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and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For continuing the survey of the reefs, shoals and keys of South Florida, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of the officers of the army and navy and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, eleven thousand dollars.

For publishing the observations made in the progress of the survey of the coast of the United States, including compensation of civilians employed in the work, four thousand dollars.

For repairs of steamers and sailing schooners used in the coast survey, twenty thousand dollars.

For pay and rations of engineers for steamers used in the hydrography of the Coast Survey, no longer supplied by the Navy Department, six thousand dollars.

Light-House Establishment.

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For supplying the light-houses and beacon-lights with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, and other necessary expenses of the same, and repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus, one hundred and eighty-three thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars.

To supply deficiency in estimate for supplies of oil, wicks, glass chimneys, and other necessary expenses of the same, and repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus, seventeen thousand dollars.

For repairs and incidental expenses of light-houses and lighted beacons, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

To supply a deficiency in estimate for repairs and incidental expenses of light-houses, fifty thousand dollars.

For salaries of five hundred and eighty-nine keepers of light-houses and lighted beacons, and their assistants, two hundred and thirteen thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-three cents.

For salaries of forty-three keepers of light-vessels, twenty-three thousand nine hundred dollars.

For mates' and seamen's wages, repairs, supplies, and incidental expenses of forty-three light-vessels, two hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents.

To supply deficiency in estimates for seaman's wages, repairs, supplies, and incidental expenses for light-vessels, twenty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-five cents.

For expenses of weighing, cleaning, repairing, painting, replacing, and supplying losses of buoys, chains, moorings, and incidental expenses of the same, and for repairing and keeping in repair all the day-marks, beacons, spindles, and monuments, and for expenses of coloring and numbering all the buoys and beacons, one hundred and twelve thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation, two thousand dollars.

Coast Survey

Light-house Establishment.

For the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. For supply- Light-houses, ing light-houses and beacon-lights with oil, glass chimneys, and wicks, &c., on the coasts of California, chamois skins, polishing powder, and other cleaning materials, transporta- Oregon, and tion, and expenses of keeping lamps and machinery in repair, thirty-three Washington. thousand and thirty dollars.

For repairs and incidental expenses of light-houses and lighted beacons, fifteen thousand dollars.

For salaries of forty keepers and assistant keepers of light-houses, at an average not exceeding eight hundred dollars per annum, thirty-two thousand dollars.

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For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, remooring, and supplying losses of floating buoys and beacons, and for chains and sinkers for the same, and for coloring and numbering all the buoys, ten thousand dollars.

To supply deficiency in estimate for raising, cleaning, painting, remooring, and supplying losses of buoys, fifty thousand dollars.

Special works. For special works, viz:

For rebuilding sea-wall at Sand's Point light-station, New York, fourteen thousand eight hundred dollars.

For rebuilding sea-wall, and repairs to tower at Nayat Point lighthouse, Rhode Island, six thousand five hundred dollars.

For replacing the present stakes at Whitehall Narrows, New York, by approved structures, nine thousand four hundred dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Little Gull Island light-station, New York, three thousand dollars.

For a new light-house on Hart Island, New York, or vicinity, six thousand six hundred dollars.

For a new light-house on North Brother Island, or vicinity, East River, New York, eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Split Rock light-station, Lake Champlain, nine thousand six hundred dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Galloo Island light-station, fifteen thousand dollars.

For beacons in Providence river, Rhode Island, on Conanicut and Bullock's Points, in addition to previous appropriations, seventeen thousand dollars.

For banking in light-house site at Cohansey, Delaware Bay, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For a new iron stairway at Cape Henlopen light-house, twelve thousand dollars.

For a new light-house at Sharp's Island, Maryland, fifteen thousand dollars.

For new lanterns at Clay Island, Fog Point, Watt's Island, Turkey Point, Havre de Grace, and Fishing Battery light-houses, six thousand dollars.

For a new iron stairway at Cape Henry light-house, Virginia, twelve thousand dollars.

For new iron stairways at Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras lighthouses, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Turtle Island light-station, Ohio, twelve thousand dollars.

For rebuilding Green Island light-house, Ohio, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

For protecting the foundation on which Waugoshance light-house is constructed, ninety thousand dollars.

For renovations and repairs at Windmill Point light-house, Lake Saint Clair, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For rebuilding outer-range light at Cedar Point, Sandusky bay, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For range lights at Portage entry, Michigan, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For new keeper's dwelling at Beaver Island light-station, Michigan, five thousand eight hundred dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Marquette light-station, Michigan, thirteen thousand dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Cooper Harbor light-station, Michigan, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Ontonagon light-station, Michigan, fourteen thousand dollars.

For beacon lights at the mouth of Fox river, Wisconsin, six thousand dollars.

For a beacon light on the landing at Santa Barbara, California, six thousand seven hundred dollars.

To enable the Light-House Board to re-establish lights and other aids to navigation discontinued by the enemy on the southern coast, one hundred thousand dollars.

To enable the Light-House Board to experiment with new illuminating apparatus and fog signals, three thousand four hundred dollars.

For a new light-house at the mouth of North river, Albemarle sound, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Tybee light-house, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars.

For rebuilding light-house at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, (Lake Erie,) upon the most eligible site under the control of the Light-House Board, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Mamaguda light-station, Detroit river, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairs and renovations at Kenosha light-station, Wisconsin, four thousand dollars.

For repairs and preservation of public buildings, especially southern buildings, fifty thousand dollars.

For furniture, carpets, and miscellaneous items for the same, fifteen

thousand dollars.

Light-houses.

Repairs and preservation of

public buildings.

For continuation of the north wing of the Treasury extension, two hun- Treasury exdred thousand dollars.

For completion of the Dubuque, Iowa, custom-house, post-office, and United States court-room, fifteen thousand dollars.

For completion of alterations of the Cincinnati custom-house, twenty-two thousand dollars.

tension.

Custom-house, &c., at Dubuque Iowa.

Cincinnati.

For completion of alterations of the Philadelphia custom-house, thirty Philadelphia. thousand dollars.

For payment of claims due for the constructing and furnishing the Baltimore court house, one hundred and nine thousand dollars.

For payment of claims due for the repair of Government warehouses and construction of wharves, Staten Island, New York, twenty-nine thousand dollars.

For burglar proof safes, or vaults, twenty thousand dollars.
For heating of old Treasury building, ten thousand dollars.

For office furniture and repairs of furniture and miscellaneous expenses

for Treasury bureaus, Washington, twenty thousand dollars.

Public build

Public Buildings and Grounds. For error in compensation of employees in the Interior Department, to wit: one messenger, at one thou- ings and grounds sand dollars, and two assistants, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, forty dollars.

For compensation of two night watchmen at the President's House, at six hundred dollars, each, per annum, one thousand two hundred dollars. For additional compensation of twenty per centum to two night watchmen, at six hundred dollars each, two hundred and forty dollars.

Bridges and

For deficiency due the Navy Department, for use of pile-driver, men, oil, and engine, while repairing navy yard bridge, two thousand nine hun- streets. dred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.

For deficiency in consequence of relaying and repaving all the crossings of the streets intersecting Pennsylvania avenue, on the north side, from the Capitol to the Treasury Department, ten thousand dollars.

For deficiency in repairing the conservatory at the President's House, President's seven thousand five hundred dollars.

To enable the Commissioner of Public Buildings to properly refurnish and repair the President's House, in conformity with his estimate, forty2

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house and conservatory.

Library of Con

gress.

Transient pau

six thousand dollars, the old furniture to be disposed of under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

For purchase of coal and pay of firemen to warm the library of Congress one thousand five hundred dollars.

For care, support, medical and surgical treatment for forty transient pers in Washing- paupers, medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical institution in the city of Washington, to be selected by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, twelve thousand dollars.

ton.

Public grounds.

Repairs of capitol.

Room for supreme court.

Sewers and paving.

1864, ch. 81, § 3. Vol. xiii. p. 69.

Public grounds.

Fuel.
Lighting capi-

'tol, &c.

Bridges and

streets.

Reservations.

Public grounds.

Water-pipes, sewers, &c.

For hire of carts on the public grounds, two thousand dollars.

For purchase and repair of tools used in the public grounds, four hundred dollars.

For purchase of trees and tree-boxes, to replace, when necessary, such as have been planted by the United States, to whitewash tree-boxes and fences, and to repair pavements in front of the public grounds, three thousand dollars.

For annual repairs of the Capitol, water-closets, public stables, waterpipes, pavements, and other walks within the Capitol square, broken glass, and locks, and for the protection of the building, and keeping the main approaches to it unencumbered, in addition to old material sold, eight thousand dollars.

For fitting up rooms in the basement, under the court-room of the Supreme Court, for a consultation room for the court, six thousand five hundred dollars.

To enable the Commissioner of Public Buildings to pay for sewers and paving in front of Government property constructed under the act of May five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, thirty-two thousand and seventy dollars: Provided, That no payment shall be made on account of any appropriations herein contained to reimburse the city of Washington for improvements heretofore constructed in front of or through the public grounds, until the items have been properly examined and audited as to legality and amount by the proper officer of the Treasury.

For improvement of grounds, purchase of plants for garden, and contingent expenses incident thereto, two thousand dollars.

For fuel, in part, for the President's House, five thousand dollars. For lighting the Capitol and President's House, the public grounds around them, and around the executive offices, and Pennsylvania avenue, Bridge and High streets, in Georgetown, Four-and-a-half street, Seventh and Twelfth streets across the Mall, and Maryland avenue west, and Sixth street south, eighty-five thousand dollars.

For repairs of the Potomac and upper bridges, six thousand dollars. For repairs of Pennsylvania avenue, and keeping it clean, and for sprinkling the same, ten thousand dollars.

For public reservation number two and Lafayette square, in addition to any sum heretofore received or that may hereafter be received for the sale of hay raised on the grounds, two thousand dollars.

For taking care of the grounds south of the President's House, and continuing the improvement of the same, three thousand dollars.

For repairs of water-pipes, five hundred dollars.

For cleaning and repairing sewer traps on Pennsylvania avenue, three hundred dollars.

For casual repairs of all the furnaces under the Capitol, five hundred dollars.

For an additional watchman in reservation number two, seven hundred and twenty dollars.

For casing with stone and erecting a wall in front of the north basement of the old part of the Capitol, so as to correspond with the south basement already completed, four thousand three hundred dollars.

For completing the sewer through the botanic garden, twenty thousand five hundred and five dollars.

For taking up and relaying with stone flagging the brick pavement in Paving, &o front of the War and Navy Departments, on Seventeenth street, three thou

sand dollars.

For stone crossings at the streets intersecting Pennsylvania avenue, five thousand dollars.

For repairing, re-glazing, re-painting, and putting in thorough order the Public grounds, greenhouse at the President's, five thousand dollars.

For repairing roof of the old portion of the Capitol, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.

To meet the expenditure made by the Commissioner of Public Buildings in illuminating the Capitol and the government portion of the City Hall, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For hauling manure for the public grounds, five hundred dollars.

For the protection and improvement of Franklin square, two thousand dollars.

For painting the President's House inside and out, eight thousand dollars; to be expended by the Commissioner of Public Buildings.

For rebuilding fence (destroyed by fire) around the Smithsonian Institution, two hundred dollars.

squares, and buildings.

For fuel for centre building of Capitol, fifteen hundred dollars. For completing the dome of the Capitol, fifty thousand dollars. For supplying deficiency in appropriation for lighting the Capitol and tol. President's House and public grounds around them, and around the executive offices and Pennsylvania avenue; Bridge and High streets, Georgetown; Four-and-a-half street, Seventh street, and Twelfth street across the Mall, and Maryland avenue west, and Sixth street south, thirteen thousand dollars.

For sweeping and cleaning Pennsylvania avenue prior to the inauguration on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, one thousand dollars.

For carrying the Potomac water into that portion of the President's House occupied for offices, and all the necessary fixtures, three thousand dollars.

For supplying deficiency in appropriation for fuel for the President's House and Capitol, six thousand dollars.

For continuing the work on the Capitol extension, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

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ham Lincoln.

For casual repairs of Patent Office Building, ten thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses incident to the death and burial of Abraham Burial of AbraLincoln, late President of the United States, thirty thousand dollars. For salary of warden of the jail in the District of Columbia, sixteen hundred dollars.

For the support and maintenance of the convicts transferred from the District of Columbia to such place or places as may be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, thirty thousand dollars.

For the preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying expeditions of the government, four thousand dollars. Office of the Secretary of State.

sand dollars.

For publication of the laws, eight thou

For extra clerk hire, eight thousand dollars. For the pay of the United States Commissioner, and for the pay of the United States Surveyor, and for incidental expenses in the execution of the duty assigned to the joint commission appointed under the first article of the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the fifth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, from November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for drafting and compilation of the final chart, showing the places "reserved from the common liberty of fishing," their limits and descriptions, fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Jail in District of Columbia. Support and transportation of convicts.

Collections of

exploring and

surveying expeditions.

Office of Secretary of State Laws.

Commission

under recipro

city treaty.
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