The Montana post., 1868-12-18
For the fifth district. eighty thousand dollars.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
To supply deficiencies in appropriations Tor pub
lie buildings and grOunds, viz:
For additional labor cleaning the centre building
of the CaPiol, repairing the Washington statue ou
the east grounds Of the Capitol, cleaning and
repairing columns IN the building, Lviug a new
brick pavement Ou the west front, and rrpairia,
fountains: fifteen hundred dollars.
Fur continuing the hliag ani grAiag ui ia.
Capitol grounds under the directi1l ~ tAa arehi.
fect of the Capitol extension, ten thousand dollar.
FOR king care and improvement of reservation
puuoer two and Lafayette square, five huUdF@I
dollars.
Trssitlsots House oue thousand dollsTs
For continuing the grading of Virginia avenue
10 raw cart hire-lsbor having been furnished by
the Commissioner of the Freedmens Bureau when
the original appropriation was eNhtussi, q Goa.
i,pe the yvors the hire nf 10 be pail by r1-
officer in charge of public buildings ami grounds.
two Thousand dollars
For cleaning sewer traps on fenha}lNAnA ave
nue five huudrei dollars.
For repairs ct water pipes, three hunt. ed ID lars
For removing snow aud ice i~"m PAye-0-uf,s
and pu Olie walks. two HUNDRED dollars.
For repairs of penusy ylyaniA Hvsaoe. ami keeping
IL clean aud frss rom dirt two thousall Ec-
hundred dollars.
cIuifne the payment OF bills approved hy the i5u-
COMMITTEES of Congress appointed 70 andt Tue pi.i.
TOR repairing aud reidrnishiug the Executive Man.
sjou tea Thousand dollars
For removal Of ioot-bridge from Naiur avenue r,
Third street west seventy five dollars
For Improvement and tlging care 0t rhr Circle
os Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty thiId stree
west one hundred and dfty dollars.
To supply deficiency ia payment tyr mu-ra-
for gates Tor Judiciary Square Hospital e5gGf
hundred and sixty eight dollars
For deficiencies ia appropriations i'r i"sl'g
destitute Friendly Indians uuder act vf Jui.
twentieth, eighteen hundred aud siN;y-seVeu, ia
accordance with recommendation of tine Ia tipr
peace commission, one hundred aud seventy two
tbn1sauh eight hundred aLd twenty dollar, auF
eleven cen Is: PrOridcd That no part "f the money
appropriated for this purpose shall be ptit una.
The accounts for feeding such destitute iod@n>
shall be fully Investigated by "A c@mmiSson t.
consist of Lieutenant General William T. Sh-rntu.
Major General p. H. Sheridan, aud Major tienefl'
Z. G.. Augur: aud the said commission Is hereby
authorized for tine purpose ct such investigation
To call and examine witnesses Ia This behalf aao
only the amour, that Aid commission shall certify
to b. equiiably and justly due shall b. paid AMI
said commission shall sit at Leavenwor'h Kansas.
aud shall have power 10 appoint "A clerk at a salar!
OF FIVE dollars per day Tor the time actually EN-
plnyed; and the sum of one Thousand dollars "r
So much thereof as may be necessary Tor clefA
hire travelling and accidental expenses OF .tA-
commission is hereby appropriated.
CITY OF WASHINGTON
/ SEC. =. lad be it further enacted, That the
Chirf Engineer of the army shall rel nbnT-e 10 tue
eortortiun of the city Of Washington tor gsuse-
innarFed in imp rowing the property of the general
/ government ia said city uoder provisions Of ac
of May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, AM
in accordance with the recsnmen lation Of thr
! Secretary Of War in book of estimates OF aPPr-
prAtons, pages two hundred aud ioriY tour ami
] two hundred aud EIrty-fve. 'wO hundcel aud
niuety.six thousand zine hundrej and fprry-thr-s
dollars and eighty eight ceuts; Pi9ridsd, ThE
section fifteen OF act entitled 81 An act to nc0r
por4ts the city of Washington aud 10 repeal al
acts heretofore dassed for tIat purpose, approved
I MAY ifeenlh eghteeI hundred AMI twenty and
section three Of an act approved May hfh. eight
/ cen hundre1 and siNty-tOur- eatitlel - An act o.
I amend An act To incorporate the inhabitautso oi
the city of Washington passed May fifteenth
eighteen hundred and twenty" hereby
pealed aud 10 Improvements OF the streets ALLEYS
avenues. other property Of he UniteI States, DO
the city of Washington. authorized by said act
which Is be paid for by the United States, shall
hereafter be made until appropriation shall have
been made therefor. and such appropriation, whet
m4de shall De expended under the directira of
the Chief Engineer OF the army
SEC. 3. dnd be IL further enacted. That here
after contract shall be entered iutd for the
ton repair or furnish ng of any public badiBg
! or for any public Improvement whatever which
shall bind the govern meot TO nay larger sum "
money than the amount in the treasury apFrSPria.
ted for the specific purpose And u any ON ser o.
the government shall knowingly contract for thr
erection repair. furnishing of any puhlts bald
/ ing or for any public improvement which shall
bind the government To pay larger amount tha-
| the specific sum appropriated for sUch purpose
J such officer shall be deemed guilty OF A misis
I meanor, and, upon conviction thereof by cOuri
of comp steut jurisdic;ion seAl be punished bf
Imprisonment not less than six months more
Than two years, and shall pay fine OF two thons.
and dollars.
SEC. A. 4nd be further enacted That ali
laws making an appropriation for the payment oi
the salaries of tile solicitor, assstadt solicitor ami
deputy solicitor Of the Court of Claims. and Of tue
assistant attorney general for the fiscal year end
ing June thirtieth. eighteen hundred aud sixty
nine. be snd the hereby repealed; aud
that there be aud hereby is, appropriated, out OF
any money in the treasurp not otherwise arprOpJi-
ated. for the salaries Of assistant alto -ney-
general clerk. and two clerks of class four for
/ the fiscal year ending June thirtieth. eighteen
hundred and sixty y-nine. twelve thousand four
hunered dollars
/ Approved, July p, 1865.