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 216 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 455. 1874. Women’s Chris- For the Women’s Christian Association of the District of Columbia, ti=¤¤ A¤¤¤¤i¤*i°¤· twenty-ive thousand dollars; to be expended for the sole purpose of t° b° °x`erecting a building on the ground owned by said association in said P Plan for building; District, upon and in strict conformity with a plan for said building, which shall be prepared by the Architect of the Capitol Extension; Cost limited. and it shall not, for building and furnishing, exceed the said sum of Money mit to be twenty-five thousand dollars; and no money shall be paid under 1****1 ““W °°“““°* this appropriation until the Secretary of the Treasury shall bo °“°°"° ‘“t°‘ satisned that a contract, with_ good security for its execution, has been entered into for the erection and furnishing of said building, at a sum Payments, new to not exceeding the amount hereby appropriated; and all payments for be made. the erection and furnishing of said building shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury directly upon vouchers to be approved by him: Express eontlition. Provided, (and this appropriation is upon the the express condition,) That none of the money hereby appropriated shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury until said association shall file, with the recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia, a declaration executed and acknowledged in the manner in which deeds are required by law to be executed for record in the District of Columbia, that said building, and the lands on which it is erected, forever shall be held in trust by said association, without mortgage or security in the nature of mortgage, for the sole purposes of said association, as dehned in its charter, of date December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy; and the filing of said declaration shall be regarded as notice to all persons who shall purchase said property or take any security thereon. c1n1t1ren·s Hospi- To aid in the support of the Children’s Hospital, Washington, District wl- of Columbia, five thousand dollars. _ Littio Sisters or For the Little Sisters of the Poor, of Washington City, to liquidate a the 1’<>¤r- debt on the building and to complete said building, twentydive thousand dollars. . Monoys opprepri- That all moneys hereafter appropriated for the aid, use, support, or ated M ¢l¤=>·¤‘il-=·b}¤ benefit of any charitable, industrial, or other association, institution, or £SfP°:°; "‘;§’1°°£‘:‘; corporation, shall be placed to the credit of the proper fiscal officer of (1,.,,%,,, 0,, ·p,.,,,,,,¤,»y such association, institution, or corporation, by warrant of the Secretary to order or persons of the Treasury, on the books of the Treasurer of the United States, or '¤<> Wh<>¤1 d¤<>· of an assistant treasurer or designated depositary of the United States other than a national bank, and shall be paid out only on the checks of such fiscal oftlcer, drawn payable to the order of the person to whom payment is to be made, for services, materials or any other'purpo e, and stating in writing thereon the specific object or purpose to which the Payments under avalls thereof are to be applied: Provided, That when payments are to twvrwy <1<>il=¤¤· be made under twenty dollars, such fiscal officer may checkin his own name, but shall state in writing on the check that the avails thereof are to be applied to the payment of small claims, and shall furnish, to the Treasurer, assistant treasurer, or designated depositary on whom the check is drawn a certified list of such claims, which list shall set forth the amount and nature of each claim and the name of each claimant. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Collections orsur- For preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring Y63i11S *1*}*1 °XP1°Y· expeditions of the Government, twenty thousand dollars; and for Iittin g mg °"P“d’°'°““‘ up and completing the cases in the new halls required for the Government collections, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty thousand dollars. SURVEY OF THE COAST. Atluuficvmyd Gulf ,_ For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the coasts, &e. United States and Lake Champlain, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work and pay and rations of engineers for the steamers psed in the Coast Survey, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dol· BTS: