New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-20

by carrying into effect the Joint ro.-7
OF January eleventh, eighteen hnp5"99thn
seventy-one, requiring the Commsa;oouu and
Patents to keep on hand for sale oaS!eFOt
all specifications and drawings of na ptes Of
ten thousand dollars P@'eAts,
That forty thousand dollars of tho
priation for lithographing, engraving ppPO
so forth, for the public printing dnrs1,, ana ~
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigSs.Sao
hundred and seventy-three, be-, and 9a''t y
same are hereby, transferred to the ann we
priation for the Patent Office, for n gbpsC'
lithographing, printing and paper for NJ,
drawings of patents authorized by w.
joint resolution approved January eleventh H
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entifIa3
"Joint resolution providing for publisSiUs
specifications and drawings of PatesS
Office
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
For salaries and other necessary exna,
ses of the Metropolitan police for the DS
trict of Columbia, two hundred and seyS
thousand eight hundred and ninety dollar
provided, that further sum, amountingh
one hundred and three thousand nine hun
dred and forty-fve dollars, shall be paid h
defray the expenses of the said MetropOl.
tan police force by the cities of Washin gton
and Georgetown, and the county of Wash
ingtOn, beyond the limits of said cities. !,
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corresponding to the number Of priYate
allotted severallY to said precincts; and the s
corporate authorities of said cities, and
proper authorities of the District of Colurp &
bia, are hereby authorized and required ia
levy a special tax, not exceeding one-third Y
of one per centum, which shall be specially &
deposited once in each week, as such colleC. /
lions are made, to be appropriated and ex
pended for said purpose only, for the ser.
vice of the fiscal year ending June thirtleth
| eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
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 ser
wee, who may 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 the erection, furnishing and fitting
up of an extension of the hospital sufficient
to accommodate ffty-four patients of the
excited class, thirty-seyen thousand eight
hundred dollars.
For purchasing and setting four heating
boilers, six thousand dollars
For the purchase by the Secretary OF the
Interior for the agricultural and economical
uses of the hospital, twenty nine and forty
one-hundredths acres of land and its ap,
purtenances, including cost of survey, ex-
animation of title and conveyance TO the
United States, ten thousand dollars.
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND
DUMB.
For the support of the institution, includ-
ing salaries and incidental expenses, the
maintenance of the benefeiaries of the
United States, and five hundred dollars for
books and illustrative apparatus, forty-eight
thousand dollars.
For continuing the work on the Enclosure,
Improvement, and grading of the grounds
of the institution, six thousand dollars.
To provide for payments due and unpaid
on July first, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, on the purchase by the institution of
the estate known as Kenall Green, seventy
thousand dollars provided, that before the
expenditure of any part OF this approprla-
ton, by proper deeds of conveyance, to be
approved by the Attorney General of the
| United States all the real estate now owned
by the said Columbia Institution for the
| Deaf and Dumb shall be vested in the
| United States as trustee, for the sole use
| and purpose provided in the act entitled
| IAN act to incorporate the Columbia 1nsti-
| tuition for the Instruction of the Deaf,
| Dumb and Blind, +" approved February six
teenth, eighteen hundred and tittyseven,
and the several acts amendatory thereof
| provided, that whenever Congress shall so
| determine, any part of said estate may be
sold, and SO much of the proceeds thereof
as shall be needful for the purpose shall be
applied TO reimburse the United States for
| the expenditure herein provided
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND LYING
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, eighteen thou
sand three hundred dollars.
For purchase of the building now occu,
pied by said hospital, with forty thousand
feet of ground, twenty-five thousand dol
lars; provided, that the title to said real
estate shall be vested in the United States
for the use of said hospital, and that No
part of the real or personal property now
| held or to be hereafter acquired by said in
stitution shall be devoted to any other pur
pose than hospital for women and lying
in asylum without the consent of the United
States; and that in addition to the direct
ors, whose appointments are now provided
tor by law, there shall be three other direct
ors appointed in the following manner One
Senator by the President of the Senate, anC
two Representatives by the Speaker of tht
House; these directors shall hold their offict
for the term of single Congress, and be
eligible to a re-appointment.
For alteration and repairs of said build
ing, five thousand dollars, TO be expended
under the direction of the board of direC
tors of said institution.
For repairs to roof and outbuildings, al
terations in wards and repairs to heatin!
apparatus, two thousand dollars.
For the National Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home of the city of Washington
District of Columbia, fifteen thousand dol
lars, to be disbursed under the direction O.
the Secretary of the Interior.
For custody and repair of government
hospitals on Judiciary square, three thou
sand dollars.
For care, support and medical treatmen
of sixty transient paupers, medical and sur
gical patients, in some proper medical in
stituti0n in the city of Washington, under
contract to be- formed with such institution
twelve thousand dollars, or SO much thereo
as may be necessary, under the direction o
the Secretary of War.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
For the preservation of the collections Q
the surveying and exploring expedition
of the government, fifteen thousand do
lars.
For the completion of the hall require
for the government collections, ten thOr
sand dollars,
CAPITOL EXTENSION.
For finishing and repairing the work o
the Capitol extension, and Tor comp!etin
the tagging of the upper terraces, fit
thousand dollars.
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