New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-01


seventy-five dollars. -
For expenses of depositing moneys re-
ceiyed from sales of public lands, ten thour
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
detray 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 ColGm-
bia, are hereby authorized and required to
levy special tax, not exceeding third
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 mag 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 five hun
dred 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 editice, fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For completing the inclosure and building
the wall along the river front, ten thousand
dollars.
For inclosing the tract of land known as
the shepherd 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 benefciaries of the
United States, and five hundred dollars for
books and illustrative apparatus, forty
thousand five hundred dollars.
For continuing the work on the Enclosure
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
e.. IN ASYLUM, AND OTHER CHARITIES.
For the support of the Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lying-in 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.
For the National Soldiers and Sailors
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 di-
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
taking up and removing the blue stone
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 tbs direction of the
Architect of the Capitol extension, three
thousand dollars.
For furnishing and repairing the work on
the Capitol extension, and for curling and
tagging upper terraces sixty five thousand
dollars.
For charging air-shaft, plastering ceiling
of corridors, readjustment of hues under
the floor, new registers and tor new floor in
the hall of the House of Representatives;
for additional fans for the exhaustion
of Initiated 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, waterp 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
during the present fiscal year. forty-fve
thousand dollars; and any expenditure on