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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 200. 1908. 345 For approaches, including necessary area walls for the iireproof APP¤°¤°h°¤· °°¤· building for committee rooms and offices for the House of Representatives, to be expended under the direction of the Commission of the House of Representatives designated by law to su ervise the construc- _  of said uilding, one hundred and nineteen thousand six hundred o ars. For additional elevator service in the House wing of the Capitol w;‘§1‘*='¤*°*· H¤¤¤¢ adpicent to the present east elevator, twenty-six thousand dollars. g` or continuing the work of cleaning and repairing works of art in. mR¢P¤i*i¤¤ W<>¤’k¤ <>f the Capitol, including repairs to frames, under the direction of the ` Joint Committee on the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars. Imrnovme run Csrrron onomms: For continuing the work of the §:1P“x_g*5¤‘°¤¤d¤· improvement of the Capitol grounds, including the grounds of the P mg' House of Representatives Office Building, care of the grounds, pa of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners, and laborers; for repairs to artitlbial stone pavement, walks, and roadways, twenty-five thousand dollars. Lrerrrrne run CAPITOL Ann enoUN1>s: For lighting the Capitol m¥éi¢¤¢ilj¤gds°•vi*¤1 and grounds about the same, including the House of Representatives gm ' Oilice Building, Botanic Garden, Senate and House stables, and engine house, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives; for gas and electric lighting; pay of superintendent of meters, at the rate of one thousand six hun red do lars perannum, who shall inspect all gas and electric meters of the Government in the District of Columbia without additional compensation, lamplighters, gas litters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, forty-two thousand mne hundred dollars. For repairs and improvements to steam tire-engine house, and Senate R°P°*”·°"°"l°'·**°- and House stables, and for repairs to and (paving of iloors and courtyards of same, one thousand five hundred ollars. . PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE. P¤¤1i¤1¤¤d¤· SALARIES AND COMMISSIONS or izmeisirnns AND nucmvmzsz For sala- celhsimm ¤¤¤ ¤+ ries and commissions of registers of district land omces and receivers vm' of public moneys at district land oiliices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum each, five hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Cosrmemnr nxrnssns or LAND orricns: For clerk hire, rent, and °°¤“¤¤°¤*°*P°¤¤°*· other incidental expenses of the district land offices, two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars: Proivided, That this appropriation shall {,`;•;'{j,'g',h_ be available for the payment of er diem, in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, oi) clerks detailed to examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices, and in the o ning of new land ofhees and reservations, While on such duty, and dbi actual necessary traveling Expenses of said clerks, including necessary slee ing-car fares: Prové further, 1;·(·m;;§_°¤ °¤ °¤· That no expenses chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by W " registers and receivers in the conduct of local land offices except upon ppevgcggi specific authorization by the Commissioner of the `eneral n ce. _ Exrsssns or onrosrrme runmo Moxnrs: For expenses of deposit- °°’°““”‘ "“"‘°"" ing money received from the disposal of public lands, by registered mail, bank exchange, or otherwise, as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior, and under rules to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, two thousand five hundred dollars. Drzrnnnxrrons on runuc rmnnn, rnorncriue runmc LANDS. AND m;{,‘;f‘,;°,;,;f,§,g,‘,ff;(SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR SWAHP LAND AND SW'AMP·LAND INDEM- swampland claims. Nrrr: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraud-