The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-08-31

For completing the main walk thraugh the
Cotanic Garden, to be expended under the direc-
thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. ~ /
For concreting, three hundred dollars.
For labor and materials for cutters around the
walks seven hundred dollars
For putting Mustard story on the western Of,
flee buildings, and for casual repairs, for iron
floor grating, iron screen for rotunda, and for
glass screens, five thousand and twenty FIVE dol.
lars.
For fencing the Botanic Garden on the Mary
land avenue side in the same manner as 1t is
fenced upon the PENNSYLVANIA avenue side,
seven thousand five hundred dollars. l
PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER TREASURY
4 DEPARTMENT.
For inclosing the custom-house building at
Astoria, Oregon, fifteen thousand dolla!s,
For completing the custom-douse building at
Cairo, Illinois, including paving, curb:ng, gra-
ding, and fencing, sixty thousand dollars.
For completing the custom-house building at
Portland, Milne, including paving, grading, cur
bling, and fencing, thirty.seven thousand two
hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For continuing the construction OF the GUS
tom-house building at Portland, Oregon, forty
thousand dollars.
For completing the custom house building at
Saint Paul, Minnesota, one hundred thousand
and fifty one dollars and thirty-eight cents: Pro-
NlQeQ, nat no IdlL Vi Tue luUuey Suuil w cA-
pended until contract or contracts Shall be
entered into, bp the proper authorities, with the
lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, for the
completion of the entire building at sum, in
GLIDING all moneys already expended in its con-
struction, not exceeding three hundred thousand
dollars and the expenditure OF any sum OF mon,
| ey in violation of this proviso shall be deemed
unlawful But this proviso shall not be con-
strued to prevent the payment of amounts due
| or to become due under existing contracts.
| For repairs and preservation of the CUSTOM
house building at New Orleans, Louisiana,
| twenty five Thousand dollars.
For repairs and Improvement. of the custom
house building in San Francisco, California, ten
thousand dollars.
| For repairs and improvement OF the custom
house building in Chicago, Illinois, twenty thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and improvement OF the custom
house building at Baltimore, Maryland, twenty
thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvement of the customj
house building at Petersburg, Virginia, ten thou,
| sand dollars.
For repairs OF the old custom-house at Charles
ton, South Carolina, to fit the same Tor aipos'
office, twenty thousandodollars.
For completing the custom house st Wscas
set, Maine, and grading and fencing the grounds
surrounding it, four thousand dollars.
For completion of the work on the appraisers
store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including
| paving, dUQ curOlnS, IOrLy- .tflou
sand one hundred and forty-sX dollars; and 10
four tanks, four steam-pumps, hose, and ton
projecting lifts for loading and unloading heav,
goods, eight thousand two hundred dollars; ami
for six hosting machines fifteen thousand dol
lars in all, sixty nine thousand three hundre'
and fortysix dollars. ......
For completing the work on the marine hos
pital in Chicago, Illinois, thirty-one thousan
five hundred and thrty-nine dollars and thirty
six cents and the Secretary OF the Treasury
hereby authorized to enter into contracts 10
the completion of said building in advance {
the appropriation of moneys sufficient to CON
ulete the same in accordance with the condition
in said act contained.
For finishing the interior of the courteous
building at Madison, Wisconsin, and for paving
grading, curbing, sewage, and fencing, fort
thousand dollars.
Portland Maine, Including paving, curbing an
: grading, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For completing the interior OF the courteous
building at Des Mones, Iowa, and for curbin.
paving grading, and sewerage, sixteen thousan
: dollars.
For continuing the construction OF the court
house, post office, and custom.house building
Omaha, Nebraska, fifty thousand dollars Prt
: vided That the total cost of the building sha
7 not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, IN
/ estimates and plans for the same shall be al
proved by the Postmaster General and Secretal
D of the Treasury.
For continuing the construction OF the bull
- ing for post office and courthouse in New Yoi
5 city five hundred thousand dollars, subject
e all the conditions limiting this appropriation
the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred an
seventy; and the Secretary Of the Treasury
hereby authorized to enter into contracts Tor Il
J. completion of said building in advance OF Il
= appropriation OF moneys sufficient to compile
the same in accordance with the conditions
= said act contained; and the proviso in relate
i to the appropriation for continuing the constru
tion of said building contained in the act
!. April twenty, eighteen kindred and seventy,
= hereby so modified as to authorize the Secreta
/ OF the Treasury, in his discretion, to adopt as
part of the contract therein provided for, al
= contracts in re ereuce to said bidding approve
il by him before said April twenty: Provide
That the limitation OF cost therein contained
l. not thereby affected: And provided iurthe
i That hereafter, before any new building for Il
use of the United States are commenced, plal
J., and full estimates therefor shall be prepared al
), approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, Pos
master General, and the Secretary OF the Int
v rior, and the cost of the building shall not e.
: coed the amount OF said estimate.
: For repairs and alterations of the court-hou
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousar
: dollars.
. and sub-treasury building in Boston, Mass
chusetts, two hundred and fifty thousand de
D lars, subject to all the conditions limiting tn
: appropriation in the act of April twenty, Gig
teen hundred and seventy and the Secreta
= of the Treasury is hereby authorized to ent
i into contracts for the completion OF said bull
ing in advance of the appropriation of none
: sufficient to complete the same in accordan
l. with the conditions in said act contained al
the proviso in relation to the appropriation +
l. continuing the construction contained IN the
d of April twenty, eighteen hundred and sevent
= is hereby SO modified as to authorize the Seer
tary OF the Treasury, in his discretion, to ado
: as part of the contracts therein provided 70
any contracts in reference to said building a
J. proved By him before said April twenty: Pr
l. vided, That the limitation of cost therein col
r tained is not thereby affected.
For barge office at New York, one hundr
e thousand dollars.
d For inclosing and putting in safe conditit
!, the building for branch mint in Dalles City.
egon, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the work on the branch mi
building in San Francisco, California, five hui
u dred thousand dollars: Provided, That the tot
II cost oil the building, exclusive of the sum pa
Tor the site thel cot, shall not exceed millit
five hundred thousand dollars And provd
:, further, That 1t shall be lawful, until alter q
completion and occupation of said branch mi
: building, to exchange, at any mint or brant
y mint of the United States, unrefned or unpart
: bullion whenever, in the opinion OF the Seer
: tary OF the Treasury, it can be done with adya
e tage to the government: Provided, That Il
i weight, fineness, and value OF the bullion r
: ceived and given in exchange shall be Getermi
ed by the mint assay: And provided turtle
That the authority hereby given shall not
=. construed so as to interfere with the rights al
u privileges now or heretofore enjoyed by depos
:, tors OF bullion at said mints.
For repairs and preservation oil public bull
!, ings under the control of the Treasury Depar
ment, one hundred thousand dollars.
For furniture for custom-house in Portlan
Maine, fifteen thousand dollars,
Il For furniture for courthouse in Portlan
u Maine, ten thousand dollars.
i For furniture for courthouse in Madso
: Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For furniture for custom house in Cairo, Ill
u nois, ten thousand dollars.
For furniture and repairs of furniture for pu
d lie buildings under the control of the Treasu
=. Department, fifty thousand dollars.
! For fuel and lights for public buildings und
4 the control oil the Treasury Department, sixt
u five thousand dollars.
For heating apparatus for public bulldin,
under the control OF the Treasury Department
4, twenty thousand dollars.
i For vaults, safes, and locks for The publ
!, buildings under the control OF the Trea.ury D
}, partment, twenty-five thousand dollars.
= For repairs and preservation of the lazaret
! property, near Philadelphia, eight thousar
For the erection OF public building in 4
city of Saint Louis, Missouri, for the use of d
l custom-house and other civi! officers OF the 20
eminent Of the United States, three hundr,
! thousand dollars Provided, That the autho
tiles of the city of Saint Louis shall donate
the United States, by proper instrument
conveyance, to be accepted by the Secretary
: the Treasury, lot of ground i'm said city,
suitable dimensions and centrally located Al
provided further, That the state OF Nilsson
Shall cede to the United States jurisdietic
over the lot donated, and release and relinqu
10 the United States the right 10 tax or in al
way to assess said site, or the property of Il
!, United States that may be thereon, during Il
time that the United States shall lie or rema
) | the owner thereof: Provided, That the Seer
J | tary OF the Treasury is hereby directed to eau
/ | plans and estimates ioi the completion of Il
building to be prepared and submitted to Coz
! | gress at its next session.
LIGHTHOUSES, BEAOoNs, AND STATIONS.
' For Whales Back lighthouse, off Portsmouth
New Hampshire, for rebuilding the light
3 and pier, seventy thousand dollars.
: For three beacon-lights to complete The sy