New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27

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seventy-ive dollars
For expenses of depositing moneys re-
ceived from sales of public lands, ten thou
sand dollars.
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
For salaries and other necessary expenses
of the Metropolitan Police for the District of
| Columbia, two hundred and seven thou
sand eight hundred and seventy dollars;
provided, that further sum, amounting to
one hundred and three thousand nine hum
dred and thirty. five dollars, shall be paid to
defray the expenses of the said Metropolitan
Police force by the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, and the county of Wash
ington beyond the limits of said cities, in
the District of Columbia, in the proportion
corresponding to the number of privates
allotted severally to said precincts; and the
corporate authorities of said cities, and
proper authorities of the District of Column
bia, are hereby authorized and required to
| levy special tax, not exceeding One-thlrd
of one per centum, which shall be specially
deposited once in each week, as such cOllec-
tons are made, to be expended for said
purpose only, for the service of the fiscal
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy-twO.
| GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
For the support clothing, medical, and
moral treatment of the insane of the army
| and navy, revenue cutter and volunteer
service, who NAV have become insane since
their entry into the service of the United
States, and of the INDECENT insane of the
District of Columbia, in the Government
| Hospital for the Insane, including i've hun
| bred dollars for books, stationery, and Incl
dental expenses, one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars.
| For repairs and improvements of the west
wing of the hospital edifice, fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For completing the Enclosure and building
the wall along the river front, ten thousand
| dollars.
For inclosing the tract of land known as
the "Shepperd Farm" three thousand dol
| lars. :.
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND
| DUMB.
For the supply of the institution, includ-
| ing salaries and incidental expenses, the
| maintenance of the beneficiaries of the
| United States, and five hundred dollars for
| books and illustrative apparatus, forty
thousand five hundred dollars.
Eoyeontinuing the work on the inclosure
and improving and grading the grounds OF
the institution, six thousand dollars.
For necessary expenses in the erection,
furnishing and fitting up of the buildings
| of the institution, In accordance with plans
heretofore submitted to Congress, eighteen
] thousand dollars.
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND LYING
IN ASYLUM, AND OTHER CHARITIES
For the support of the Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lyingin Asylum, over and
above the probable amount which will be
! received from pay patients, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For rent of building, three thousand dol
lars.
For purchase of surgical instruments, five
! hundred dollars.
| Orphans Home of the city of Washington,
District of Columbia, fifteen thousand dol
| lars, TO be disbursed under direction of the
Secretary OF the Interior.
For care, support and medical treatment
| of sixty transient paupers, medical and
surgical patients, in some proper medical in
stitutiOn in the city of Washington, under a
! contract to be formed with such institu-
ton, twelve thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary. under the d.
rection of the Secretary of War.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
For preservation of the collections of the
surveying and exploring expeditions of the
| government, ten thousand dollars.
| For the completion of the hall required
for the government collections, ten thousand
| dollars.
BOTANIC GARDEN.
For concreting and paving walk around
| the buildings of the Botanic Garden; for
| general repairs to tie buildings, and for i'm
proving the large basin with brick or stone
| wall, and with white marble coping, six
| thousand dollars.
For the completion of the paving of the
main walks through the Botanic Garden
/ with Seneca brown stone tagging, and
taly tha
! tagging now in the main walk, and relaying
the same in Maryland avenue. along the
| south side of the Botanic Garden, nine thou
sand eight hundred and forty dollars.
For two additional laborers at Botanical
| Garden, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
For compensation of librarian of the. Sen
| ate library, in the Office of the Secretary of
the Senate, two thousand two hundred and
| twenty dollars.
Under the direction of the Architect of
the Capitol extension:
For improving the heating and ventilating
of the Senate, under this direction of the
| Architect of the Capitol extension, three
thousand dollars.
For furnishing and repairing the work on
| the Capitol extension, and for curbing and
| tagging upper terraces, sixty five thousand
| dollars.
| For enlarging air-shaft plastering ceiling
of corridors, readjustment of fiues under
| the floor, new registers, and for new floor in
| the hall of the House of Representatives;
for additional fans for the exhaustion
of vitiated air from the hall, and for engines
| to operate them, and for additional ventila-
tors in the roof of the hall, and for neces-
sary alterations in the lighting, heating and
ventilating apparatus, twenty thousand
! dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary.
For widening the passage-ways between
the Senate and House wings of the Capitol,
| ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, if the Architect shall
deem the same safe and practicable; and
| any expenditure on plan that shall cost a
greater sum to complete it, shall be I'M
lawful.
For annual repairs of the old portion of
| the Capitol building, painting, glazing,
| keeping roofs in order, water-pipes, pave
ments and approaches TO the building, ten
thousand dollars.
For finishing and repairing the work on
the new dome of the Capitol, five thousand
dollars
For continuing the work of grading and
filling the grounds around the Capitol,
| twenty thousand dollars.
For completing the north front of the
Patent Office building and grading and
paving G street, from Seventh to Ninth
streets, and to replace amount returned to
the treasury under the fifth section of the
| act approved July twelve, eighteen hundred
and seventy, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For the extension of the Government
| Printing Office building, upon the plans
prepared by the Architect of the Capitol
extension, including the cost of hosting
works, said appropriation to be available