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 1414 six*rY-F1nsT coucnnss. sm. III. cH. ass. 1911. W°"“’ °"“’°· For continuin. the work of cleaning and repairing works of art in the Capitol, inclgrding repairs to frames, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars. 1m1>r¤vi¤ssr¤¤¤¤¤· Improving the Capitol grounds: For the care and improvement of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Burldings, pay of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners, for fertilizers, repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways, thirtly thousand dollars. §{aq{,‘§g,{P;’_‘:;*;’Pl°¤¤ Capitol power plant: For lighting the Capitol, Senate and House ° Ofhce Buildings, and Congressional Library Building, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate stables and engine house, House stables, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the $°P°'*°°°¤°°¤* °* Senate· a of su erintendent of meters at the rate of one thousand meters. . ’ P I P ’. . six hundre dollars per annum, who shall IHS act all gas and electric meters of the Government in the District of Columbia without addiservices, eee. tional com nsation; for necessary personal and other services; and for materiaf and labor in connection with the maintenance and operation of the heating, lighting, and power glant,_ and substations connected therewith, to be expended y the upermtendent of the Capstol Building and Grounds under the su ervrsion and direction of the ,nU§§,f,§0$°;';m1}§*u‘;'; Commission in control of the House Ofgce Building appointed under otgce guildinc. the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, ninety p$,;,;,5}"13°5' _ thousand dollars: Prvvided, That hereafter the heating, lightmg, and m§§";fmg' **°*"°¥· power plant constructed under the terms of the Act approved April v¤fi¤,p.m. M twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, shall be own as the mu°"‘°°“° Capitol power plant; and hereafter all vacancies occurrin in the — force operating)said plant and the substations in connection therewith shall be filled y said superintendent with the approval of said commission in control of the House Office Building a pointed under the · Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and) seven. R¤D•i¤.¤¤•bl¤.¢¢¢· For reppirs and improvements to steam Ere-engine house, and Sen- . ate and ouse stables, and for repairs to and aving of floors and courgyards of same, one thousand ve hundred dbllars. §¤”¤,·;*{)i¤,ggM¤¤¤¤· E arginv the Capitol Grounds: To continue the acquisition of the ` land described in the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved June twenty-fifth,_nineteen hundred and ten, and as authorized and rescribed in said Act, for enlarging the Capitol Grounds, five hundred gflyréoén u com _ thousand dollars: Promdegl, hat the persons designated in said Act ,,,,d_ ° " to acquire the land described therein for the purposes stated, shall continue to serve under said law and to exercise all the powers and duties conferred thereby rn every particular and as fully, notwithstanding either or any of them may have ceased by operation of law, to occupy the office held at the time of the passage of the said spndry civil Act; and the said pgrsons acting under said sundry civil Act shall constitute and be own as a commission, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum and be competent to transact the duties devolving on them. P“"“° '*¤d’· rrmmc LANDS snavron. " ce{@g,;T""`s ““d ""‘ Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers: For salaries and commissions of registers of district land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum each, five hundred and sixty thousand dollars. C¤¤ri¤ze¤¤e¤v¢¤¤¤¤· Contmvent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and other incidental expenses of the district land offices, including the exchange érgapgh of typewriters, three hundred and twenty thousand dollars: Promkled, That tlusapproprration shall be available for the ayment of per diem, in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding four dollirrs r day, of clerks detailed to examine the books and management of digtrict land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices, and in the opening