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 226 FORTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. IL C11. 359. 1878. R¢*1>¢»‘¢- present owners would be willing to offer and accept, and report to Congress on the first day of the next session. Walker’s Statis- To enable the Secretary of the Interior to procure four thousand ad- by F. A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, at a cost not to exceed two dollars and nfty cents per copy, two thousand five hundred copies to be distributed by the House, six hundred by the Senate, and nine hundred by the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars. Ninth census, That the sum of four thousand and ninety dollars and sixty-nine cents of the unexpended balance of the appropriations for expenses of the Ninth Census be reappropriated, and made available to pay adjusted accounts for that service. Capitol exten- Capitol extension: For work on the Capitol, and for general repairs Capitol grounds. Improving Capitol grounds: For improving Capitol grounds and for paving Pennsylvania avenue around the Naval Monument, one hundred thousand dollars; to be expended equally and judiciously in the improvement of the approaches to both the Senate and House wings of the Capitol building. (_w_(0,,k_ And for the payment of all sums reserved from the vouchers paid George W. Cook prior to January lirst, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight, for artificial stone pavement laid in the said grounds under contract oi September, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. C.Bromidi. To enable the Architect of the Capitol to pay C. Bromidi, for services in frescoing in the Capitol, a sum not exceeding Eve hundred dollars. Lighting Capt- Lighting the Capitol and grounds: For lighting Capitol, and grounds battery; and for general repairs to lamps and pipes, twenty-seven thousand dollars. Heating appem- For the person in charge of heating apparatus of Congressional Li- WB- brary, Supreme Court, and old Hall of Representatives, eight hundred and sixty- four dollars. C Ieanin g re- For three laborers for cleaning rotunda, dome, and corridors of center ¢¤¤d¤·<>¢¤- portion of Capitol, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Water-closets. For one laborer in charge of water closets in the Capitol, center portion, seven hundred and twenty dollars. C,,,,,.,_h,,,,,,,,_ Repairs to courthouse, Washington, District of Columbia: For annual repairs to courthouse, in the city of Washington, one thousand dollars. Botanic Garden. Botanic Garden: For painting conservatory and fence around the square, and for repairs and reglaziug small houses in the Botanic Garden, new doors in offices, carpenter work, lumber, and repairs to building, two thousand seven hundred dollars. For raising the grade around the Bartholdi fountain to prevent overflowing, for placing of rock-work, and for marble rim around the basin, three thousand dollars. For conducting gas to fountains, and concreting the bottom of the basin, and for rock-work around fountain and necessary finish, seven hundred and nfty dollars. Roadway wm of That in order to continue the roadway and foot-walk the proper width, 0¤pifvl:1rv•md~¤· at Pennsylvania and Maryland avenue, around the circles at the interfof’“"°"‘“" °f “"'d’ sections of said avenues and First street, at the foot of the Capitol ‘ grounds, in accordance with plans of Fred. Law Olmsted, heretofore approved and deposited in the room of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and signed by H. L. Dawes, chairman of said committee, November ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, there shall be purchased portions of lots numbered one, two, three, four, and live, square five hundred and seventy-tive, and a portion of original lot numbered nine, square five hundred and seventy-six; that is to say, about nine hundred and sixty-eight superncial feet of lot numbered one; seven
 * >i¤¤lMl¤¤· ditional copies of the Statistical Atlas of the United States compiled
 * 9*-*- thereof, fifty-five thousand dollars.
 * °l·°*°· about the same, including Botanic Garden; for gas, pay of superintendent of meters, lamplighters, and gas-fitters; for material for electrical