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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1069. 1888. 533 For furnishing a full supply of water for all purposes to the Executive Mansion by connecting the Mansion by a twelve inch main with the thirty-six inch water—1nain on L street, five thousand three hundred dollars. TELEGRAPH TO CONNECT THE CAPITOL `WITH THE DEPARTLIENTS Government me- AND (}VERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: For care and repair of exist- g"“’h‘ ing lines, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. XVASHINGTON BIONUMENT: For completion of the Washington wvasinngnm new- Monument. namely : For earth-filling and grading around the 111onu- ”l§r§§,e,,s,.,s_ ment, in accordance with existing law; insertion of memorial tablets presented for that purpose in the interior walls of the monument; office expenses, and every purpose connected with the completion of the monument, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to be ex 1 ended under the direction of the Secretary of Wa1*. ltor the care and maintenance of the Wlashington Monument and Cam wd m¤i¤¤•=>- the o eration of the elevator and machinery connected therewith, me nameljyz For one custodian, at one hundred dollars per month; one steam engineer, at eighty dollars per month; one assistant steam engineer, at sixty dollars per month; one fireman, at fifty dollars per month; one assistant Hreman, at forty-five dollars per month; one conductor of car, at seventy-five dollars per month; one attendant on floor, at forty-five dollars per month; one attendant on top, at forty-five dollars per month; three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars each per month; coal, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; oil, waste, packing, and repairs to engine and boiler, five hundred dollars; contingencies, ninety dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Sec- To be under seem retary of War, who is hereby and hereafter charged with the cus- myd W"` tody, care, and protection of the monument. And the joint commission created by the act of August second, _J0int commission eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for the completion of the Wash- d”§”§{Y§§l,,_ 123 ington Monument, having completed the work intrusted to it, is, at its own request, dissolved, and the unexpended balances of appropriations for this work, as well as the amount herein appropriated, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary ofPVVar; and the \Vashington National Monument Society is hereby continued mQf,3S%f)*;g;l*;;t¤é; with the same powers as provided in the act of August second, eight- ciety continued. een hundred and seventy-six, creating the joint commission aforesaid; andthe Secretary of War is hereby directed to set apart a room for the deposit of the archives of the Wasliingttiii National R<><>¤¤ for. Monument Society (as also for the records of the joint commission dissolved) and for the continuous use of said society in the building now being erected by the said society with funds collected by it for its use and for the public comfort. BUILDING Fon ARMY M EDICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY: For a Medical Museum. cremating furnace, to be used in connection with the laboratories, three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For cases. shelving, and appliances for new anatomical and biological laboratories. eight hundred and fifty dollars. For additional cases for the Museum hall, seven hundred and sein-xity-five dollars. Um) Mcsnmr Bunlmxc AND ANNEX: For additional amount for m01d Museum Bum the completion of needed repairs and improvements on the old Mu- izepmm. senin Building and Annex on Tenth street, between E and F, now occupied by the record and iension division of the Surgeon—General’s iiice, as follows: To com Jlete plumbing, including the purchase of a supply tank, pump, and gas-engine, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Mississippi Rrvnn Conmssioxz For salaries and traveling ex- Cliississivpi River . . . . .· · _ · OIHHIISSIOII. penses of the Mississippi River Commission, and for salaries and traveling expenses of assistant engineers under them. and for office expenses and contingencies, thirty-five thousand dollars.