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 18 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. 'Ssss. I. Ch. 28. 1866. six thousand dollars, tht; old furniture to be disposed of under the direction of the Secretary of the nterior. _ Library ofccn- For purchase of coal and pay of firemen to warm the library of Con- €"°‘“· gress one thousand five hundred dollars. _ Transientpau. For care, support, medical and surgical treatment for forty. transient Pm i¤ w¤§hi¤8‘· paupers, medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical institution W"' in the city of Washington, to be selected by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, twelve thousand dollars. Public grounds. 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. Repuirs of capi- For annual repairs of the Capitol, water-closets, public stables, water- 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. Room for $*1- For fitting up rooms in the basement, under the court-room of the Su- Pr°m° °°lm' preme Court, for a consultation room for the eourt, six thousand five hundred dollars. sewers and To enable the Commissioner of Public Buildings to pay for sewers and pggpib 81 Q3 paving in front of Government property constructed under the act of May vol: xii pj 6g_' live, 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 t amount by the proper officer of the Treasury. Public grounds. For improvement of grounds, purchase of plants for garden, and contingent expenses incident thereto, two thousand dollars. Fuel. For the], in part, for the President’s House, five thousand dollars. Lpbting eapi- For lighting the Capitol and President’s House, the public grounds tob <=· 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. Bridges and 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. Reservations- 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 hpy raised on the grounds, two thousand dollars. Public grounds.1* or taking care of the grounds south of the President’s House, and oon- _ tmuing the improvementof the same, three thousand dollars. Wntcrglpnpes, For repairs of water-p1pes, five hundred dollars. ‘°""”# °‘ hugpxreplgzapng and repairing sewer traps on Pennsylvania avenue, three d01h`::;. casual repairs of all the furnaces under the Capitol, five hundred a an§<;1;v:pt;dél;;,ipp:l watchman in reservation number two, seven hundred 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. 6V5g1L pgmcgéletirégnthp sep;-er through the botanic garden, twenty thousand an v 0 rs.
 * 01* pipes, pavements, and other walks within the Capitol square, broken glass,