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For reconstructing the eastern parallel
0gram of the conservatory in the botanical
garden, to make it correspond with that at
the west of the FOtunda, thirteen thousand
dollars.
For extending the propagating houses
Including the use of the sash from the old
portion of the conservatory, and for gen
eral repairs to buildings, four thousand five
hundred dollars.
For the construction of a sewer and trap
across Third street, to convey the drainage
of the botanical garden to the main sewer,
five hundred dollars.
For continuing fence and erecting gate
ways on Third street, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
For additional heating apparatus in the
library of Congress, to be expended under
the direction of the architect of the CapitOl
extension, two thousand dollars, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary.
To enable the librarian to procure for the
library of Congress the English county his
tories, the sum Of five thousand dollars. or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
For an additional appropriation, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Joint
Committee on the Library, to decorate the
Capitol with such works of art as may be
ordered and approved by said committee,
as provided by act approved August eight
eenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ff-
teen Thousand dollars; and said committee,
whenever, in their Judgment, it shall be ex-
pedient are authorized to accept any work
of the fine arts on behalf of Congress,
which may be offered, and to assign the
same such place in the Capitol as they may
deem suitable, and shall have the supervi-
sion of all works Of art that may be placed
in the Capitol.
For the publication of three volumes of
Wilkes Exploring Expedition, agreeabIy to
act of May twenty eighth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two, nine thousand dol
lars
To enable the Joint Committee on the
Library to purchase Morans large paint
ing of the Canyon of the Yellowstone, ten
thousand dollars.
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Allan
tic and Gulf coasts of the United States,
and Lake Champlain, including compensa
ton OF civilians engaged in the work, and
excluding pay and emoluments of officers
OF the army and navy and petty officers
and men of the navy employed in the
work, three hundred and ninety-one thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the western
coast Of the United States, including com
pensation of civilians engaged in the work,
two hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For pay and rations of engineers for the
steamers used in the Coast survey, no long
er supplied by the Navy Department, ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing the publications of the
observations made in the progress of Coast
Survey, including compensation for civil
lans engaged III the work, the publication
to be made at the Government Printing
Office, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance of the COM
plement of vessels used in the Coast Survey,
forty-fiye thousand dollars.
For extending the triangulations of the
Coast Survey so as to form a geodetic con-
nection between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of the United States, and assisting
in the State surveys, including compensa-
ton Of civilians engaged in the work.
thirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARNoRIEs' AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
grounds, buildings and machinery; and for
curbstone for armory grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Rock Island arm0ry and arsenal, Rock
Island, Illinois: For new forging shop Of
same dimensions and architecture as shops |
already built, except that it will be only
one story high, one hundred and fifty-five |
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for
armory, two hundred thousand dollars; for |
new fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in |
Guiding mess building, bakery and laundry |
building, ninetY-tive thousand dollars; for |
new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dol
lars; for completing development of the !
waJerpoWer, one hundred and ten thousand |
dollars; for the construction Of avenues and |
roads to the Rock Island wagon bridge, and |
to the new bridge across the Mississippi !
river, to the city of Davenport, and for
building a railroad to connect the present |
arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock i
Island railroad, when changed to its new
location at the lower end of the island, and
for building two entrances to the island
from the two bridges, and an iron fence
connecting the two entrances, and between
the railroad and the public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other side,
twenty-eight thousand dollars: for new
machinery for the new shops already com
pleted, twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water pipe, three thousand dollars; for
putting six water wheels (siXty five horse
power each) in the new dam, with shafting
and machinery for transmission of power to
the shops already in use, twenty-six thou
sand dollars in all, six hundred and fifty
two thousand dollars.
For completion of the wagon-road bridge
connecting Moline with Rock Island, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the construction of the Rock Island
bridge, the balance of the appropriation,
continued by the act Of March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy one, which
may be unexpended at the close of the
present fiscal year, is hereby re-appropri-
ated.
Benicia arsenal, Benicia California: For
boring artesian well twelve thousand six
hundred aud eighty seven dollars; for
building new wharf, eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety-eight dollars; for re-
moving bank in front of Office, and filing
up ravine, five thousand six hundred and
eigbty-seven dollars; for necessary grading
Of public grounds eight thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs of
workshops, store houses and quarters, five
thousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty !
four thousand three hundred and fifty two ]
dollars,
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For
care and repairs of public buildings and ]
grounds, nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South ]
Carolina: For putting slate roof on found. |
cry building, one thousand three hundred
dollars; for relaying floors in storehouses, {
one thousand two hundred dollars; for gen {
eral repairs of public buildings and grounds,
two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand &
seven hundred dollars.
Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville, Michigan:
For paintingand repairing public buildings, q
five hundred dollars.
Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort t
Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence, L
brick foundation wall, and fence of old
musket barrels, three thousand dollars for q
stOrehouses, for painting and re-
pairing public buildings, three thousand a
dollars; in all, six thousand dollars.
Fort TJniOO arsenal Fart TTuin4, Nav