Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-15
Appropriations to be Disbursed in the Dis
fYict

In the various appropriation bills PISSED by
the 10th Con g-ess ne last days OF the session
we fiLd, In add ,tion TO the regular amount. for
salaries OF employees IN tue Departments, &C..
many Items OF inte -. to tbs ciiizsns of this
District. In the bill making appropriations
for suDdry civil expenses Of the Government
for the year ending June 3ah. 1870, we find the
following: For necessary expenses N carry
tboriziug loans and the issue of treasnry notes
&1,2s0.Hs In connection with the late Bureau
Of Freedmen and Refugees: For Washington
Asylum and Hospital, Washington. District Of
Construction BvaneA Of TIE Treasury De.
partmsnf.-For completing main stairway
west wing, $500: Procsded, That all mon.
Treasury building shall be disbursed only by
one of the regular disbursine CLERKS Of the
treasury Department, who shall receive NO
fencing and appros,hes TO scuih front $4,000.
FOR annual repairs, Sl0,D00. For repairs and
Preservation Of public buildings, S1oaOOO For
iurnitare and repairs Of same for public build
tories, $4,000. For removal Of hydraulic
weights and construction OF the north west
stairway in the Treasury building, $1,000.
esitee; of he csn.ao, ss ni h
and repairing the work Of the United States
Capitol extension, seventy-flv thousand dol
lars For finishing and repairing the work on
the new dome Of the Capitol. five thousand
dollars For the ann nal repairs of the old por-
ton of the Capitol, such as painting, glazing,
keeping roof in order, also water-p,pes, pave
mems, and approaches to the building. ten
thousand dollars. For finishing the work on
the north sront of the fateuI Umce building
snd for improving G street from Seventh 10
Ninth street, eight Thousand five hundred dol
lars: PSocsded, That the corporation OF Wash
ington city cause the north half of q street,
between Seventh and Ninth streets, TO De- paved
at the same time, the cost thereof TO be assessed
against the private property fronting there
upon IN the m amer usual In cases OF such i'm.
provements. To finish the Improvements on
the western front Of the Post Once ouilding,
on Eighth street, between Z and streets, for
paving, grading. curling, and sidewalks, five
thousand six hundred and fifty dollars: Pro-
rided' That the corporation of Washington city
cause the western half of said Eighth street
between and + streets, to be paved at the
same time, the cost thereof to be assessed
against the private property fronting there
upon in the manner usual in cases OF such i'm.
prOvements.
Smithsonian naturalization the preservation
OF the COLLECTIONS OF the exploring and survey.
ing expeditions of the government, four thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and improvements OF public
buildings and grounds heretot IRE under tue
direction of the Commissioner Of Piblic Bald.
ines, 70 Wit: For casual repairs of the navy
yard and upper bridges, three thousand do lars.
For repairs and taking care Of the bridge at or
near the Little Falls Of the Potomac river, two
thousand dollars. For repairs OF the Loug
bridge across the Potomac river, i've thou sand
dollars. For improvement and care OF reserva-
ton number two, and Lafayette square, two
thousand dollars. For care and Improvement
of grounds south Of the Presidents house, ID We
thousand dollars. For further impro vement
and care of reser vations on New YORK, Penn
syivania, Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Yer
mont. and Maryland avenues, three thousand
dollars. For painting iron fences around the
public squares and reservations. three thous-
and dollars. For annual repairs of the Presl.
dents house, ten thousand dollars For Hover
pots, glasses. twIne, one thousand dollars. For
contin uing the work OF grading and filling the
Capitol grounds, fifteen thousand dollars. For
purchase of trees and tree boxes, to replace,
when necessary, such as have been planted by
the United States. 10 whitewssL res-boxes
and fer ces, nd TO repair pavements in front of
the pubic grounds two thousand dollars. For
the repairs o. buildings In the Botanical Gar
plants in new conservatory. four thousand
dollars, to be expe,, ded by the architect of the
Cspiol under the Joint Committee on the
Libary.
To aid in supporting the "National Associa-
ton for the lief OF Destitute Coiored Women
and Children" of this District, five thousand
dollars, to be expended under the direction of
the executive committee of Its board OF man
ayers. For completing the IRON fence OF the
Presidents grounds on the south and along the
avenue now beng opened between Fifteenth
and Si1ssnth streets. ipsladng gates; twenty
ing the Presidents house, twenty-five
thous and dollars. For tie purchase Of q por.
TRAIT OF the la. e President Abraham Lincoln IN
Mansion.
thous and dollars, or so much thereof as NAV
be necessary: PToridei, That the said portrait
Snail De seiected oy the incoming President of
the Uni ed States. For improvement, care.
p1ot1r-.on, anu repairs of seats and fountains
IN the Capitol grounds, one thousand dollars
For repairs and superintendent o. thu Wash.
ing'on aqueduct twenty five thousand dollars.
Az. eHdrtoUS For care, improvement, ana
iG re expended under the direction of the ward
ms and vestry OF Thirst church, Washington
city, $500. To enable the Secretary of the In.
teIIor 10 provide for the education and MAN.
'ensnce OF such deaf and dumb OF the District
OF Colum bia as cat not command tie means 10
II ceive an education, Sl5,OU0. For me support.
81 t'lnG. medical. and moral treatment Of the
insane 4 tie army aud navy, revsnue-cutter.
and volunteer service, who may have become
ins. NJ since their entry into the services Of the
United States, and Of the INDECENT insane of the
District OF Columbia In the government hos pi-
tai lof the lnsane> including $50 :or books
sta, onefy, ara rlcidentai EXPENSE, S9l,5OO
tCr the pulcb-se, by the Secretary of the In
terror, l0f We agricultural and economical pur.
poses OF the institution. one hundred and fifty
acres of land, more or less. with the buildings
thereon, lying directly east of the present
grounds of the hospital, $4,000. For the Ma
tional Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Home Of
the city of Washington, District Of Column oia,
eco. 10 be dis bursed under the direction Of
the Secretary of the Interior.
For the care, support, and medical treatment
OF sixty transient paupers, medical and surgi-
pdtlenlS. III some proper meQtcti or cu1ri.
table II sti,ution in the city of Washington, uu.
der a contract TO be formed with such institu-
ton, $3.50. or so much thereof as may b. ne
ces sary Preceded, That said contract shall be
mace by the Surgeon General OF the army. who
shall report TO the December session of every
Cor gress. stating with whom the said contract
is made and the snount and nature thereof.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pro-
vide for the proper maintenance and tuition OF
the henefciaIies of the United States ia the
Columbia lnsXtution for the Deaf and Dunb,
tor the year ending June 30ih, 1850, Si7,JO0
Tor the maintenance and tuition of the same
for the year ending June 3Oth. 1910, S30,GOJ.
COiunbf1 Hospital for WOnea and Lying an
4syluv.-For the support of the asylum. owe
! and above the probable amount received fol
paw patients, $1,000.
See. 5. Thft the sum of $1,000 be, and tbs
| same Is hereby, appropriated, out of any money
in the tree sury Dot Otherwise appropriated, FOL
/ the relief of the Mount NernoR Ladies' Asso
citation of the Union. TO be applied TO the repair
and preservation Of the property al Mcua
| Vernon. under the direction OF the military
/ officer in charge Of the public buildings anC
grounds.
| In the Deficiency bill are the following: Fo
| the contingent expenses Of the Treas ury De
| partment and the several bureaus, namely
For fpel, light, gas, labor, and contingent ex
| penses Of the Treasury building and II We othe
| buildings occupied by the Treasury Depart
menf, $4,000. To complete the north wing Of tn
Treasury building and approaches, includIn!
| extra compensation exceeding one-eighth o
| one per centum in any case shall hereafter b
allowed TO any officer, person, or corporation
for disbursing any moneys appropriated to tn
construction of any public building. For repair
! and preservation Of public buildings, $500