New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-30

SeYenty-one, requiring Jhe commissioner of
Patents to keep on hand for sale copies of
all specifications and drawings of patents,
ten thousand dollars.
That forty thousand dollars of the apprO-
priation for lithographing, engraving, and
| so forth, for the public printing during the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, be, and the
same are hereby, transferred to the appro-
priation for the Patent Office, for photo
fithographing, printing and paper for the
drawings of patents authorized by the
Joint resolution approved January eleventh,
eighteen hundred and seyenty-one, entitled
Joint resolution providing for publishing
specifications and drawings of Patent
Office"
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
For salaries and other necessary expen-
| ses of the Metropolitan police for the Dis
tiict of Columbia, Two hundred and seven
thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars:
| provided, that a further sum, amounting to
one hundred and three thousand nine hun
dred and fOrty-fve dollars, shall be paid to
defray the expenses of the said MetropOli-
tan police force by the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, and the county of Wash
| ingt0n, 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
|
| bia, are hereby authorized and required to
! levy special tax, not exceeding one-third
| of one per centum which shall be specially
| deposited once in each week, as such cOllec-
| tons 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 tifty-four patients of the
excited class, thirty-seven 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 app
purtenances, including cost of survey, exs
animation of title and conveyance TO the
United States. ten thousand dollars.
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAB AELS
DUMB.
For the support of the institution includ"
ing salaries and incidental expenses, the
maintenance of the beneticiaries of the
United States, and five hundred dollars for
books and illustrative apparatus, f0rty-eigh3
thousand dollars.
For continuing the work on the inclosureo
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 appropria-
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
. An act to incorporate the Columbia Insti-
tuition for the instruction of the Deaf
Dumb and Blind" approved February six
teenth, eighteen hundred and fitty-seven,
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
the expenditure herein provided.
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND LTINCo
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 thecOnsent 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, and
two Representatives by the Speaker Of the
House; these directors shall hold their office
for the term Of a single Congress, and be
eligible to a disappointment.
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 outbuidings. al
terations in wards and repairs to heating
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 of
the Secretary OF the Interior.
For custody and repair of government
hospitals on judiciary square, three thou.
sand dollars.
For care, support and medical treatment
OF sixty transient paupers, medical and sur
glcaI patients, in some proper medical in
stltution in the city of Washington under a
contract to be formed with such Institution.
twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary. under the direction OF
the Secretary Of War.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
For the preservation of the collections of
the surveying and exploring expeditions
OF the government, fifteen thousand dol
lars. '1'-
For the completion of the hall REQUIRED
Tor the government collections. ten thoue
sand dollars
CAPITOL EXTENSION
For finishing and repairing the work on
the capitol extension, and for conDIetin0
me hagglng, OF the upper terraces. fifty
dollars.
For annual repairs of the old portion of
the Capitol building, for painting, gIazin~
Keeping roofs IN order water.pipes, Dave-
ments and approaches to the buiIdino fen
thousand dollars; provided, that sufficient
poFton Oh Such appropriation shall he av