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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 380. 1892. 387 BUILDING FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSZ For COIltlI]l1lDg hl1C Library ofCongress. construction of the building for the library of Congress and for each S,Q,‘;§,f,}f‘"‘"g °°“‘ and every purpose connected with the same, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into for the Ifrrwivvvironwork of stairs, roof and dome, and marble finish for halls, corridors, °°""“°°‘ and rotunda, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be Gm T L Cm w made by law: Provided, That Brigadier-General Thomas Lincoln continnein {ning; Casey, now in charge of the construction of said building, shall continue in said charge until its completion whether on the active or retired list of the Army. BOTANIC GARDEN: For reconstructing with iron frame three plant B°"='”i° G““*°”· houses; repairs to heating apparatus, painting large conservatory inside and out; and for general repairs to the various buildings connected with this garden, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars. Corrvnrmc Vocrns or Ennoronsz For payment of the messengers f.’,§‘§,f,‘;§_°;,‘;;’$,"j;S,,,,,_ of the respective States for conveying to the seat of Government the gmvotes of the electors of said States for President, and Vice President of the United States, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the estimated distance by the most usual road traveled from the place of meeting of the electors to the seat of Government of the United States, computed for the one distance only, twelve thousand and seventy seven dollars. _ _ P  G     Public printingcand binding, paper, e. For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the supreme court of the District of C0- lumbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, the Executive Oiisice, and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two million three hundred and twenty thou- A,,,,,“,,t_ sand dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriate:} printing and binding shall be done by the Public Printer to the amounts following, respectively, namely: For printing and binding for congress, including the proceedings Aiittmtut of appm. and debates, one million ninety~one thousand five hundred dollars. P'*°‘*°“- And printing and binding for Congress chargeable to this appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containingan approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress, within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made (all reserve work shall be bound in sheep); and the heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting their annual reports to Congress, the printing of which is chargeable to this appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined, and shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely to the transaction of public business; ° For the State Department, eighteen thousand dollars; For the Treasury Department, two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey; For the War Department, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the catalogue of the library of the Surgeon—General’s Omce;