The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-09-20

grounds in the city Of Washington. IN con
fOrmity with the act of March second, eight
cen hundred and sixty seven.
For improving and grading Armonysquare
making and grayeliDg walks, roads, purchase
Of trees, and drainage, ten thousand dollsrs.
For the improvement OF Judiciary square,
by introducing wafer, drainage, purchase of
trees, and opening and grading walks, twelve
thousand five hundred dollars.
For care and Improvement of the Smithso-
nian grounds, two thousand dollars.
For completing improvements and for care
OF Lafayette square, three thousand five hun
ilred dollars.
For improvement Of Farragut square, five
thousand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads, and
GrayeliDg the same. drainage, purchase Of
trees and shrubs, for improvement Of reser-
,vation between Third and SIKH streets, as
per plan, ten thonsand dollars; for rem0v-
Ing snow and he from payements and walks
one thousand dollars.
For siarlinga nursery for Improvement Of
public grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Linc0ln park, building pave
menls, opening walks, and lodge, five tlIou
sand five hundred dollars.
For improving reservation on New York
avenue and Eighteenth street, seven thousand
five hundred ddOlars.
For repairs of government watcr-pipes and
fire plugs, and purchase Of apparatus for
cleaning water-pipes, ten thousand dollars !;
for purchase of splrrows, cages, boxes, and
care OF the same, five hundretl dollars; for
purchase OF tree-narkers, and marking the
came, one hundred dollars; for abaling nui-
sallces, one thousand dollars
For improving reservations on different
avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs Of Navy Yard bridge
and Upper brillge, three thousand dollars.
WASHINGTON AQuEDUcT.
For repairs Of dwellings for keepers Of the
waler-gales, one thousand five hundred do!-
lars.
For completing the parapcts of Cabin
John bridge and other bridges on the line of
The aquedlct, thirteen thousand nine hundred
and thirty-four dollars.
For dial telegraph connecting the Great
falls of the Potomac with the reservoirs and
with the Office In Washington, two thousand
five hundred dollars.
For rmaintenancc,i including super intcndence,
salaries OF gate keepers, and General repuirs,
fifteen thousand dollars,
For completing the necessary excavation Of
distributing reservoir, eleven thOusan nd five
hnncrcd and fifty dollars.
For furnishing and laying cast-iron pipe
four feet in diameter from the central gate
house to The efliuent gate-house, twenty-five
thousand nine hundred and thirty-tw0 dol
lars
For purchase Of land for road from the
Great Ia lis 10 conduit road, three thousand
one hundred and thirty-nine dollars; and all
the foregoing appropriations for the survice
OF the Washington aqucduct are hereby made
available Immediately upon the passage of
this act.
For rebuilding the Chain bridge, OIL the
Potomac river, one hundred thousanp dollars
or so much thereof as may ls9 necessary:
Provided, That the bridge shall be rebuilt as
a substantial iron stLtlctilOe, upon plans 10 be
approved by The Chief Of Enginsers of the
army, and undvr his supervision and direc-
tiun.
To pay Ave laborers in the old part Of The
Capitol' and Ave watchmen In reservation
two, twenty per centum on their lrly for the
years ending June thirieth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine, and June thiriidth, eighteen
hundred and seventy, rs authorized by The
eighteenth section of The adt ol July twenty
eighth, eighteen hundred and siXty,six, two
thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, Ur
80 much as may be necessary.
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND
ABANDONED LANDS.
For collection and payment Of bounty,
prize money, and other legitimate claims OF
OF agents and clerks; rent of offices, fuel, ind
lights; stationery and printing; oilice furni-
ture aud rengirs mileage and transportation
of officers and agents; telegraphingand post
age. one hundred thousand dollars: Provided,
Thut the Bureau oil Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands shall 30 discontinued from
and after June thirtieh, eighteen hundred
and seveuty-.wo, and that all agents, clerks,
and ather Employees then on duty shall be
discharged, except such Ms may be retained
by the Secretary Of War for the purposes Of
this provis0; ami all acts and parts Of acts
pertaining 10 the collection and payment of
brunics, or other moneys due 10 colorcd SOL
diers, sailors, and marines, or their heirs,
shall remain in force until Otherwise ordered
by Congress, the same 10 be carried into Of
feet by The Secretary Of War, who NAV em-
pl0y such G lerical iUrDe as may be necessary
for the purpose.
For the support Of Freedmen's Hospital
aud Asylum at Washington, District OF Col
nmbia, viz: Pay OF melk'al officers and at
tendants; medicines, medical supplies, and
rations clothing; rent Of hospital buildings,
fuel, and lights repairs and transportation,
seventy-lour thousand dollars: Provided.
That no part of said appropria ion shall be
used in the support OF. or TO pay any Of the
alore;id expenses an account Of any persons
hereafter to be admitted to said hospital and
asylum, unless persons removed tkiher from
some other government hospital: Provided,
That after June thiriieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, the Freedmen's Hospital in
the District OF Columbia shall, until other
wise ordered by Congress, becontinucd under
the supervision and control Of the Secretary
OF War, who shall make all estimates, and
PASS all accounts, and be accountable to the
treasury Of the United States for all cxpendi-
lures.
sIGNAL-cFFICE.
For manufacture, purchase, or repair of
meteorological and other necessary instru-
ments; for telegraphing reports; for expen-
ses OF storm-signals announcing pr0pable al)-
preach and force OF storms throughout the
United States, for the benefit of commerce
and agriculture; for Observation-Disclosures for
hire, furniture, and expenses of officers main.
tained for public use in Giles or posts receiv-
ing reports; for maps and bulletins, to be di :
y aged in chambers OF c0mInerce and boards
Of.traiie rooms; for books anil stationery; /;
and lor incidental expenses not otherwise
dollars: Provided, That the Secretary Of War
be, and he hereby is, authorized and required
TO provide, In the system Of observations and
reports IN charge Of the chief signal officer Of
the army, for such stations, reports, and Sig
nails as may be icund necessary for the bene-
ilt oil agriculture and commercial inter.
ests, Anu provided, That no part Of this y
preparation, nor Of any appropriation for the
several Departments of the government, shall
be paid to any teegraphc company which
shal neglect or refuse 10 transmit photographic
communications between said INepGr, mcnts,
their officers, agents, or employees, un'ler he
provisions Of the section of chapter two hun
tlred and thirty Of the statutes OF the United
States for the year eighteen hundred and six.
ty-siX, and at rates OF compensation therefor
10 be established by the Postmaster Genersl !:
Provided also, That whenever any telegraph
company shall have filed its written accept
arce with the Postmaster General, of the re-
sirictiODs aud obligations required by the aot
approved July twenty-iOurth, eighteen hum
Cred and siXty-six, entitled AN act to aid In
the construction Of telegraph lines, and to
secrre to the government the use of the same.
for postal, military, and other purposes,p II
sllch company, lts agents, or employees shall
hereaf er refuse or neglect to transmit any