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 · FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 122, 123. 1869. 311 · rendered to the committee on military affairs in collecting, during the recess of the thirty-ninth Congress, the papers and evidence respecting artificial limbs furnished to soldiers. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seven thousand LMf’¤}**> V€*`¤$>¤ dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Ugg1g? thésgigx Q treasury, not otherwise appropriated, For the relief of the Mount Vernon for repair, &c. of Y_ 1adies’ association of the Union, to be applied to the repair and preser- ggusgdgjlgnai jj vation of the property at Mount Vernon, under the direction of the mili- ' tary officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds. Approved, March 3,.1869. CHAP. CXXIII. — An Act making Appropriations to suppl:] Deyiciencies in the Appr0~ March 3, l869· prin/ions for the Service ty' the Government jor the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, W eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, andjbr other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ey" Representatives of the United r?°d,“;?“°*,Z ap` States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and  O? they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the tY*9_t§<»V¤*‘¤m¤¤t treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appro-   jlfleygy priations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 1869. i thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine: For the contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, and the sev- C°¤*i¤3°¤°l6$ eral bureaus, namely: For Fuel, light, gas, labor, and contingent expenses gfugxiiijry D8` of the treasury building and five other buildings occupied by the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollars. And after the present fiscal year there shall only be employed and paid Y’f<>ViSi<>¤} f<>F for labor in the treasury building and the five other buildings used by ggggtizlfeggg the department,.for lighting, cleaning, and general care and superintend- of buildings used ence thereof; the following persons, to wit: one superintendent, at a  *£§U2;§;‘S“‘"Y salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year ; one clerk of class four and Spice,-S, ` one clerk of class one; one engineer in charge of heating apparatus, at clerks. l¤b<>Y€fS, a salary of twelve hundred dollars a, year; five firemen, at a salary of gffnd thm six hundred dollars each per year; one machinist and gas-fitter, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per year ; one captain of the watch, at a salary of fourteen hundred dollars per year; one storekeeper, at a salary of one thousand dollars per year; thirty watchman, [watchman,] $€¢y¤l·>¤¤*¤ f<>1‘ any of the bureaus of the Treasury Department shall hereafter be allowed, ;°;2;;gg?tb$,°j` except on the certificate of the general superintendent of the treasury reaus of Treasbuildings that they are necessary and proper, and that the prices paid }g€;6’é°°€;’C;"’t”·l' are just and reasonable; and the said superintendent shall keep a full, gw_ ’ p’ just, and accurate account in detail of all amounts expended under the S¤t>i;‘i¤f<=¤d· head of contingent expenses for the several bureaus of the Treasury :Q;;°;S_e°p a°` Department, which shall be transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of _Secretary of the Treasury at every December session. And the expenditure for fur- 3;';’§;¥’a;‘j niture and repairs for the same shall be made by the said superintendent, 0,,,,,,,5 to Com subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and it shall be grew I the duty of said Superintendent to keep a just and accurate account in foffxgggjgfud detail of all the amounts paid for the purchase of furniture, and also for repairs_ · the repairs thereofQ as well as a full statement of the disposition of the old furniture; all of which shall be transmitted to Congress at every No ,,,,,,,0,- ,,p_ December session thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury: And pro- propriation for vided further, That no part of the appropriations made by this or any g;‘;2S§€‘;“;5‘§)‘g• subsequent act for contingent and incidental expenses shall be paid for paid {Or clerk clerk-hire, messengers, or laborers. h**§g§§·win of To complete the north wing of the treasury building and approaches, treasury buifp including all liabilities, one hundred and sixty-three thousand five hun- ing.