The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-26
RALEIGH, N. c., TUESDAY
For watchman for Franklin Square, six hundred

For watchman for Franklin Square, six hundred
dollars.
For the compensation of eight extra clerks in
the office of Indian affairs under the acts of Au
gust fifth, eighteen hundred and ifty-fOur, March
third, eighteen hundred and fifty-tiive, and March
third, eighteen hundred and sixty-ve, for the ifs
cal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, steven thousand two hundred
dollars.
For the continuation of the work upon the
north portico of the patent office building, of fif
ty thousand dollars.
For traditional contingent expenses of the north
east executive building, or the building occupied
by the Secretary of State, including extra watch
men and laborers, six thousand dollars
For salaries of commissioners under Ct An act
to provide for the revision and consolidation OF
the statute laws of the United States," approved
June twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty.
six, and for clerical services and other inciden
tel expenses, the printing to be done by the gov.
erment printing Office, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For the payment of temporary clerks of the
first class in the Office of the commissioner Of pen
sions, under the direction of the Secretary of o
the Interior for the fiscal year ending June thir
tie!h, eighteen hundred and siXty-seven, twenty
five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior, at hi.
discretion, to rent such rooms in the vicinity o
the department for the of the pension office
as may be deemed necessary for the transaction
OF the business OF that Office, three thousand dol
+ lars.
For the purchase of site and the erection of
building at Saint Paul, Minnesota, for custom
house, post Office, the accommodation of the fed
eral courts, and other necessary government pur-
poses, the same to be expended under the dircc
tion Of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifty thou
sand dollars.
Jail in the District of Columbia.-For the sup,
port and maintenance of the convicts transferred
from the District of Columbia at such place or
places as may be selected by the Secretary of the
Interior, fifty thousand dollars.
For salary of warden of the Jail in the District
OF Columbia, two thousand dollars for the fs-
cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and sixty seven, and the same is hereby autliori
zed
For the payment in part for the purchase OF
sites and the erection of school-houscs in the
county OF Washington, in the District of Colum-
bia, payable to the board Of commissioners OF
primary schools of said county, the sum OF ten
thousand dollars.
For support OF the Columbia Hospital for wo-
men and lying-in association ten thousand dol
lars. e.
To enable the Secretary OF the Treasury to pay
the persons employed by the committees on the
District of Columbia of the two houses of Con-
gress under the provisions of the joint resolution
approved June eighteen, eighteen hundred and
siXty-four, entitled "a resolution to provide for
the revision of the laws of the District of Colum
bia," the compensation provided i'll said resou-
tion, two thousand dollars, or SO mnch thereof as
may be necessary for that purpose.
Smithsonian Institution.-For the preserva-
ton of the collections of the exploring and sur
veying expeditions of the government, four thou
sand dollars.
Washington Aqueduct.-To complete the dam
in tic Potomac River at the head OF the aqucduct
from the shore to Conn's Island, with cut stone
fIty-one thousand six hundred and eighty-seven
dollars.
To complete the connecting conduit around
and outside the receiving reservoir, seventy thou
sand eight hundred and ninety seven dollars.
To finish sate-house at Great Falls, four thou
For temporary dam at Conn's Island one thou
sand dollars.
For management, miscellaneous, and contin-
gents, fifteen thousand dollars.
Government Hospital for the Insane-For the
support clothing, and medical treatment of the
insane of the army and navy and the revenue cut
ter service and of the INDECENT insane of the Dis
trict of Columbia. at the government hospital for
the insane in said District, including five hun
dred dollars for books, stationery, and inciden-
tai expenses, ninety thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For finishing furnishing, and lighting addition
al accommodations in +hc cast wing in part un-
finished five thousand dollars.
For continuation of the wall enclosing the
grounds, ten thousand dollars.
For the purchase and fencing fifty-six and one
half acres of meadow land, lying near the hOspit
al, provided the Secretary of the Interior shall ap
prove of the purchase in view of the price and
quality of the land and the necessity Of adding it
to the hospital farm, six thousand dollars.
Patent Ofce.-For expenses of receiving, ar
ranging, and taking care of copyright books,
charts, and other copyright matter, one thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For preparing illustrations and descriptions for
the report of the commissioner of patents, six
thousand dollars.
Columbian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
For the support of the institution, including five
hundred dollars for books and Illustrative appa-
ratus, twenty thousand seven hundred dollars.
For the erection, furnishing, and fitting up of
two extension to the buildings, to provide en-
larged accommodations for the male and female
pupils and the resident officers of the institution,
thirty-two thousand two hundred and forty dol
lars.
For the erection of a brick barn, carriage-house-
shop, gas-house, and ce-house, fourteen thousand
five hundred dollars.
For the improvement and enclosure of the
grounds of the institution including under drain
age, and sewerage, four thousand five hundred
dollars.
aiding in the erection of an additional building to
the Providence Hospital, in the city of Washing
ton, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That if
the said property should ever be sold or diverted
from the uses expressed in the act of Congress
entitled AN act to incorporate Providence Hos
pital, of the city of Washington, District of Col
umbia,'' approved April eighth, eighten hundred
and siAty-four, then the sum of thirty thousand
dollars shall be first paid out of the proceeds
thereof into the United States treasury to reim-
burse the sum hereby appropriated.
For the /" National association for the relief of
destitute colored women and children incorpo-
rated under an act of Congress approved Febru-
ary fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ty-three,
five thousand dollars, to be expended under the
direction of the officers OF the association.
To enable the commissioner of public buildings
to reimburse the corporation of Washington for
expenses incurred in improving streets and aven-
ues passing through and by property of the gen
eral government, under the third section OF the
act approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and
siXty-four, entitled s' An act to incorporate the
inhabitants of the city of Washington" passed
May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty,
forty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty-five
dollars and eighty-one cents.
Congressional Library.-To complete the ex-
tension of the library of Congress, twenty-five
Thousand dollars.
For furniture for the two wings of the extension
of the congressional library, and for sliding cases
for illustrated books, ten thousand dollars.
For an additional appropriation to be expen-
ded under the direction of the joint committee
on the lbrrry, to decorate the aapitol with such
said committee, as provided by act approved Au-
gust eighteen, eighteen hundred and six, five
thousand dollars
For additional compensation of three laborers
Employed in the congressional library, commen-
cling January one eighteen hundred and sixty six,
five hundred and forty dollars; and the compen-
hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
For the purpose of erecting on the public land
adjacent to the Treasury Department a fire-proof
brick building to afford additional room for the
Treasury Department. two hundred thousand
dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to re-
move and sell at auction or otherwise any por
ton OF the presses, machinery, and apparatus en-
ploycd in the treasury buildings, which from the
diminution of the volume of business or other