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 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 108. 1852. 87 mcrary second lieutenants, graduates of the military academy, for whom there is no command in the army, shall, upon the application of the superintendent of the coast survey, be detailed to take the places and do duty on the coast survey, instead of the civilians now employed in that service. Marine Hispitals. ——-For draining hospital site, and heating and water- M°*‘i¤° H°SPling the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, two thousand dollars. t°I‘?,,,isvm,,_ For draining hospital site, and heating and watering the hospital at Paducah. Paducah, two thousand dollars. For draining hospital site, and heating and watering the hospital at Napoleon. Napoleon, two thousand dollars. ‘ For draining hospital site, and heating and watering the hospital at Natchez. Natchez, two thousand dollars. For draining hospital site, and heating and watering the hospital at St. Louis. St. Louis, two thousand dollars. For draining hospital site, and heating and watering the hospital at Cleveland. Cleveland, two thousand dollars. To meet outstanding claims incurred in finishing the hospital at Pitts- Pmsbwghburgh, and grading and draining the site, fifteen hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty-eight cents. For completing the construction of the marine hospital at San Fran- San Francisco. cisco, California, and for arranging the grounds, fencing, furnishing warming apparatus, and superintendence thereof, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized PWM6- aud directed to purchase a suitable site in Portland, in the State of Maine, or in such place in the immediate vicinity thereof as he shall deem proper, and to cause to be erected thereon, under his direction, a marine hospital for the relief of sick and disabled seamen; and for that purpose the sum of thirty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approriated. P Oustom-I161uses.—For continuing the construction of the custom-house Custom Houses. at Charleston, South Carolina, two hundred thousand dollars. Ci““}°‘“°”· For continuing the construction of the custom-house at New Orleans, New Orleans. Louisiana, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, subject to the 1imita· V<>l·i¤·l;6°9- tions and restrictions imposed on the appropriation made for the same P°St* p' z2' object at the last session of Congress: Provided, That in case the super- Proviso as to intendence of the building be coniided to an officer detailed from the S“P°““*°”d°“*· corps of topographical engineers, the acting architect be dispensed with, and the said superintendent allowed a compensation not exceeding eight dollars per day. For purchasing a site, and the construction of a suitable building at WU¢¤i¤g¢¤¤. Wilmington, Delaware, for custom-house, post—office, court-rooms, and (Dal') other offices of the United States, and furnishing the same, twenty-ive _ thousand dollars: Provided, That the said lot and building be exempted mf;§"*’*° *7** °° from city and all other taxes whatever, by the act of the Legislature of m' Delaware: And, provided further, That before the Secretary of the proviso as to Treasury shall erect the said building, it shall first be his duty to procure $*6, M1? M to a proper site, or lot of ground, and to make a contract or contracts for °°° m° ’ the erection of said building, and furnishing the same, at a sum or sums which shall not in the whole exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, inclusive of said lot, which said contract or contracts shall be secured by good and sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the said Secretary of the Treasury and President of the United States. _ For the construction of a custonrhouse at Astoria, Oregon, in addition 0§?°*‘“‘¤ (0*** to ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, thirty thousand dollars. g ' For purchasing a site, and the construction of a suitable building at Richm0¤d,(Vg,) Richmond, Virginia, for custom-house, post-office, court-rooms, and other