New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-24

nv carving into erect the Joint resolution
OF January eleventh. eighteen hundred and
seventy one, requiring the 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 Iithographing, engraving, and
So forth. for the public printing during the
fiscal wear ending June thiltieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, be, and the
same are hereby, transferred to the appro-
nriation for the Patent Office, for photo
iithographing, printing ana paper tor the
drawings of patents authorized by the
Joint resolution approved January eleventh,
eirhteen hundred and seyentV-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 tor the Dis
trict of Columbia, two hundred and seven
thousand eight hundred and ninety 0ouars:
provided, that a further sum, amounting TO
one hundred and three thousand nine nun
bred and fOrty-fiye dollars, shall be paid to
defray the expenses of the said MetropoH-
tan 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 a speGial tax, not exceeding One-third
of one per centum, which shall be specially
deposited once in each week, as SUCH collec-
lions are made, to be appropriated and eZ-
pended for said purpose only, for the ser
vice of the fiscal year ending June thlrtleth,
eighteen hundred and sevenJy-thEee.
GoyERNMENT 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
vice. who may have become insane since
their entry into the service OF the Calteo
States. and of the INDECENT insane of the
District of Columbia, in the Government
Hospital for the Insane, including five hun
bred dollars for books, stationery and Incl
dental expenses, one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars.
For the erection, furnishing and fitting
I'D of an extension Of the hospital sufficient
to accommodate ffty-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 It's APP
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-
inc salaries and incidental expenses, the
maintenance of the benefciaries 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 pay ments due and unpaid
| onJuIv first, eighteen hundred and seventy
| two. on the purchase by the institution of
the estate known as kenali 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 Column bla institution tor the
| Deaf and Dumb shall be vested in the
| United States as trustee, for the sole use
| and purpose provided in the act entitled
| I" An act to incorporate the Columbia Inst
! tuition for the instruction of the Deaf
Dumb and Blind, approved February six
| teenth, eighteen hundred and ftty-seven
|
| 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 shalebe
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 III 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 a 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, 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 re-appOintment.
For alteration and repairs of said br&ld,
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 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 discussed 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
gical patients, in some proper medical in.
stitution 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.
Fer the preservation of the collections Of
the surveying and exploring expeditions
of the government, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
For the completion of the hall required
for the government collections, ten thou
sand dollars.