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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1069. 1888. 523 CAPITOL TERRACES: For artificial pavement and for fountain in ¤¤Pi¤<>1·¤¤¤‘¤‘¤¤¤¤ front of terrace. pavement in area between terrace and building. and for bronze lamp-posts and vases for north and south terraces, fifteen thousand dollars. Licnrme THE CAPITOL AND Gnounns: For lighting the Capitol, wl,-gigmlggjlgg °°Pi*·°l and gounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, Senate ` and ouse stables; for gas and electric lighting; pay of su erintendent of meters, lamp—lighters, gas-fitters, and for materials for gas gud electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty-four thousand o ars. Eor_ the erection of four reservoires in the corridors of the Ca itol D"‘“““$ "°“°"°*”· Bmlding for the purpose of su plying drinking water to the public, one thousand five hundred dollars. Smsun sriusnns AND ENGINE—HOUSE: For renewal of portions of §,g¤pf;g”¤"‘°*· the roof on the Senate stable and tire-engine house, and for casual ` repairs of said buildings, four hundred dollars. or the purchase by the Secretary of the Interior of that part of t,£’,°;,°,i*§•l‘ju,‘{* “d‘"‘ lot eleven, in square six hundred and eighty-three, situated in the ` city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, as laid out and recorded in the original plat of the city and District aforesaid, l ing directly north of the Senate stables, and containing six thousand, and eighty-seven square feet, six thousand and eighty-seven dollars, upon proof of a perfect title and the execution to the United States of a eed good and sufficient in law and in form approved by the Attorney-General; said ground to be used in connection with the Senate stables. _ BUILDING Fon THE LIBRARY OF coNGREss. Lmnry Banning. For the building for the Library of Congress, as herein provided hgE"P°“°” °’ '°““d* for, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including ' the cost of all professional and other personal services that the Chief · of Engineers of the Army may deem necessary for the work and shall specially order five hundred thousand dollars. This appro riation and all appropriations hereafter made, and all m;*;’0}’°Cb‘g';‘l°;, L?; sums avai able from appropriations heretofore made for this purpose ueeis, Amy. shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, who shall have the control and management of all of said work and the employment of all persons connected therewith. And all contracts for the construction of said building, or any part thereof, shall be made by the Chief of Engineers of the Army, and so much of the act entitled "An act authorizing the con- dg;`**;*§>,LhQ5¤¤¤m*¤- struction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional ' Library " approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six von. 24, p. 12. as requires the construction of said buildin substantially according to the plan submitted to the Joint Select Committee on Additiona Accommodations for the Library of Congress, by John L. Smithmeyer and so much of the first section as provides for a commission together with the eighth section of said act be and the same are hereby repealed, and the duties of said commission under said act are hereby devolved upon the Chief of Engineers of the Army, who shall annually report to Con ress at the commencement of each session a detailed statement of all the proceedings under the provisions of this act, and hereafter, until otherwise ordered by Congress, no work shall be done in the construction of said Library except such as is herein rovided for, and all contracts for work or materials not nec- conuacxsresesnueu. essary For the execution of the work contemplated herein are hereby rescinded. And all loss or damage occasioned thereby or arising un- Pafment or dander said contracts, together with the value of the plan fora Library °g°°' Building submitted to the Joint Select Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress by John L. Smithmeyer in the Italian Renaissance sty e of Architecture, may be adjusted and