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 230 FORTY-F[l·`1`lI CONGRESS. Sess. Il. C11. 359. 1878. of scientific corps; for employees in the field; transportation of party to and from field ; office rent, stationery, and postage; expressage and freight; outfitting and provisions during iieldseason; purchase of arms and ranching animals; purchase of and repairing instruments; miscellaneous expenses in iield, such as provisions, toll, and blacksmithing, and preparation of reports, seventy-five thousand dollars; to be availhomo. able immediately: Provided, That the money hereby appropriated shall be expended only in prosecuting said survey north of the torty-second parallel and west of the one hundredth meridian; and hereafter no deficiency in the appropriation shall be created. P¤w¤1l’¤ Survey- Under Professor J. W. Powell: For continuation of the geographical and geological survey of the Rocky Mountain region, fifty thousand Proriao. dollars; to be available immediately: Provided, That the money hereby appropriated shall be expended only in prosecuting said survey south of the forty-second parallel and west of the one hundredth meridian; and hereafter no deficiency in the appropriation shall be created. National Acad- And the National Academy of Sciences is hereby required, at their mwmww M next meeting, to take into consideration the methods and expenses of °‘;" “"d "‘P“" conducting all surveys of a scientific character under the Vi/ar or In- P am °f ”r"’°' terior Department, and the surveys of the Land Office, and to report to Congress as soon thereafter as may be practicable a plan for surveying and mapping the Territories of the United States on such general system as will, in their judgment, secure the best results at the least possible cost; and also to recommend to Congress a suitable plan for the 1879, 5, publication and distribution of the reports, maps, and documents, and "°”’·”°“· other results of said surveys, not exceeding one acre now occupied by them for a period of ten years unless otherwise provided by law at Hot Springe. an annual rental of one thousand dollars. And he is further directed to U¢¤”¢—’·0*·¤¢¤- lease the bath-houses of a permanent nature now upon the Hot Springs reservation, to the owners of the same and lease to any person or persons, upon such terms as may be agreed on, sites for the ·building of other bath-houses, for the term of five years, unlessotherwise provided by law, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe; and the tax imposed shall not exceed fifteeu dollars per tub per annum including land rent: Provided, That MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOB THE INSANE Insane of Army, Current expenses, Government Hospital for the Insane: For support, vw-clothing, and medical and moral treatment of the insane of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue Cutter Service, and of all persons who have become insane since their entrance into the military or naval service of the United States, and who are indigent, and of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia, in the Government Hospital for the Insane one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And of this sum not exceeding one thousand dollars may be used for transporting patients to their iriends. Indigent insane. That one half of the expense of the indigent persons who may be admitted from the District of Columbia shall be reported to the Treasury Department, and charged against the appropriations to be paid toward the expenses of the District by the general government. Dminago,ot.c. · For drainage, and laundry of the hospital, and for the erection, fur- Bake-house. nishing, and fitting-up of an enlarged and improved bake-house and oven, including store-room for flour and lodging for bakers, thirteen . thousand dollars. Renairr. etc- For general repairs and improvements, seven thousand dollars. Barracks- For erection of barracks, five thousand dollars. Ilose, ctc. For hose, stand·pipe, and valves, for extinguishing fires, one thousand five hundred dollars.