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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 167. 1867. 463 For purchase of fuel for the centre building of the Capitol, nfteen ml;1ti;dl¤z¤ Md hundred dollars. ` For taking care of the Circle on Pennsylvania Avenue, one thousand dollars. For continuing the grading and repairing of Virginia Avenue, ten thousand dollars. For the necessary expenses to be incurred in consequence of opening Sixth Street west across the Mall, and in making fences, two thousand dollars. For renewing the heating apparatus at the President’s house, eight thousand dollars. For laying a new pipe from the K Street main to the Capitol, in order · to su > il i the buildinv at all times with a full flow of water five thousand d H ll J S i o ars. To enable the commissioner of public buildings to put in thorough re- Conservatory pair the conservatory recently injured by tire at the President’s mansion, ’"‘d g'°°”h°“s°' ten thousand dollars. For the construction of a new greenhouse, with central dome and a wing, to correspond in size with the present greenhouse in the Botanic Garden, to be built of iron and glass according to a plan prepared by the architect of the capitol extension, and approved by the joint committee on the library, thirty-five thousand dollars; the same to be expended under the direction of the joint committee on the library of Conrrress. Fbr enabling the commissioner to cause the old and useless lightning- d H¤Wl<>y’S ¢<>¤· rods on the President’s house to be removed, and Hawley’s improved um)"' atented conductors substituted for them two hundred and fift dol- ars. For enabling the commissioner to employ a suitable electrician to take Lighting dome care of and operate the lighting apparatus of the dome of the capitol, °" °”P“°l· twelve hundred dollars. For repairing in front of the War Department on Pennsylvania Avenue and on Seventeenth Street with stone flagging, sixteen thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the Presidents house, six thousand dollars. _ Public build- For top-dressing for public grounds and cartage for same, one thousand ;?§ét§“2;;'dS* five hundred dollars. I i For purchase of tools for public grounds, five hundred dollars. For purchase of flower·pots, mats, glasses, putty, wire, twine, and so forth, for use on the greenhouses, one hundred dollars. For the removal of the foot-bridge on Maine Avenue, now of no E00f-bfldgevu further use at that point, to Third Street west, which the commissioner M"" A"““°‘ of public buildings is hereby directed to have done, three hundred dollars. To complete the culvert throuvh the Botanic Garden, fifteen thousand .1 ll P ° o ars. For removinv snow and ice from avements and public walks, three 1 .1 (1 .1 ll ° P P run re dollars. For manure and cartage of the same for Smithsonian grounds and public reservations, one thousand dollars. For completing the improvement of Franklin Square, gravelling walks and deepening the same, and purchasing and planting trees and shrubbery, five thousand dollars. For improvement of reservations on New York, Massachusetts, Ver- &R€$¤"¤*l°¤$· mont, and Maryland avenues, the same being now enclosed, manure, trench- °` mg, the purchase of trees and shrubbery, four thousand dollars. For further improvement of the Circle on Pennsylvania Avenue, six hundred dollars. For purchase and lantin¤ of trees and boxes for the same, re lacin P e P g
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