Appropriations, &c.—Continued. Brought forward. Pikesville arsenal: That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to dis- BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON AND THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. Improvement and care of public grounds: For filling in and improving grounds south of $9,786, 938 12 30,000 00 300 00 For ordinary care of Lafayette Square.. For ordinary care of greenhouses and the nursery For care and improvement of reservation No. 3 (Monument grounds) For construction and repair of iron fences. For manure, and hauling the same For painting iron fences, vases, lamps, and lamp posts. For purchase and repair of seats. For purchase and repair of tools.. For trees, tree stakes, lime, whitewashing, and stock for nursery. For removing snow and ice For flower-pots, twine, baskets, and lycopodium.. For care and construction and repair of fountains in the public grounds. For improving various reservations For filling, leveling, and improving the park in front of the Treasury and State Departments and the Executive Mansion, comprehended between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets... Executive Mansion: For care of and repairs, refurnishing, and fuel for the Executive Mansion, and care of and necessary repair to the greenhouses, and fuel for the same, and recovering the roof of the mansion with tin, $25,000; and so much as may be neces sary to recover the roof, not exceeding $2,000, is hereby made available immediately.. Lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds: For gas, pay of lamplighters, gasfitters, plumbers, plumbing, lamps, lamp-posts, matches, and repairs of all kinds; lamps for Anacostia bridge; fuel for office, for the watchmen's lodges, and for the greenhouses in the nursery.. Repair of water pipes and fire-plugs: For repairing and extending water-pipes, purchase Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the departments and the Government Printing Building for State, War, and Navy Departments: To complete the east wing and its ap- 5,000 00 1,500 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 500 00 4,000 00 1,500 00 500 00 500 00 3,000 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 1,500 00 500 00 10,000 00 10,000 00 25,000 00 15, 000 00 2,500 00 1, 000 00 515, 000 00 MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS UNDER WAR DEPARTMENT. For the completion of the survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes, and to finish For furniture for the portion of the new building about to be occupied by the War De- For continuing the preparation of the publication of the Official Records of the War of Provided, That not more than two clerks of class four, one clerk of class three, one clerk of class two, one clerk of class one, two clerks at $1,000 each, twelve copyists at $900 each, one foreman of printing, one pressman, six compositors, two assistant messengers, one watchman, and one agent for the collection of Confederate records, shall be employed; and the unexpended balance of the sum of $1,000,000, appropriated by act of March 3, 1873, to erect headstones over the graves of soldiers who served in the regular or volunteer army during the war for the Union, is hereby continued and made available.... For the purpose of payment of balance due for records, already purchased, of the late Brought forward. Appropriations, &c.-Continued. For official postage stamps for the executive departments, as required under Postal Union, For hay for prisoners' beds; for blank books and stationery; for stoves and stove-pipe For material for clothing for each prisoner on discharge; for payment of $5 to each pris- For hose for use in case of fire and for filling cisterns, and for tools and materials in shops. For foreman and engineers, and mechanics and watchmen, and extra duty pay.. To enable the Secretary of War to pay for rent of building at San Antonio, Tex., used as Appliances for disabled soldiers: For providing surgical appliances for persons disabled For printing and binding the first and second volumes of catalogue of the library of the Support of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: Current expenses, including For the purpose of keeping in repair and protection of the road between Fortress Monroe For completion of the military road from Alamosa, Colo., to Pagosa Springs For the purpose of constructing the necessary buildings, under direction of the Secretary .... For the payment of arrears of Army transportation due such land-grant railroads as have not received aid in government bonds as compensation was withheld from, under the acts of June 16 and 22, 1874, and March 3, 1875, to be adjusted by the proper accounting officers in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court in cases decided under the said acts, to be paid as other Army transportation; but in no event shall more than 50 per cent. of the full amount allowed by the Quartermaster-General be paid until the decision of the Court of Claims be had in each case .$10, 615, 728 12 10, 000 00 44, 000 00 1, 040 00 3,500 00 1,000 00 400 00 7,500 00 10, 000 00 4,750 00 34, 000 00 40, 000 00 2,391 67 100, 000 00 1,000 00 25, 000 00 15,000 00 20, 000 00 880, 000 00 6, 500 00 10,000 00 5, 000 00 10, 000 00 100, 000 00 300,000 00 UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS. Navy-yard, Mare Island, Cal.: For continuation of work on stone dry-dock.. 75,000 00 300, 000 00 MISCELLANEOUS. To enable the Secretary of the Navy to make certain expenditures in experimenting with a view to obtain a correct knowledge of the velocity of light.... Carried forward 5, 000 00 12, 626, 809 79 Appropriations, &c.- Continued. Brought forward. For the United States Naval Observatory, the following items, to wit: For solar and stel- To pay certain claims for bounty for the destruction of enemy's vessels, allowed under the For repairs to the ropewalk building at the Boston navy-yard, Boston, Mass., new roof To enable the Secretary of the Navy to alter and repair the United States ship Antietam, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Capitol extension: For work on the Capitol, and for general repairs thereof, $50,000: Pro- To pay C. Brumidi for retouching and blending the picture in fresco on the canopy of the For payment of retained percentages on contracts made during the fiscal year ending June For the purchase of dynamo-electric machines to take the place of the batteries now used To pay the American Photolithographic Company, the sum of $2,000 is hereby appropria. $12, 626, 809 79 3,450 00 1,210 16 50,000 00 20,000 00 748 10 7,525 00 50,000 00 4,000 00 700 00 60,000 00 2,217 94 30,000 00 2,400 00 150,000 00 2,000 00 Repairs to court-house, Washington, D. C.: For annual repairs to court-house in the city 1,000 00 For stable and building for the better preservation of stock, tools, implements, grain, and so forth 6,500 00 1,500 00 PUBLIC LANDS. EXPENSES OF THE COLLECTION OF REVENUE FROM SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS. For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys, at ninety-four local land offices. For incidental expenses of the several land-offices For expenses of depositing money received from the sale of public lands. For surveying the public lands For surveying confirmed private land-claims in California at the rates per mile prescribed by law, and office expenses For compensation to William A. McKinney for compiling the reports of the Committees For the preliminary survey of unconfirmed and survey of confirmed private land-claims Carried forward 386,000 00 100,000 00 10, 000 00 40,000 00 300, 000 00 7,500 00 750 00 10,000 00 15,000 00 13,889, 310 99 Brought forward Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Occasional examinations of public surveys in the several surveying districts, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field, inspect mineral deposits, coal fields, timber districts, &c Survey of the northern boundary of Wyoming Territory, being that part of the forty- For appraisement of lands and the buildings erected by the United States, and the sale of For obtaining iron monument from the Colorado River For translating, copying, and indexing original Spanish archives, and preserving from destruction originals greatly defaced, in the office of the surveyor-general of Califor nia, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. For purchase of an iron safe for the said original Spanish archives To enable the Secretary of the Interior to protect, preserve, and improve the Yellowstone National Park, in compliance with section 2475 of the Revised Statutes of the United States $13, 889, 310 99 8, 000 00 20, 000 00 5, 000 00 12, 000 00 205 23 9, 000 00 1,000 00 10. 000 00 OFFICE OF SURVEYORS-GENERAL OF PUBLIC LANDS. Contingent expenses, office of surveyor general of Idaho: For rent of office for surveyor general. fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana: For fuel, books, station. ery, messenger hire, and other incidental expenses Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Florida: For rent of office for surveyor general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Minnesota: For fuel, books, station- Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Dakota: For rent of office of surveyor- 1, 000 00 1,000 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 3, 000 00 Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Utah: For rent of office for surveyorgeneral, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Montana: For rent of office for surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Oregon: For fuel, books, stationery, Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Nevada: For rent of office for surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1, 500 00 1,500 00 Contingent expenses, office of surveyor general of Arizona: For rent of office for surveyorgeneral, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Wyoming: For rent of office for surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. For the salary of the Director of the Geological Survey, which office is hereby estab lished, under the Interior Department, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate Provided, That this officer shall have th direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. And that the Director and members of the Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under survey, and shall execute no surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations; and the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, and the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, under the Department of the Interior, and the Geographical Surveys West of the One hundredth Meridian, under the War Department, are hereby discontinued, to take effect on the 30th day of June, 1879. And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archæology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress, shall be depos ited in the National Museum. For the expenses of the Geological Survey and the classification of the public lands and Carried forward 6,000 00 100, 000 00 20,000 00 14, 105, 016 27 Brought forward. Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Provided, That the commission shall consist of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the Director of the United States Geological Survey, and three civilians, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a per diem compensation of $10 for each day while actually engaged, and their traveling expenses; and neither the Commissioner of the General Land Office nor the Director of the United States Geological Survey shall receive other compensation for their services upon said commission than their salaries, respectively, except their traveling expenses, while engaged on said duties; and it shall be the duty of this commission to report to Congress within one year from the time of its organization, first, a codification of the present laws relating to the survey and disposition of the public domain; second, a system and standard of classification of public lands, as arable, irrigible, timber, pasturage, swamp, coal, mineral lands, and such other classes as may be deemed proper, having due regard to humidity of climate, supply of water for irrigation, and other physical characteristics; third, a system of land-parceling surveys adapted to the economic uses of the several classes of lands; and, fourth, such recommendations as they may deem wise in relation to the best methods of disposing of the public lands of the western portion of the United States to actual settlers. The publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geological and economic maps illustrating the resources and classification of the lands, and reports upon general and economic geology and paleontology. The annual report of operations of the Geological Survey shall accompany the annual report of the Secretary of the Interior. All special memoirs and reports of said survey shall be issued in uniform quarto series, if deemed necessary by the Director, but otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand copies of each shall be published for scientific exchanges and for sale at the price of publication; and all literary and cartographic materials received in exchange shall be the property of the United States and form a part of the library of the organization; and the money resulting from the sale of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States [under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $100,000]. Repealed, portion in brackets, June 20, 1879. For the preparation of reports, maps, and such other illustrations as may be necessary For the completion of the reports of the Geographical and Geological Survey of the For the preparation of reports, maps, and such other illustrations as may be necessary MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. Current expenses, Government Hospital for the Insane: For support, clothing, and treatment of the insane of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue Cutter Service, and of all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States, and who are indigent, and of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia, in the Government Hospital for the Insane And of this sum not exceeding $1,000 may be used for transporting patients to their friends: Provided, That one-half of the expense of the indigent patients from the District of Columbia shall be reported to the Treasury Department and charged against the appropriations to be paid toward the expenses of the District by the general government, without regard to the date of their admission. For airing-courts for the recreation of the inmates, $500; for the completion of the rooms For fire-pump and additional pipe and hose to complete the provision against fire For general repairs and improvements.. $14, 105, 016 27 20,000 00 20,000 00 20, 000 00 160, 000 00 7,000 00 3,000 00 30, 000 00 5,000 00 COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. Current expenses, Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: For support of the 50,000 00 1,000 00 FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL AND ASYLUM. Support of Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum, Washington, District of Columbia: For subsistence, $18,000; for salaries and compensation, $9,336; fuel and light, $3,000; clothing and bedding, forage and transportation, miscellaneous expenses and repairs, $5,900; rent of hospital building and grounds, $4,000; medicines and medical supplies, $1,500.. 41,736 00 INDIAN AFFAIRS. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay, or cause to be paid, in equal portions, to Susanna Marble, Millie Frances Lee, and John Abel Lee, Carried forward 14,462, 752 27 |