Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-02

portion of tho public grounds In tho city Of Washington
and shall be under the control as tho other public
buildings and grounds IN tho city Of WASHINGTON, IN
For improving and grading Armory square, making
drainage ton thousand dollars.
For The Improvement Of Judiciary square, by intro
and grading walks twelve thousand five hundred dol
Forcarc and improvement ofthe Smithsonian grounds,
For completing improvements and for caro- Of Lamy-
cite square, three thousand five hundred dollars.
dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads, and grayelng
tho same drainage, purchase Of trees and shrubs for
improvement of reservation between Third and Sixth
streets, per plan, ten thousand dollars for romov
ing snow aud ice from payements and walks, one thou
For starting nursery for improvement Of public
grounds, two thousand dollars.
For Improving Lincoln park, building pavements,
dollars.
For Improving reservation ON New York avenue and
Eighteenth street, thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairs Of government waterppes and ire-plugs,
and purchase Of apparatus for cleaning waterppes,
ten thousand dolars for purchase Of spnrrOws cages,
boxes, and of the same, Eve hundred dollars for
purchase Of treemarkers and marking the same, ono
hundred dollars for abatng nuisanoes one thousand
dollars.
For improving reservations on different avenues,
For casual repairs Of Navy Yard bridge and Upper
bridge, three thousand dollars. -. I'll, ,.-.,,-.-.
WASHINGTON Accommodation repairs Of dwellings
for keepers Of the watergates one thousand Two hun
dred dollars.
For compict ng tho parapots Of Cabin John bridge
and other bridges the line Of tho aqueduct thirteen
thousand nine hundred and thlrty-i four dollars,
For dial telegraph connecting the Great falls OF tho
Potomac with tho reservoirs and with the office in
Washington, two thousand five hundred dollars
For maintenance, including superintendent, salar-
les Of gato-koepers and general repairs fifteen thou
For completing the necessary excavation Of distribut
inr rpgpryOr nlpvOu thougnnd five hundred and INV
dollars.
For furnishing and laying cast-lron pipe four feet
In diameter from the central gatohouso TO the euent
gate-hou'e, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and
thirty-two dollars.
dut road three thousand hundred and thirtynino
dollars and all the foregoing appropriations for the
service of the Washington aqueduct arc hereby made
available Immediately upon Tho passage of this act.
For rebuilding the Chain bridge, ON the Potomac
river hundred thousand dollars or somuch therec
may be necessary Provided, That the bridge shall
DO rebuilt as substantial iron structure upon plans
| and under his supervision and direction.
To pay five labOroTs In the old part OF tho CAPITOL
and five w9tchmen in reservation two twenty pt per
eth eighteen hundred and sixty nno and June Thrift
eth, eighteen hundred and seventy as authorized 3y
the eighteenth sectono the act OF July twentyeght
eighteen hundred and siXty-siN, two thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars, or so much as may be nee
BrREAu or REFUGEES FREEDMEN &ND ABANDONED
| LANDs.-FOr collection and payment Of bounty, prize
money and other legitimate claims of oolored soldiers
and sailors For salaries Of agents and clerks rent
OF Offices fuel and lights; stationery and printing
office furniture and repars' mileage and transporta-
ton OF officers aud agents tglcgaphing and postage,
one hundred thousand dollars Provided, That the
Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
shall be discontinued from ana after June thlrteth
eighteen hundred and sevcny-two, and that all agents
clerks, and other employees then on duty shall be dis
charged, except such as may be retained ny inc score
tary of War for the purposes Of this proviso and AL
acts and parts Of acts pertaining TO tho COLLECTION ana
pay ment Of bountes or other moneys due TO cQofod
soldiers sailors and marines OF th9lT hets' snall Ie
Ia force until otherwise ordered by Congress the
to DO carried into effect by the Secretary Of War
who may employ such clerical force as may be neces
for the support of Frcedmcn's Hospital and Asylum
at Washington, District Of Columbia, viz Pay Of medi
cal officers and attendants medicines, medical supplies
aud rations, clothing rent Of hospital building ue
and lights repairs and transportation, seYenty-ioul
thousand dollars Provided That part Of aid appro
priaon shall he used In support u, or 70 pay any
Inc aforesaid expenses on account Of any pc here
after to be admitted To said hospital and asylum un
lcss persons removed thther from other govern
| ment hospital Provided That after June thrtioth
eighteen hundred and seventy two tho Freed mens Hos
plta Ia the District Of Columbia shall until otherwise
ordered by Congress, he continued under tho superys
ion and control % the SCcetlryo OF VAR who shall max
all estimates and pass all accounts aud he accouutaD
to tho treasury Of the United States for all eNpendl
| SiGSAL Orr,cu.-For manufacture, purchase, or re
pair etc0rolOg cal and other necessary instruments
iof teeSIIEhlnE report lgr ~ J fr ~ VIM
announcing probable approach ana iotce OIL form
Ia ou-hout the United states for tho benefit Of com
mercc and agriculture; for instiumentshelters 70
hire, furniture and expenses OF oHces maintained 10
puhc IN cities or posts receiving fepors LOT map
aud bulletins be displayed in chambers Of commerce
and boaril-oftrado rooms; books and stationery an'
for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for two
| hundred and hfty thousand dollars Provided, ina
the Secretary Of War be- and he hereby Is, authorize
aud required 10 provide In the system OF observation
and reports in charge Of the chief gnal officer Of "a
army Tor such stations reports and signals may b.
found necessary for tho benefit Of agricultural and com
merclal interests And provided, That no part Of thi
appropriation nor OF any appropriation lor tRe seVeIa
elegraphic company which shall neglect or resiusG L
transmit Geographic communications between said nc
partmen their officers, agents, or employees under IN
provisions of the second section OF chapter two hundre
and thirty of the statutes ofthe United States for the yea
eighteen hundred and sSty.sN and at rates OF com
pcnsaon therefor to be established by the Postmaster
General Provided also That whenever any telegraph
The Of the restrictions and oblga
lions required by the act approved July twenyiourth
| eighteen hundred and sXty-sX entitled " An act t
aid in the construction Of telegraph lines ana to secure
the government the use Of the same, for postal mil
tary and other purposes IL suSn ~
init any such telegrnphic communications ms are Drt
vded for by the Aforesaid act or by the Joint resouo
approved tho ninth day Of February eighteen h9nure
| and seventy, " 10 authorize the Secretary Of War
provide for taking meteorological observations at "a
military stations and other points Of the interior Of u
continent and for giving notice on tho northern lake
| and seabOard Of the approach aud iorce OF storms
ucl tsleqraphc conn any shall forfeit and pay 10 III
Tnitei States not les than ono hundred aud not
ceodiug thousand dollars for each refusal or nes
let Aforesaid e 30 ieCoycVG An nito ststs
| MISCELLANEOUS OBJEurs.-TO provide for the pay
ment under existing laws for horses and other
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States, one hundred thousand dollars.
scoret-scrvce fund.- To enable tho Secretary Of III
Treasury ottlo the accounts OF dsbur NJ officers TO
expenditures already m1dc In pursuance oi ave. which vi
not involve any actual expenditure but merely t'angte
on the books @. the tn aHury hiiy theuanl doii'Is
TO provide for the payment to Bonn pitmou r tranl
crpt Of h phonrF aphc copy Of the record aud proceed
aa G' i g. co., g. nln While in comaad { the amy
Kentucky TcHncfsca the sum II twelve hundred
Military convict. ut state reuitontllrc; For payment
costs and charges Of State pententarcs for u care cot
ing maintenance, and medical attendance OF ned stat,
military conNcs confined IN the' slNy'e i"pusAhu 90
Reiundlug to States expense, Incurred in aisus vOur
ioer; 70 indemnify the State Tor expenses incurred ,
them in enrolling cquppug, and transporting troops f.
the defense Of tho Tinted States during the hate nurr
ton, Eve hundred thousand dollar
To enalc the Secretary Of War to pay the expenses "a
cured on tn part Of the United stltcs in The artaio
had between the ui cd States and the Green and Nj
sisippi Canal Company thirteen thoufmd seven hnndru
and thirteen d.lat- and nincty-evcn cents.
10 provide Tor the erection Of hadstones upon the grave
of soldiers IN the national cometori the um Of t'o hu
For the ,,tabahuent u an sFtronomic base and cor
tnuance Of military and geographical surveys and explol
tons west Of the hundred meridian ofl1ngtiiude
der tho direction of the Secretary Of War, seventyN
For the purchase aud preparation of u,t,umcns for
proper observation Of the transit Of Venus which pred
I'd 10 occur on the eighth Of December, oighte hundro
and seventy four fifty thousand dollars to be expended
der the direction Of commission TO be composed Of Il
INC navy attached to the Naval Observatory the Prede
Of the National ainmy Of scenc s. and the suporntenS
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engagements shall be made for such instfuncn's to n
I amount exceeding the sum hereby appropriated.
For pedestal for the equestrian statue Of General White
scott authorized by Of July fifteenth eighteen hundr,
aud seventy, iorty-iwo thousand dollIrs
For expenses Of the United States commissioners to q
International PcnenaTy Congress at London, IN cghtc,
, hundred and sevonty-two Eve thousand dollars.
For expenses OF the United Sate commissioners to Il
. International Statistical ConEes at saint Petersburg G
u thousand dollars.
10 enable the secrets AIRY Of the Interior to provide Ia
| library for the Territory Of Colorado, two thousand h
hundred dollars said library to be selected by the Chi
| Justice Of said Territory.
Por preparing aud printing series OF map not excee
ing twenty IN number, 20 ulpaie graphically the guar
yomes az the ninth census, twenty-five thou-and dollar
o UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
| NAyy-YARDs.-Nayy-yard Portsmouth, New Ham
= sbre For repairs of all kinds seycnyye thousand Il,
iars for ropas Of floating decks, eighty thousand doar
Tor permanent improvements, namely for bridge come,
inc spay.y's Island four thousand dollars; I'm all hu
@ AIRED and hfty-ninc thousaui two hundred dollars.
For constre ing aud testing experimental brerth loadiI
| boat-howitEers ten thousand dollars