Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-28
The Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill.
AMENDMENTS OF DISTRICT INTEREsr.

night. The items inserted for expenditures to
be made in the District of Columbia. not hereto
fore printed in THE STAR,are as follows:
To provide for building for the use of
the city post Office, Washington. District of
Columbia, there shall be appropriated, for the
purchase blythe Postmaster General, OF lots let
tered c, ID and 4, OF square 322, improved by
seven-story tlre-proof building, the sum of
1926, 600; and this appropriation shall be availa-
Die SO soon as the owner OF said lots and building
shall, by coed and sufficient deed in due form
OF law. and approved by the Attorney General
of the United States fully release AMI convey
the said property to the United States:
That the sum Of ST. $50 S21 IS be, and Is hereby,
appropriated for the purpose OF paying one
half OF the estimated expenses OF the govern
ment Of the District OF Columbia for the fiscal
year ending June 3Oth, 1850. This amount is
s1O7. AGO. 90 more than the Senate committee on
District of Columbia recommended for the ex-
penses
res, fuel and 1nc1dentalS, repairs and improve
mentS, 900; appropriation for Washington
as! lum S4f.16O an increase OF $3.50: national as
soclatlon Tor colored women and children, $500.
y Howard JD1verSity:-FOr maintainance Sl0-
co., one-half to be paid by the District of Co
lunbia.
Once Of the treasurer increased as follows.
treasurer and assessor, 5000; one clerk 81 200
one messenger, 5000: contingent expenses in
Guiding books, stationery. car fare, &C, 5000;
in all, $500. The Metropolitan police, 1885 2io
! This amount is an Increase OF S5.24O over the
estimates OF the District committee. There is
! an increase Of S160 on the salary of the major.
| 5000 on the salary OF the captain, property
| clerk at $500, and other Slight changes. There
! is an increase OF $4,000 in the appropriations re-
! commenced for the fire department, making
/ the sum total Of SG5,.o0 salaries OF f0remen
! and engineers haye been reduced from 81 900 to
! $500 per annun. THE hoStler5 are to receive
/ $500 each per annun. as at present. instead Of
! 5000. There is provision in the bill requiring
/ one OF the fire commissioners to be appointed
/ by the Secretary Of the Interior, TO represent
the interests OF the general government on said
/ board OF commissioners.
| The clause providing a sinking fund Tor the
! $50 bonds has been amended to read as follows:
.'For the interest and sinking fund on the
! funded debt, $1,1j5,5s3.55. And there is hereby
! appropriated out Of the proportional sum which
tie United States may contribute toward the
! expenses Of the District CT Columbia ia pur5u-
| a1ce OF the act OF congress approved June 18th.
! ISIS, for the fiscal year ending June 5)th, 1919,
! and annually thereafter, such sums as viii.
/ with the interest thereon at the rate OF three
! and siXty-tiye hundredthS per ceutum per an
/ rum. be Sufhcient to pay the principal Of the
! $50 bonds OF the District OF Columbia. issued
! ulder the act OF Congress approved June 2Oth,
| 1874, at maturity; which said sums the Secre-
| tary OF the Treasury Shall annually invest in
| said bonds at bot exceeding the par value there
Of; and all bonds SO redeemed shall cease to
| bear interest, and shall be Cancelled aud de-
! SIoyed III the same manner that United States
. bonds are Cancelled and destroyed
For paving with aSphaltum the roadway in
! front OF the Executive Mansion, $ 600. or 50
| much Thereof as may be necessary. For tilling
leVeling, and improving the park in front OF the
| Treasury and State Departments aud the En-
!
| and 1Ith streets, $4,000. The appropriation for
completion of east wing of the War, State and
| Navy Department building, and to continue
| construction OF north wing is increased from
! s4G5, 900 TO $685., ,tto
Tie section OF House bill providing that no
| arrears or pensions shall be paid soldiers Or
| sailors who shall have been supported in tie
| national home for disabled volunteer soldiers is
stricken out, and a clause added appointing
EeDlahiin F. Butler, OF Massachusetts. Freder-
! lex Smyth, Of New Hampshire, and Horace b
/ l1.0 a. MANAGERS
! Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
| For hre-pToohng In part the National Statuary
hall nalneIy, 1of taking out gallery and the
wooden partition above it, constructing brick
! walls, and extending marble tiling OF floor,
! $4,000. or so much thereof as may be necessary.
! Ard no work OF art or manufacture shall be eX-
| hlbited in the National Statuary Hall, the ro-
tunda, or the corridors OF the Capitol. unless by
! the permission Of the joint committee on tn
! library. For electric clocks for the CapitOl.
/ s1,4s3. To MIS- c. Adile Fassett, for the p,r-
@ chase OF the painting OF the Electoral ComInis-
| Tie appropriation for the government hospi-
| tai for the insane is increased from sl6n.00O to
! slsa,mo, and OF this sum not exceeding ST. .00l
may be used for transportation OF patients to
| use OF the National Museum, three hundred
! feet square, 10 be erected under the direction
and supervision OF the regents OF the Smithson-
ian Institution, in accordance with the plans
! now on f'e with the joint committee of public
buildings and grounds. on the southeastern por-
ton OF the grounds of the Smithsonian Institu-
! 1he Smithsonian Institution leaving roadway
between it and the latter of not less than nifty
1eet, with its north front on line with the sout
race OF the buildings OF the Agricultural de-
| partment and OF the Smithsonian Institution:
and all expenditures for the purposes herein
mentioned, not including anything for architec-
! tural plans, Shall be audited by the proper O-
GERS CT the Treasury department.
( See. 5. That the fifth paragraph OF that por-
uon of the act OF June goth. ISIS, making ap-
/ propriations for sundry civil expenses OF the
| government for the fiscal year 1879, and for
! other purposes, relating to the District of Co.
! lumbia, be, and the same is hereby, amended
! SO that the sum of money therein appropriated
! TO pay the wOIkfngmen employed in the public
! Improvements under the late board OF public
works OF SAID District m, may be paid to those
. are due and unpaid from contractors under said
board. whose accounts against the government
! of said District had been paid in part or in full
! prior or subsequently to the passage of the act
| Of June 23d, 1874; and that no such claims shall
be received or filed subsequently to May lst,
/ 1879: Pr0rjded. That the amount to be paid on
each claim shall be paid and received In full
/ discharge OF tie claim OF such workingmen.
| For making Tie necessary changes and alter
ations for the proper heating, lighting, and ven-
| tilatiOn Of the hall OF the House OF Representa-
! tfves, according to the plans and specifications
. made by the architect OF the Capitol extension,
| 10 De expended under the direction OF the com
mission appointed by resolution OF the House,
! $4,000. That the sum OF $4,000 is hereby APP
| propriated to assist in the erection OF an addi
| ton 10 the Corcoran Art Gallery, to be paid TO,
l
| leTy, That the joint commission for the con-
! stTuction OF the Washington Monument, created
| by the act of August 3D. 1916, be, and is hereby,
! authorized to expend for the completion Of the
| foundation of the monument, now in progress.
! so much OF the appropriation made by the said
! act as may be necessary for that purpose, not
! exceeding $4,000 above the sum now author
| iZed.
| The President Of the Senate and Speaker of
| the House are authorized and required, in lieu
| of existing provisions and requirements OF law
| to enter into contract for all OF the public
| printing and binding, including the Co,lqres-
! Siondt Record, with Gibson Bros, of Washing
| ton, who are to give good and sufficient bond
ia the sum OF 100000 and to pay IS, 900 per an
mum for the rent OF the government printing
! Office building and the use OF the material All
printing, IthOgraphing, &c, is to be executed
by these contractors at the rate of ten per cent
( less than the average rate paid heretofore by
the government for the same class or classes OF
t work respectively.
The committee also insert the following
clause: That the public notice to be given for
called bonds, required by the acts authorizing
lhe re1und1ng OF the public debt, Shall hereafter
fe not less than ten days nor more than three
months, at the discretion OF the Secretary OF the
/ Treasury"
The proper accounting officers are authorized
| no instructed to examine the accounts be-
tween the United States and the several states
growing out OF money expended by such states
1or military purposes during the war of 1Sl2