The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06

ana sixty dollars shall be paid to defray the ox-
ctes 81 ~ me sald metropolitan police force by the
OF washington, beyond the limits Of said cities,
IN t1e district of Columbia in the proportion cores
puing 70 tne number Of privates allotted severAuy
70 SAD precincts and the corporate authorties OF
sad Cities in the district of Columbia are nerepy NJ
thorzed and required to levy special tat, noI "a
seedg one third Of one per Weep as such
priations are made, to be appropr1leu anu e1penueu
for said only fot tng "i dre sc sea
seventvfour: Prorided further That the annual re-
mort Of the board of metropolitan police commission
Of the United States, who shall also be charged with
the disbursement of this appropriation.
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
For the support, clothing, medical and moral treat
ment of the insane of the army and navy, revenue
cutter, and volunteer service, 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 tbe In
sane, including five hundred dollars for books sta
tionery, and incidental expenses, one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements Of the ho.;. al b,;,d
ings, twenty thousand dollars -'' 'AA
FOR the erection OF stockbarn on one of the out
lying FARMS OF the institution and hay-barn on the
tbe Lar and OF poultry house within
For the erection, lighting, heating and furnishing
Oh detached building to contain talors' Shoemak.
efs,, ana mattress makers' shops and store-rooms
and dormitories for mechanics and farm Iahorers
without families, ten thousand dollars.
FOR moving, repairing, and building cottages for
the occupation of the employees of the hospital hay
ing families, five thousand seven hundred and twelve
dollars and twenty-five cents.
For completion of the roads and walks in the exer-
else grounds OF the patients two thousand dollars.
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUNE.
For the support of the institution including saar
les and incidental expenses, the maintenance of the
beneciaries of the United States and five hundred
dollars for books and illustrative apparatus fortv-
eight thousand dollars.
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL, FOR woMEN ANT, r7,-r,-,-
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 nav
patients, twenty-eght thousand Eve hundred dollars
To aid in the support OF the Childrens Hospital of
Washington, District of Columbia, five thousand
For care, support, and medical treatment Of seven
ty-five transient paupers medical and surgical pa
tents in some proper medical institution in the city
OF Washington, under contract to be formed with
such institution, fifteen thousand dollars much
thereof as may necessary under the direction of
the Secretary Of War.
For the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home,
Washington City, District Of Columbia, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the
INTERIOR fifteen thousand dollars: P7'oUided, That
hereafter child children shall be admitted into
said home except "the destitute orphans of soldiers
and sailors who have died in the late war behalf
ton three of the act entitled can to incorporate
the National Soldiers and Sailors Home, approved
And provided further That no child not an invalid
shall remain in said home after having attained the
age OF sixteen years.
To aid in the erection of building for a hospital
in the city OF Washington, under the charge a1d
troll Of incorporated association in said CITY, known
as the Sisterhood of Saint John. twenty-fv thou
sand dollars are hereby appropriated out of any mon
ey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be
paid to the said association.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
For preservation Of the collections of the surveying
ana exploring expeditions of the government fifteen
thousand dollars
For fitting up the new halls required for the GOV
eminent collections, fifteen thousand dollars.
For steam, heating apparatus for the same. twelve
CAPITOL EXTENSION.
For continuing the work on the Capitol, and for
dollars, '- STAY NV ''i'us"nu
For extending the inlets to the Senate chamber for
fresh air to the lower terrace near the western nor
ten thousand dollars. f'
For constructing coal-vaults within the open SPACE
at the east front the Capitol between the wings and
the old building, sixteen thousand dollars: and for
connecting the Capitol by telegraph to be used solely
for public business, with all the Departments of gov
eminent and the Government Printing office in the
city OF Washington, eight thousand dollars or so
mueh thereof as may be necessary, to be expended
under the direction OF the officer in charge of the
public buildings and grounds: PTouided, That the
immaculate connection of the wires with any of the
public buildings shall be made under ground. or in
Capitol or other public buildings
For grading and paving the streets and f,otwavs
sroun1 tne Capitol, and running from Pennsylvania,
avenue to streets north aud south is the line of the
east front of the Capitol and for imnrovino the
grounds within that area, one hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars: Provided, That in the i'm
provements OF streets about the Capitol the Secreta
Of the Interior shall and collect the cost of
all improvements made in front of all private proper
ty in the same proportion as charged by the district
authorities for similar improvements.
For ten. thousand eight hundred and forty-four
square feet Of land on South Capitol and South B
Streets with the buildings standing thereon the sum
ha Taid to- 1n
Of the Israel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
whenever they shall, in due and legal FORM transfer
to the Unite States good and sufficient title to said
land and premises: Prorided, That said trustees
may have the right to remove the building thereon
known as the parsonage and the seats and benches
belonging to the church, any time within thirty DAYS
after being notified to remove the same by the Arch
itect Of the Capitol.
For alteration and refitting the hall of the House
OF Representatives for accommodation of the ncreas
ed number OF members and the better ventilation
and lighting thereof to be expended under the snner
olson OF te Architect Of Che Capitol Extension
the House, forty thousand dollars and the amounts
hereby appropriated for work on and aropnd- t.ic
Capitol shall be available from the passage of this
BOTANICAL GARDEN.
For the construction of brick wall and iron fence
along FIRST street between Pennsylvania and Mary
land avenues, and for gateways on same line nina
thousand five hundred dollars.
For taking down and rebuilding fence along Mary
land avenue and Third street. to conform TO new
grade, four thousand dollars
For repairs to buildings, improvements TO heat
ing-apparatus, and walks, and for grading and in
tanical garden, bounded by Second, Third, and b
Streets and for erecting thereon houses for storing
pots SOIL coal, and plants six thousand five hundred
For completing the new conservatory BY erecting
an octagon at the eastern end conform to that at
the western end, seventeen thousand five hundred
dollars; and the several amounts hereby annronnat
ed for the Botanical gardens shall be available from
the passage of this act.
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf
including compensation of civilians engaged in the
work, and excluding pay and emoluments of oficers
Of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of
ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the western coast of
the United States including compensation of civil
lans, and pay and rations of engineers of steamers
engaged IN the work, two hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars.
For extending the triangulation of the Coast Sur
vcy SO as TO form geodetc connection 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. thrty-sx thou
For repairs and maintenance of the complement
OF Xessefs used IN the Coast Survey, fifty thousand
For continuing the publication of the observations
made IN the progress OF Coast Survey including COM
LEGATION to be made at the Government PRINTING Office
ten thousand dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For salaries of eight hundred and ninety-three
lighthouse keepers and light-beacon Keepers and
their assistants five hundred and thirty-fye thou
sand eight hundred dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in refttng and
improving lighthouses, and buildings connected
herewith, two hundred and twenty-five Thousand
dollars.
For supplying the lighthouses and beacon-licbts
on the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake, and Pacific coasts with
oil, wicks, glass chmneys, chamos-skns, spirits of
wine, whiting, polishing powder, towels, brushes,
soap, paints and other cleaning materials, and for
expenses Of repairing and keeping in repair umin-
ating apparatus and machinery, and of gauging
testing, transporortation delivery of oil and other
supplies for lighthouses and other Incidental neces-
sary expenses, three hundred and sixty thousand
eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars.
For expenses Of visiting and inspecting lights and
otner aluS TO navigation, two thousand dolarl.
FOR seanen's wages rations repairs, salaries SUD-
plles, ana incidental expenses of twenty light
ships and seven relief light vessels two hundred and
seventeen thousand seven hundred and thirty-two
dollars and fifty cents.
For repairs and incidental expenses in renewing
refittng, and improving fog-signals and buildings
Herewith, fifty thousand dollars
For expenses of raising, cleaning painting repair-
ing, renewing, and supplying losses of buOys spin
dies, and day-beaoons and for chains, sinkers and
similar necessaries three hundred thousand doll ars
FOR LIGHTHOUSES, BEAooNs, AND FoG-sIGNALs..
For rebuilding the upper part of the lighthouse
tower at Nash's sland coast of Maine, three thou
sand dollars.
For rebuilding the upper part of the lighthouse
at Seguin island, coast Of Maine, five thousand dol
lars.
For rebuilding the west lighthouse at Cape Eliza
beth, coast of Maine, thirty thousand dollars.
For replacing day-beacOns destroyed by the ice on
the coast of Maine and Massachusetts, thirty thou