The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-01-04

For this amount, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the erection # winter quarters for
troops stationed neal the Red Cloud and milestone
Indian agencies, thirty thousand dollars.
NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES.
For continuation of the survey of northern and
northwestern lakes, one hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars; and the unexpended balances OF
appropriations for Surveys for military deenses"
existing June thirtieth eighteen hundred ami seven
tythree, be, and the same are hereby continued and
rendered available for the service OF the fiscal year
ending June thrtietb, eighteen hundred and seventy
'''' MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
Support of Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum at
Washington, District OF Columbia: Pay of medical
officers and attendants medicines medical supplies,
and rations clothing; rent OF hospital buildings;
fuel and lights repairs and transportation, fifty
teth, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, the Freed
mems Hospital in the District of Columbia shall, I'M
i'll otherwise ordered by Congress, be continued I'M
der the dreation of the Secretary OF the INTERIOR
who shall make all estimates and pass all accounts,
and shall he accountable to the Treasury OF the
United States for all expenditures and all property
including hospital and quarermasters stores, belong
ing to said hospital, and now in charge of the War
Department. be also transferred to the Interior De-
partment.
For one clerk of the first class to keep the accounts
of the Congressional Record, as required by joint
resolution of Congress.
For the National Association for the relief of the
colored women and children Of the District of Col
umbia, ten thousand dollars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be
necessary 70 presents to the Sioux of the Red Cloud
and MILESTONE OF Spotted Tail agencies. on con di-
ton that said Indians SHALL relinqush their rig ht
under treaty stipulati0ns, to hunt in Nebraska,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Collection and payment of bounty, prize money,
and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors:
Salaries of agents and clerks; rent of office; fuel
and lights stationery, and so FORTH office furniture
and REPAIRS mileage and transportation OF officers
and agents; telegraphing and postage, eighty-fve
thOusanI dollars
For completing the medical and surgical history of
OF the war, the unexpended balance of the appro-
prlatlOn made In the act dune eighth, eighteen
hundred and eeventy-two, is hereby continued and
rendered available. And Il G Surgeon-General is
hereby authorized to continue duty in his office
| the acting assistant surgeons now employed said
| history during the next fiscal year.
For continuing the publication Of the medical and
surgical history of the to be distributed Con-
gress may direct sixty thousand dollars; to be used
in the preparation OF illustrations for new edition
of five thousand copies Of entire work: Prooided,
That the necessary engraving and ithographing tor
these publications may be executed under the direc-
lions of the Secretary OF War, without advertise
ment
For completing the medical statistics of the Pro-
| vost- Marshall Generals Bureau, the unexpeuded
balance of the appropriation made by act of July
twenty eighth eighteen hundred and sixty-sx, is
| hereby continued and made available.
For engraving and printing the plates illustrating
the report of the geographical and geological expor
atiOns and surveys west of the one hundredth merd
ian to be published in quarto fo M the printing and
binding to be done at the government printing Office
| twenty five thousand dollars.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is
hereby, authorized and directed to pay the late firm
OF Dempsey and OTo0le, as indemnity for loss sus-
tanned by them by annulment of contract with the
Post-Offce Department for furnishing stamped en-
veopes and newspaper wrappers the sum of twenty
nine thousand four hundred and thrtythree dollars
| and eighty-nine cents Provided That previous to
the payment of the sum before mentioned the said
Dempsey and U'Toole shall deliver up, to the salts
faction OF the Postmaster-General all dies and dam
| dy rolls by them used and provided for the manu-
tacture OF the envelopes aforesaid: And provided
further That the sum aforesaid shall be received in
full satisfaction for all claims and demands Of the
said Dempsey and O'TOoe for or by reason of the
annument of said contract.
For payment of costs and charges of state peni-
tentiaries for the care, clothing, maintenance and
| medical attendance of United States military con-
victs confined in them, sxty-fve thousand dollars.
To indemnify the states for expenses incurred by
them IN enrolling, equippng, and transporting troops
for the defense of the United States during the late
instruction, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
To provide for the payment under existing laws
for horses and other property lost destroyed in the
military service of the United States, fifty thousand
dollars.
| For resurvey of the Au Sable River, Michigan,
and establishing dock lines, not exceeding one thou
sand dollars to be paid for from unexpended balance
of appropriation heretofore made for the improve
| ment of said river.
| BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND
| WASHINGTON.
| Improvement and of public grounds Re
| pair, care and improvement of public buildings,
grounds, and works in the District of Columbia un-
| der direction of the the Chief of Engineers:
For grounds south Of Executive Mansion, ten
thousand dollars.
For the Smithsonian grounds, ten thousand dol
| lars.
| FOR Ar1nOrV Square, 1ncl0Sl0g on TWO S1QeS Win
posts and ehan and for asphalt walks five thousand
dollars.
| For four reservations between Third and Sixth
Streets grading excavatng walks, crawling and as
phalt for same, and enclosing, five thousand dollars
For inclosing Lincoln Square and for purchase of
| trees and seats, five thousand dollars.
For improving the portion of Franklin Square on
| X street lately added to those grounds, and for
| grading and completing edges of walks, and for
granite coping for tountainbow and planting trees,
three thousand dollars.
For pedestal for Balls bronze statue of Lincoln,
to be placed in Lincoln Square, three thousand dol
lars
| For continuing improvement of judiciary Square
purchase of Seats trees, and evergreens; and for
fountain, ten thousand doars and the Jail building
situated said square shall be I'D soon as prac-
| tcable, and the money obtained therefor shall be
placed in the Treasury the credit of the fund for
| the improvement of said square.
For improving various reservations, twenty thou-
| sand dollars.
For repair of the various fountains in the public
grounds, one thousand dollars.
For ordinary repairs OF propagating house and ex-
| tension of the same, three thousand dollars.
For ordinary care and protection of Lafayette
Square, two thousand dollars
For annual repair of fences, two thousand dollars.
For manure and hire Of horses and carts tor haul
| ing the same eight thousand dollars.
For painting iron fences, four thousand dollars.
For purchase and repair of seats, one thousand
| dollars. -.-..-.-
For purchase and repair of TOOLS two thousand
| dollars.
For trees, tree-boxes, lime, and whitewashins
For flowers, fower-pots, Irvine, wire, and glasses,
one thousand dollars.
For removing snow and ice. one thousand dollars.
For purchase OF young trees and plants for nur-
sery, two thousand dollars.
For tree-markers and marking trees one hundred
dollars; for making cages and boxes for sparrows,
two hundred and fifty dollars for abating nuisances
one thousand dollars; for constructing fountain
and for asphalt in the circle at the intersection Of
| Vermont and Rhode Island avenues, five thousand
dollars; for enclosing and improving the triangular
| reservation on pennsylvania avenue and Twenty
| first street, two thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of reservation
| numbereI three. ten thousand dollars.
| For improving the grounds OF the old canal, ten
| thousand dollars.
| Repairs and fuel for the Executive Mansion: For
annual repairs of the Executive Mansion ten thou
sand dollars for care of and refrnisbng the Execu
tive Mansion, thousand dollars; for fuel for the
| Executive Mansion and greenhouses five thousand
doars and for OF and necessary repairs to the
green-h house, the unexpended balance of appropria-
| ton heretofore made is hereby rendered available.
follows For gas, thirty-five thousand dollars
pay of lamp-lighters, gas-titiing, plumbing lamp
posts, and for repairs of all Sorts fifteen thousand
dollars for fuel for watchmens lodges and for the
greenhouses at the propagatng gardens, one thou
| For annual repairs at the navy yard and upper
bridges seven thousand dollars; for repairing and
| extending water-pipes. purchase of apparatus to
clean them, and for cleaning the springs for supply,
ing the Capitol the Executive Mansion and War aud
| Navy Departments, ten thousand dollars.
For additional work and materials for completing
superstructure of Chain Bridge, including railing,
lighting and painting, four thousand nine hundred
l and eighty dollars.
| Washington acqueduct: For engineering main
tenance and general repair, fifteen thousand dollars
for building a wooden fence around government land
| at the Great Falls, thousand five hundred dol
lars; for building dwelling and office at Great Falls,
three thousand dollars; for paving the roadway over
Griffith Park bridge and Cabin John bridge
| with asphalt pavement, five thousand eight huh
dred dollars for furnishing and setting four magnetic
dial instruments in connection with the telegraph
line from Great Falls to Georgetown, one thousand
one hundred dollars.
| For continuing matchmaking of conduit road,
| five thousand dollars.
| For widening entertainments along The line of the
| Washington acqueduct, five thousand dollars.
| To enable the Joint Committee on the Library OF
Congress to procure plans for the accommodation OF
| the library, two thousand dollars.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
For bounty to seamen, to pay certificate issued to
State of New Hampshire, seven hundred and thirty
| nine dollars and fifty cents.
| NAVY YARDS AND STATIONS.
| For the navy yard at League Island: For the con-
tnuatiOn of work and removal of property from the
| Philadelphia navy-yard, three hundred thousand
| dollars.
| For the naval station at New London: For labor,
| material and erections fifty thousand dollars.
| For the navy-yard at Pensacola, Florida For COM
| menciug the rebuilding of the repairing DOCK two
| hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
| For the navy-yard at Norfolk Virginia: For IRON
J plating shops, fifty thousand dollars.
| For the removal of powder magazine from Nor
folk Virginia. to be expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the Navy, and to provide for the
construct N of magazine at more suitable place