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 F ORTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Szss. III. Ch. 227. 1873. 519 dollars; and for connecting the capitol by telegraph, to be used solely for Telegraph for public business, with all the departments of government: and the govern- P“bl;° “Pi“°°;g ment printing 0Ecc in the city of Washington, eight thousand dollars, or cms mcmm ° ’ so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds: Provided, That the immediate connection of the wires with any of she public build- wives fo be unings shall be made under ground, or in such manner as not to injure the d" g'°“"d* &°‘ appearance of the capitol or other public buildings. For grading and paving the streets and foozways around the capitol, Gmdg,,g,&c_, and running from Pennsylvania avenue to B streets north and south, to Streetsthe line of the cast front of the capitol, and for improving the grounds within that area, ono hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That in tho improvements of streets about the capitol, the Secretary of Cost of cmwn the Interior shall assess and collect the cost, of all improvements made in {;“P’*H'°'*t:;¤'·¤ '·° front, of all private property in the same proportion as charged by tho °°° °° ’ District authorities for similar improvements. For ten thousand eight hundred and forty-four square foci; of land on Israel Ah-man South Capitol and South B streets, with the buildings standing theron, M°m°€iSL E£i¤· the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid to the trustees of the Israel cowl bh African Methodist Episcopal Church, whenever they shall, in duo and legal form, transfer to the United States a good and sufficicnt title to said land and premises: Provided, That said trustees may have the right to Building may remove the building thereon known as the parsouage and the seats and b°'°'“°"°d· benches belonging to the church, any time within thirty days after being notified to remove tho same by the architect of the capitol. For alteration and refitting the hall of the House of Representatives for Almmti¤n,&¢., accommodation of the increased number of members and the better vcnti— ¥§ mu °f *h° . . . . . ouse of Reprelamon and lighting thereof, to be expended under the supervision of the ,e,,mM,,_ architect of the capitol extension, according to a plan to be established by resolution of the House, forty thousand dollars; and the amounts hereby App,,,P,;m0u| appropriated for work ou and around the capitol shall be available from when available. tho passage of this act. Botanical Garden.-For the construction of a brick wall and iron Bofuuicalgarfence along First street, between Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues, and d°“‘ for gateways on same line, nine thousand ilvc hundred dollars. For baking down and rebuilding fence along Maryland avenue and Third street, to conform to new grade, four thousand dollars. For repairs so buildings, improvementsto heating-apparatus, and walks, and for grading and inclosing square on Maryland avenue opposite the botanical garden, bounded by Second, Third, and B streets, and for erecting thereon houses for storing pots, soil, coal, and plants, six thousand Eve hundred dollars. For completing the new conservatory by erecting an octagou at the New conservaeastern end t,o conform to that at the western end, seventeen thousand five wr-Y· hundred dollars; and the several amounts hereby appropriated for the Appmpgiation botanical gardens shall be available from the passage of this acl;. Wh°” “"“’1“bl° Survey of the Coast. ——- For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and g¢31¤*§¤f§sy· Gulf coasts of the United States, and Lake Champlainjucluding compen- com:" °* °‘* sation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emolumcuts of officers of the army and navy, and petty officcrs and men of the navy employed in the work,four hundred and ten thousand dollars. For continuing cho survey of the western coast of the United States, Western com. including compensation of civilians, and pay and rations of engineers of Steamers engaged in the work, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For extending the triangulation of the coast survey, so as to form a Extendinguigeodetic connection between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United ““g“1°°°“· &°‘ States, and assisting in the Scam surveys, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, thirty-six thousand dollars.