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 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Srzss. H. Ch. 82. 1859. 427 and fifty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty- seven, and eighteen hundred and iiity-eight, forty thousand dollars. For preparing the unfinished records of public and private surveys to be transferred to the State authorities, under the provisions of the act of twelfth June, eighteen hundred and forty, in those districts where the sur- 184*% °h- “· veys are about being completed, ten thousand dollars. V°1‘ v' P` 38* For resurveys and examinations of the surveys of the public lands in those States where the offices of the surveyors general have been, or shall be, closed, under the acts of the twelfth June, eighteen hundred and forty, 18*°~ °b· 2°· and twenty-second January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, including 1853·°h-2*- two thousand dollars for the salary of the clerk detailed to this special V°l·‘·P· 15** service in the General Land-Oiiice, two thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Oregon, to be disbursed at the rates Oregon. now authorized by law, twenty thousand dollars. For running and marking that part of the western boundary of Min- Mi¤¤°¤°*¤· nesota which is not dedned by the natural landmarks, estimated distance one hundred and thirty miles, five thousand dollars. For binding field notes, plats, and records of surveys in the office of the surveyor-general of Kansas and Nebraska, one thousand dollars. E 1, d For preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying Surfhgggg ,,2:;,,,, expeditions of the government, four thousand dollars. dlti<>¤¤· For collection of agricultural statistics, investigations for promoting agri- AS'E°°l*¤”1 culture and rural economy, and the procurement of cuttings and seeds, 2;Ylsu°°’ °°°dS’ forty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall proviso_ Expmm be used or expended in defraying the expenses of any body of men or of agricultural delegates assembled in Washington or elsewhere as an agricultural con- §g”§€? mt t° gress, or advisory board on agriculture, convened under the orders or by authority of the Secretary of the Interior, or any other person under any name or for any pretended object whatever. _ For drawings to illustrate the mechanical report of the commissioner D“w‘“g" of patents for the year eighteen hundred and Efty-eight; six thousand dollars. For support, care, and medical treatment of forty transient paupers, w°° l; In` medical and surgical patients in Washington Infirmary, six thousand dollars. For purchase of manure for the public grounds, one thousand dollars. P“bh° g'°°"d°‘ Por hire of carts on the public grounds, one thousand and ninety-five dollars. For purchase of trees, and tree-boxes, to replace where necessary such as have been planted by the United States, and the repair of pavements in front of the public grounds, three thousand dollars. C8p,,O1mpmS_ For annual repairs of the Capitol, water-closets, public stables, water pipes, pavements and other walks within the Capitol Square, broken glass and locks, and for the protection of the building, five thousand dollars. Pmidmvs For annual repairs of the Presidents house and furniture, improvement mM_ of grounds, purchase of plants for garden and making hot-beds therein, and contingent expenses incident thereto, three thousand dollars. d lpor fuel, in part, of the 1’resident’s house, one thousand eight hundred o ars. For lighting the Capitol and Presidents house, the grounds around Ligh¥¢i¤g.&<=· them and around the Executive offices, and Pennsylvania Avenue, and with g”‘ Bridge and High streets in Georgetown, forty-three thousand dollars. For lighting with gas Four-and-a-halt, Seventh, and Twelfth streets across the public mall, four thousand dollars. For purchase of books for library at the executive mansion, to be l$°°k¤ f°*` Exec €Xpended under the direction of the President of the United States, two unvc mmm0n` hundred and fifty dollars. _ For repairs of the Potomac, Navy Yard, and upper bridges, three thou- b§°d¥;:' °f Saud dollars.