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 396 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 837. 1 890. For improvement and maintenance of grounds south of Exec-- utive Mansion, four thousand dollars. For ordinary care of green-houses and nursery, two thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Lafayette Square, one thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Fran lin Square, one thousand dollars. For care an im rovement of Monument Grounds, five thousand ' dollars; and the ogcer in charge of public buildings and grounds ma T un of authorize the temporary use of a portion of the onument Ground; mmm reservations or- grounds south of the Executive Mansion or other reservations, in g{mm,°*,f"'°“`“ *"“" the District of Columbia, for a children’s play-ground, under regulations to be prescribed by him. Mmmm N°- "· For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen and site of old canal northwest of same, ten thousand dollars: Pro-· umnsuou. mkled, That no part thereof shall be expended upon other than prop- _ ert belonging to the United States. . Ehr construction and repair of post-and-chain fences, and constructing stone coping around reservations, one thousand fivehundred dollars. For manure, and hauling the same, ive thousand dollars. For painting watchmens lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lamp posts, seven hundred and ty dollars. For purchase and repair of seats, one thousand dollars. For purchase and repair of tools, two thousand dollars. For trees, tree and plant stakes, labels, lime, whitewashing, and stock for nursery, three thousand dollars. For removingsnow and ice, one thousand two hundred dollars. For ilowerépots twine, caskets, wire, splints, moss, and lycopodium, one thousan dollars. For care, construction, and repair of fountains, one thousand five hundred dollars. For abating nuisances, five hundred dollars. For improvement, care and maintenance of various reservations, rempom-y acme- twelve thousand dollars, and hereafter no temporary structure of °“’°‘°" '°°""““°"“· any kind shall be erected upon any reservation, except when author- - ized by special act of Congress. For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian Grounds, ilnciluding construction of asphalt roads and paths, eight thousand o ars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of Judiciarz Square, including grounds around the Pension Building and asp alt roads. _ and walks eading to Pension Building, five thousand do lars. mQ&;m¤·M-·W* That under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be· ` made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt plavements in Waslnington City at a higher price than two dollars an twenty-five cents per s uare yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia riorto Jul first, eighteen hundred and eighty- six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness. E'°°““’° ”°'“‘°”- For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion as follows: serum, mmmsa For {care, repair, and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, twenty- °‘“· ""· °°°· five thousand dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the- President may determine. For portrait, and frame for same, of Grover Cleveland, ex-President of the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For fuel for the Executive Mansion, greenhouses, and stable, three thousand dollars. For care and necessary repair of greenhouses, nve thousand dollars. mL_{ggn*¤¤_n§,=¤$’g*ggg Lrcurmc rum Exncnrrvn MANSION AND rosmc oRoUN1>s; For grounds. gas, pay of lamp-lighters, gas-fitters, and laborers; urchase, erection, and repair of lamps and lamp-posts; purchase oi) matches, and for repairs of all kin s; fuel and lights for office, office stables,