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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 189. 1895. 959 BUILDING Fon THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Librsryof congress- For continuing the construction of the building for the Library of ‘,§,‘},{‘,j,f°“*¤€ °°°· Congress, and for each and every purpose connected with the same, ` nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That while the officer in {j*°¤‘·<*g m m charge of said building is engaged upon works of construction contided entry;. ° ° W to him by authority of Congress, his pay and allowances shall be the same as for officcrs of his grade on the active list: Provided, That the Tnnnen tobobuilt officer in charge be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct, with the 4**** 1*-419- moneys appropriated for the said building, a tunnel, with suitable conveying apparatus for the rapid transmission of books, papers, and messages, between the said Library building and the Capitol, the terminal of said apparatus in the Capitol to occupy the room in rear of that now occupied by the House Committee on Enrolled Bills. BOTANIO GARDEN. Bnhnic Girden. For new roof on packing shed, workshop, and stable; metallic gut· R°P·*"·°*°- tering for main conservatory; extending and repairs to concrete walk; steam boiler and repairs to heating apparatus; carpenter work, lumber, painting, and glazing, and for general repairs to buildings under the ‘ direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars. PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING. bifggléf P*i¤**¤8 *1** . 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 Colum- ` bia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, the Executive Office, and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), ` including the compensation of the foreman of printing, which sha11C *'°'°¤“¤ °' P*'*¤*· hereafter be at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,é;.·;._ ,,_ M_. and for rents and all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two million six hundred and twenty-eight A¤¤>¤¤+» thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated 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 and M1<>t¤¤¤¤¤·>f nvmdebates, and for rents, one million four hundred and sixty-seven thou- *"`i""°"‘ sand eight hundred and twenty dollars. 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 containing an 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 nscal year for which this appropriation is made. For the State Department, eighteen thousand dollars: Provided, g·*·>¤*·,ir N That hereafter the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized °°°° mw to print of each issue of consular reports an edition not exceeding seven thousand copies. For the Treasury Department, including not exceeding twenty thousand ninc hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, two hundred and eighty-tive thousand dollars. For the War Department, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon—General’s Office. For the Navy Department, seventy thousand dollars, including not exceeding twelve thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office.