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 FORTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 362. 1887. 525 UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT Stllcpsrtnwvt ¤ f R 8. FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS: To enable the Secretary of State to _Fr¤¤c_b ¤p¤1i¤— complete the search now being in France for records and other docu- *1*;* °l“‘mf· t. ments affecting the rights or claims of American citizens under the act Swrghm I;,r:cu;;,g of Congress approved January twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- records, etc. five, entitled "An act to provide for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to July Vol- 23, p- 283- thirty-first, eighteen hundred and one ", and to make a similar search in Spain or elsewhere, and to procure such records and documents as · already have been found and that may hereafter be found, or certihed copies or abstracts thereof, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended under the direction of the' Secretary of State, and to be immediately available. Conrnnsivon or run RED Cnoss ASSOCIATION: To pay the expenses Red cms Asso- , of the representatives of the United States (two in number, to be ap- °i¤**°¤ C °¤ f"- pointed by the President of the United States) to the fourth conference °"°°‘ of the Red Cross Association, to be held at Baden on September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, three thousand dollars; and to pay the contributory portion of the expenses of the United States at Expenses of delsaid conference, the additional sum of one thousand dollars, or so much **3**%- thereof as may be necessary; in all, four thousand dollars; the same to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT or THE .1NTnn1os. ,,_§§§*;;f;{‘,$f’“ ° ‘ - PUBLIC BUILDINGS. CASUAL REPAIRS or THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BUILDING: For Repairs, Departcasual repairs of the Department building, five thousand seven hundred m°¤* *****]*1***14- and eighty dollars. · ' That as soon a practicable after the completion as provided for in the ,R°¤*°”lP°f ‘?f· sundry civil act approved August fourth, eighteenhundred and eighty- £;§3;1g° °"'°“ six, and not later than December first eighteen hundred and eighty- L,,w,,`m ,,,,,_ eight, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be removed to the 49th Congress, p. Pension Building the General Land Office, Bureau of Education, Office 238- of Commissioner of Railroads, and Bureau of Labor, and vacate the buildings rented for and now occupied by said offices and Bureaus, or portions thereof. That the Secretary of the Interior is herebyauthorized to expend 1’¤{¤h¤S¤ <>f¤l¤<=— from any balance of the appropriation for “Contingent expenses office g;°’l;€“*e&1b“£,5; of the Secretary of the Interior", and so forth, for the iiscal year eight- ,,,g?° ul een hundred and eighty-six, that may be required for other purposes or remain unexpended, not, however, to exceed twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the introduction in the Interior Department building of an electric-light plant, including dynamos, engines, boilers, pumps, wires, lamps, and such other material, and also labor as may be required for the introduction of said plant; and the said sum of twenty thousand dollars orso much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the purposes herein specified. i Fon THE CAPITOL: For work at the Capitol, and for general repairs C•x>it¤l· thereof, Htting up iilemoom with iron shelving in basement of House R°P‘“”* °°°‘ wing, including wages of mechanics, workmen, and frescopainter, thirty-tive thousand dollars. _, _ IMPROVING THE CAPITOL G1zoUNDS: For continuing the work of the _ C¤P**°1G*°¤¤d¤» improvement of the Capitol Grounds, and for the care of the grounds, in- “"¥”`°"'“°"" °t°‘ cluding pay of landscape architect, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers, twenty thousand dollars. _ CAPITOL TE1mAcms: For the completion of the terraces of the Cap- _ C°¤¤Pl°¤¤SC¤P· itol and grand stairways, including wages of mechanics and laborers, ml °°"°°°°‘ three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.