Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-01-12


sioner of public buildings.
To enable the commissioner ofpublic build
ings to reconstruct five of the old burton
lburnt-outl furnaces now under the old por
ton of the capitol, five thousand dollars.
For annual repairs of the Presidents house
and furniture, improvement of grounds, pur'
chase Of plants for garden, and contingent ex'
penses incident thereto, six thousand dollars.
For fuel, in part. of the Presidents house,
two thousand four hundred dollars.
For repairs, rcfitting, and furnishing the
Presidents summer residence at the Soldiers
Home, three thousand dollars.
For lighting the capitol and President $
house, the public grounds around them, and
around the executive offices, and Pennsylva-
mia avenue, Bridge and High streets in George
town, Four-and-a-Half street, Seventh anu
Twelfth streets across the mall, and Maryland
avenue west, and Sixth street south, sixty
three thousand i've hundred dollars.
For repairs of the Potomac and upper bridg-
es, six thousand dollars.
For repairs of Pennsylvania avenue, and
aiding in keeping it clean and free from dust,
six thousand dollars
For public reservation number two and La
fayette Square, two thousand dollars.
For taking care of the grounds south of the
Presidents house, continuing the improve
ment of the same, and replacing trees destroy
ed, repairing fences, and other injuries, five
thousand dollars.
For repairs of water-pipcs, five hundred
dollars.
For cleaning out the sewcr-traps on Penn
sylvania avenue and repairing the same, three
hundred dollars
For casual repairs of all the furnaces under
the capitol, FIVE hundred dollars.
For deficiency in thing the floor of the Ii.
brary of congress, one thousand two hundred
dollars.
Sec 2. And be It further enacted. That q
marble floor, similar to that of the congress
sional library or the Senate vestibule, shall be
constructed In the old house of the hall of the
House of Representatives, using such marble
rs may be now on hand and not otherwise
required, and that suitable structures and rail
ings shall be therein erected for the reception
and protection of statuary, and the same shall
be under the supervision and direction of the
commissioner Of public buildings; and SC
much OF the moneys now or heretofore aprro
priated for the capitol extension as may bt
necessary, not exceeding the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars, is hereby set apart and shall
be disbursed for the porses [purpcsesl hereinbe-
fore mentioned. And the President is hereby
authorized to invite each and all the states to
provide and furnish statutes in marble OF
bronze, not exceeding two in number for each
state, OF deceased persons who have been citi
zens thereof, and illustrious for their historic
renown or from distinguished civic or military
services, such as each State shall determine to
he worthy of this national commemoration
and when so furnished the same shall be plac-
ed in the old hall of the House of Representa-,
tives, in the capitol of the United States,
which is hereby set apart, or so much thereof
rs may be necessary, as national statuary
hall for the purposes herein indicated.
To reimburse the commissioner of public
buildings for money expended In replacing
one Of the iron panels in the ceiling of the IL
brary of congress, and to enable the commits
sioner to secure all the panels by fastening
'hem with iron shackles to the roof, five hun
dred dollars.
For repairs Of the basement of the Presi-
dents house, three thousand dollars.
To enable the commissioner of public build
ings to remove the water pipes which conduct
the water from the spring at Franklin Square
to the Presidents house, rendered necessary
by the grading around the treasury extension,
and to lay them down in another place, five
hundred dollars.
To enable the commissioner of public build
ings to enclose Franklin Square with wood
en- fence, and to guard the same and plant it
with trees and shrubbery, three thousand dol
lars.
For repairing fence around Armory Square,
five hundred and tlirty-three dollars.
For painting the iron railing around the
capitol grounds fifteen hundred dollars.
For cleaning and painting the crypt and
passages under the rotunda, two thousand
dollars.
sioner of public buildings in enlarging bench
in supreme court room, one thousand two hun
dred and fourteen dollars
For repairs of navy yard bridge, twenty. five
thousand dollars
For balance due the draughtsman for his
services in charge and continuation Of the Sc
,ies of maps ordered by resolution of the
fourth May, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
for part Of the fiscal year ending in eighteen
l,untlrsd and sixty-two, fifteen hundred aud
twenty dollars and thirty eight cents
For repairs to the bridge across the Potomac
River at Little Falls, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Treasury to
provide temporary accommodations for the
State Department, and for such Of the clerks
Of the second auditor of the treasury as can
not be accommodated in Winters building,
ton thousand dollars.
Jail Of the District OF Columbia. For salary of
warden of the Jail in the District Of Columbia,
from February twenty ninth to thirtieth of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty -four, at the
rate of sixteen hundred dollars per annum,
five hundred and forty dollars and sixty-ive
cents.
Smithsonian Institute. For the preservation
of the collections of the exploring and survey
ing expeditions Of the government, four thou
sand dollars.
Government Hospital for the Insane. For the
support, clothing, and medical treatment OF
the insane of the army and navy and the reve-
nue-cutter services and OF the District of Co
iumbia, at the government hospital for the
insane in said district, including five hundred
dollars for books, stationery, and incidental
expenses, sixty thousand five hundred dollars.
For Flushing, furnishing, heating, and
lighting additional accommodations in the
east wing, five thousand dollars.
For continuation of the wall enclosing the
grounds Of the hospital, ten thousand dollars.
For iron coping of the battlement of the
hospital edifce, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
The Secretary of the Navy il hereby author
lied and required to set apart from the pay Of
any officer of the navy, or OF the marine corps,
who may be under treatment by his order in
the government hospital for the insane, such
a portion of the monthly pay of said OH.
Ger as may be needed for his personal Use and
comfort in addition to the ordinary resources
nf that establishment. The superintendent
Of the government hospital for the insane
shall recommend the portion of the pay Of
ouch officer Of the navy, or of the marine
corps, that shall be set apart in the manner
and for the purpose hereinbefore described,
hut the Secretary of the Navy may in bis dis
erection. increase or reduce the sum so recon-
mended to be set apart The said sum set
apart for the personal benefit of any officer OF
the navy, or Of the marine corps, under treat
ment in the government hospital for the in
sane, by order of the Secretary of the Navy.
shall be paid to the said superintendent of
that Institution, Ivy the paymaster having
charge of the said officers accounts and the
receipt of said superintendent for the sum
which he is authorized by the Secretary of the
Navy TO draw from the said paymaster shall
}e equivalent to the receipt Of the legal guar
dian Of said officer, or to that of the officer
himself. The said superintendent shall dis
burse the money thus set apart and drawn by
him, and he shall account for it in quarterly
statements TO the fourth auditor Of the treas
nry.
Botanic Garden.-For grading. draining,
procuring maal,re, tools, fuel, and repairs,
purchasing trees and shrubs under the direc-
tion of the library committee Of congress,
three thousand three hundred dollars.
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