Works of art. For an additional appropriation, to be expended under the direction of 1856, ch. 129. the joint committee on the library, to decorate the Capitol with such Vol. xi. p. 88. See Post, p. 513. Works of art as may be ordered and approved by said committee, as provided by act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, Joint commit fifteen thousand dollars; and said committee, whenever, in their judgtee on the library ment, it shall be expedient, are authorized to accept any work of the fine works of the fine arts on behalf of Congress, which may be offered, and to assign the same such place in the Capitol as they may deem suitable, and shall have the supervision of all works of art that may be placed in the Capitol. may accept arts, &c. Wilkes's Ex For the publication of three volumes of Wilkes's Exploring Expediploring Expedition, agreeably to act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, nine thousand dollars. tion. 1872, ch. 229. Ante, p. 164. Moran's Canyon of the Yellowstone. Coast survey. coasts. To enable the joint committee on the library to purchase Moran's large painting of the Canyon of the Yellowstone, ten thousand dollars. Survey of the Coast. For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, and Lake Champlain, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, and petty-officers and men of the navy employed in the work, three hundred and ninety-one thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. For pay and rations of engineers for the steamers used in the coast survey, no longer supplied by the Navy Department, ten thousand dol lars. For continuing the publication of the observations made in the progress of coast survey, including compensation for civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the government printing office, ten thousand dollars. For repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels used in the coast survey, forty-five thousand dollars. For extending the triangulation of the coast survey so as to form a geodetic connection between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and assisting in the State surveys, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, thirty-six thousand dollars. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Armories and Arsenals. — Springfield armory, Springfield, Massachusetts For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for curbstone for armory grounds fronting on State street, twentytwo thousand dollars. Rock Island armory and arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois: For new forging-shop of same dimensions and architecture as shops already built, except that it will be only one story high, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars; for new finishing-shop for armory, two hundred thousand dollars; for new fire-proof barracks for enlisted men, including messbuilding, bakery, and laundry-building, ninety-five thousand dollars; for new powder-magazine, fifteen thousand dollars; for completing development of the water-power, one hundred and ten thousand dollars; for the construction of avenues and roads to the Rock Island wagon-bridge, and to the new bridge across the Mississippi river, to the city of Davenport, and for building a railroad to connect the present arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock Island railroad, when changed to its new location at the lower end of the island, and for building two entrances to the island from the two bridges, and an iron fence connecting the two entrances, and between the railroad and the public wagon-road on one side and the arsenal on the other side, twenty-eight thousand dollars: for new machin ery for the new shops already completed, twenty thousand dollars; for laying water-pipe, three thousand dollars; for putting six water-wheels (sixty-five horse power each) in the new dam, with shafting and machinery, for transmission of power to the shops already in use, twenty-six thousand dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars. For completion of the wagon-road bridge connecting Moline with Rock Wagon-road Island, one hundred thousand dollars. bridge. Rock island For the construction of the Rock Island bridge, the balance of the appropriation, continued by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and bridge. seventy-one, which may be unexpended at the close of the present fiscal 1871, ch. 114 §1. year, is hereby re-appropriated. Benicia arsenal, Benicia, California: For boring artesian well, twelve thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars; for building new wharf, eleven thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars; for removing bank in front of office, and filling up ravine, five thousand six hundred and eightyseven dollars; for necessary grading of public grounds, eight thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs of workshops, storehouses, and quarters, five thousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty-four thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars. Vol. xvi. p. 505. .Benicia; Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For care and repairs of public Columbus; buildings and grounds, nine hundred and fifty dollars. Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South Carolina: For putting slate-roof on foundery building, one thousand three hundred dollars; for relaying floors in store-houses, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs of public buildings and grounds, two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars. Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville, Michigan: For painting and repairing public buildings, five hundred dollars. Charleston; Detroit; Fort Monroe; Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence, brick foundation wall, and fence of old musket-barrels, three thousand dollars; for repairing store-houses, for painting and repairing public buildings, three thousand dollars; in all, six thousand dollars. Fort Union arsenal, Fort Union, New Mexico Territory: For repairing Fort Union; storehouses, magazine, barracks, workshops, office, quarters, inclosing wall, and fences, three thousand five hundred dollars. Frankford arsenal, Bridesburg, Pennsylvania: For repairs of public Frankford, buildings and grounds, three thousand dollars. Kennebec arsenal, Augusta, Maine: For repairing public buildings, grounds, and fences, one thousand dollars. Kennebec; Leavenworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kansas: For additions to subal- Leavenworth; tern's quarters, one thousand and thirty-six dollars and ninety cents; for repairs to public buildings, cisterns, drains, and walks, three thousand six hundred dollars; for building a cistern for use of steam-engine, five hundred and fifty dollars; for purchase of steam-pump, boiler, pipe, and putting up the same, for the purpose of supplying water to the arsenal, including construction of water-tank, one thousand dollars; for putting up fence along new wagon-road to railroad-bridge, and along railroad to railroad-bridge, three thousand two hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; for repairing main fence inclosing arsenal, one thousand and seventy-eight dollars; for macadamizing road leading to arsenal from main road to Leavenworth, and for roads around arsenal building, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand and forty-seven dollars and forty cents. New York arsenal, Governor's Island, New York harbor, New York: New York. For repairs of steam-engines, tanks, fire apparatus, docks, drains, and grounds, and purchase of hose, nine thousand dollars; for grading and improving public grounds, two thousand dollars; for repairs of public buildings, six thousand dollars; for extending and repairing fences, six hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars. Magazine at Boston; Arsenal at Magazine, Boston: For a new house for shell and powder filling twelve thousand dollars. Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For purchase of new boiler for steamSaint Louis; engine at water-works, one thousand dollars; for general repairs of public buildings and inclosing fences, Jefferson barracks, Missouri, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. San Antonio; Vancouver; Washington; Watervliet; Watertown; contingencies. Continuing surveys of western, &c., lakes, appropriation, when available. Buildings and grounds around Washington, under direction of chief engi neer; Fuel, &c., repairs, &c.; lighting; lamps and posts; public grounds. San Antonio arsenal, San Antonia, Texas: For taking down walls and rebuilding with cut stone the building used as an armory-shop, nine thousand dollars; for erecting a frame storehouse, one hundred by twenty-five feet, one story, four thousand dollars; for building a cistern to supply the post with water, two thousand dollars; for repairing and painting public buildings and fences, one thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars. Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver, Washington Territory: For repairing storehouses, workshops, quarters, barracks, fences, and grounds, one thousand dollars. Washington arsenal, Washington, District of Columbia: For coping for inclosing-wall on northern front of arsenal grounds, and for entrancegates at the termination of Four-and-a-half street, three thousand dollars. Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York: For repairing public buildings, fifteen hundred dollars. Watertown arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For repairs of roofs and painting buildings and fences, five thousand dollars; for repairing and painting officers' quarters and renewing furnaces and water-closets, three thousand dollars. Contingencies of arsenals: For repairs of smaller arsenals, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures at arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That no money appropriated by this act shall be paid as commissions upon any labor or materials furnished the United States. For continuing the surveys of the northern and northwestern lakes, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. And this appropriation shall be available from the time of the passage of this act. Buildings and Grounds in and around Washington. Repairs, care, and improvement of public buildings, grounds, and works in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the chief engineer of the army, viz.: For fuel for propagating garden and lodges in public grounds, five hundred dollars. For repairs, fuel, and similar necessaries, for executive mansion: For repairs to the mansion, ten thousand dollars; for fuel, five thousand dollars; for refurnishing the same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs and care of greenhouse, including new floor, flower-stands, and pipes, ten thousand dollars; for constructing six hundred and thirty-four feet of sewer for drainage, three thousand dollars. For lighting the Capitol and executive mansion and grounds: For lighting Capitol and executive mansion and public grounds, forty-five thousand dollars; and the officer charged with the disbursement of this appropriation shall have the entire care and control of the consumption of the gas used for lighting buildings and grounds herein provided for. For lamps and lamp-posts for centre and south walk, west Capitol grounds, five hundred dollars; for pay of lamp-lighters, gas-fitting, plumbing, lamps, posts, and repairs of all sorts, fifteen thousand dollars. Improvement and care of public grounds: For annual repair of fences around reservations, two thousand dollars; for manure, and hauling the same on public grounds, five thousand dollars; for painting iron fences around reservations, and around War and Navy Departments, four thousand dollars; for improvement, care, and protection of seats, and for fountains and fish-pouds in Capitol grounds, three thousand dollars; for purchase of seats for Capitol grounds, one thousand dollars; for hire of carts for public grounds, five thousand dollars; for purchase and repair of tools for public grounds, two thousand dollars; for purchase of trees, Buildings and tree-boxes, and whitewashing fences, five thousand dollars; for purchase grounds around Washington. of flower-pots, mats, twine, and glasses, one thousand dollars. For care and improvement of grounds south of executive mansion, including purchase of trees, making walks, and grading, ten thousand dollars; for repairs of greenhouse at propagating garden, three thousand dollars. For improving Franklin square, introducing water, gas, lodge, and urinals, six thousand five hundred dollars. Franklin square. For improvement of Monument grounds, grading road, walk, draining, Monument purchase and hauling gravel for walks and roads, trees, and shrubs, as per grounds; plan, fifteen thousand dollars; and said grounds shall be considered as a to be considportion of the public grounds in the city of Washington, and shall be ered a portion of under the same control as the other public buildings and grounds in the public grounds, city of Washington, in conformity with the act of March second, eighteen 1867, ch. 167, § 2. hundred and sixty-seven. For improving and grading Armory square, making and gravelling walks, roads, purchase of trees, and drainage, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Judiciary square, by introducing water, drainage, purchase of trees, and opening and grading walks, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For care and improvement of the Smithsonian grounds, two thousand dollars. For completing improvements and for care of Lafayette square, three thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement of Farragut square, five thousand dollars. For grading, opening walks and roads, and gravelling the same, drainage, purchase of trees and shrubs, for improvement of reservation between Third and Sixth streets, as per plan, ten thousand dollars; for removing snow and ice from pavements and walks, one thousand dollars. For starting a nursery for improvement of public grounds, two thousand dollars. For improving Lincoln park, building pavements, opening walks, and lodge, five thousand five hundred dollars. For improving reservation on New York avenue and Eighteenth street, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs of government water-pipes and fire-plugs, and purchase of apparatus for cleaning water-pipes, ten thousand dollars; for purchase of sparrows, cages, boxes, and care of the same, five hundred dollars; for purchase of tree-markers, and marking the same, one hundred dollars; for abating nuisances, one thousand dollars. &c. Vol. xiv. p. 466. For improving reservations on different avenues, twenty thousand dollars. For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge and upper bridge, three thou- Repairs of sand dollars. Washington Aqueduct. For repairs of dwellings for keepers of the water gates, one thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the parapets of Cabin John bridge and other bridges on the line of the aqueduct, thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirtyfour dollars. For a dial telegraph connecting the great falls of the Potomac with the reservoirs and with the office in Washington, two thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance, including superintendence, salaries of gate-keepers, and general repairs, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the necessary excavation of distributing reservoir, eleven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For furnishing and laying a cast-iron pipe four feet in diameter from the central gate-house to the effluent gate-house, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars. For purchase of land for road from the great falls to conduit road, bridges. Washington Aqueduct. Rebuilding chain bridge. Laborers and watchmen. 1866, ch. 296, § 18. Vol. xiv. p. 323. Bureau of re and abandoned lands; three thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars; and all the foregoing appropriations for the service of the Washington aqueduct are hereby made available immediately upon the passage of this act. For rebuilding the chain bridge, on the Potomac river, one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That the bridge shall be rebuilt as a substantial iron structure, upon plans to be approved by the chief of engineers of the army, and under his supervision and direction. To pay five laborers in the old part of the Capitol, and five watchmen in reservation two, twenty per centum on their pay for the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, as authorized by the eighteenth section of the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred and eighty_dollars, or so much as may be necessary. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. For collecfugees, freedmen, tion and payment of bounty, prize-money, and other legitimate claims of colored soldiers and sailors, viz.: For salaries of agents and clerks; rent of offices, fuel, and lights; stationery and printing; office furniture and repairs; mileage and transportation of officers and agents; telegraphing and postage, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands shall be discontinued from and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and that all agents, clerks, and other employees then on duty shall be discharged, except such as may be retained by the Secretary of War for the purposes of this proviso; and all acts and parts of acts pertaining to the collection and payment of bounties, or other moneys due to colored soldiers, sailors, and marines, or their heirs, shall remain in force until otherwise ordered by Congress, the same to be carried into effect by the Secretary of War, who may employ such clerical force as may be necessary for the purpose. to be discontinued after June 30, 1872. Acts in regard diers, &c., to re- Freedmen's hospital and asylum; no part to be paid for, &c.; the control of the Secretary of War. Signal office. For the support of Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum at Washington, District of Columbia, viz.: Pay of medical officers and attendants; medicines, medical supplies, and rations; clothing; rent of hospital buildings, fuel, and lights; repairs and transportation, seventy-four thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said appropriation shall be used in the support of, or to pay any of the aforesaid expenses on account of any persons hereafter to be admitted to said hospital and assylum, unless perafter June 30, sons removed thither from some other government hospital: Provided, 1872, to be under That after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the Freedmen's Hospital in the District of Columbia shall, until otherwise ordered by Congress, be continued 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 expenditures. Signal-Office. For manufacture, purchase, or repair of meteorological and other necessary instruments; for telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm-signals announcing probable approach and force of storms throughout the United States, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture; for instrument-shelters; for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities or posts receiving reports; for maps and bulletins, to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards-of-trade rooms; for books and stationery; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, two hundred and fifty thousand 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 signals as may be found necessary for the benefit of agriculture and commercial interests: And provided, That no part of this appropriation, nor of any appropriation for the several departments of the government, shall be paid to any telegraphic company which shall neglect or refuse to transmit telegraphic communications between said departments, their officers, agents, or employees, under the provisions of Certain stations, reports, and signals to be provided for. No part to be paid to certain telegraph companies. |