of tn
building, and keeping the main approach
es to it unencumbered, six thousand dol
lars.
For annual repairs of the President
house and furniture, improvement o
grounds, purchase of plants for garden
and contingent expenses incidental there
TO, five thousand dollars.
For fuel, in part, of the President
House, two thousand four hundred dol
lars.
For lighting the Capitol and Presi
dents House, the public grounds aroun
them and around the Executive office:
and Pennsylvania avenue, Bridge an
High streets in Georgetown, Four-and-a
half street, Seventh and Twelfth street
across the mail, fifty thousand dollars.
For additional fixtures and lightin
and repairing the building and footway
of the custom house and post Office j
Georgetown, in the District of Columbi,
two hundred and fifty dollars, or so muc
thereof as may be necessary,
For purchase of books for library O
the Executive Mansion, to be expende
under the direction of the President {
the United States, two hundred and lft
, dollars.
For repairs of the Potomac Navy VI are
and Upper bridges, and the roads appur
tenant thereto, six thousand dollars.
For repairs of Pennsylvania avcnu
? and watering the same, ten thousan
dollars.
Z For public reservation number two an
! Lafayette square, two thousand dollar
For taking care of the grounds sout
, Of the Presidents House, and keepin
, them in order, one thousand dollars,
For repairs Of water-pipes, five hur
, bred dollars,
For cleaning out the sewer traps @
Pennsylvania avenue, and repairing Il
6 same, three hundred dollars
For repairs Of all the furnaces und
9 the Capitol five hundred dollars,
For repairing Delaware avenue, mort
Of c street north, one thousand dollar
For paying one-half of the eNpens
+ Of sewer traps at the intersection
/ Fourth street west with Il street mort
two hundred dollars,
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE
!, For the support, clothing, and medic
treatment Of the insane of the army al
d navy and Of the revenue service, and
;, the District Of Columbia, at the asylu
# in said District, forty thousand five hu
r. bred dollars
d For finishing, furnishing, heating, al
d lighting Of additional accommodations
the east wing, five thousand dollars
8, For improvements Of the grounds abe
= the hospital and farms, two thousa
20 dollars,
% PATENT OFFICE.
For collectionof agricultural statsti
'- investigations for promoting agricuItJ
b. and rural economy, aud the procuremc
l. propagation, and distribution Of cuttir
ID and seeds, of new and useful yarietl
Pc and for the introduction and protect
of insectiyorous birds, and for inyestig
Of tions TO test the practicability Of p
le pairing 0ax and hemp as a substitute
cotton, sixty thousand dollars Py0ril
- horsrer, That in the expenditure Of I
We ] appropriation, and especially in the