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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS Sess. I. Ch. 902. 1886. 239 Pension Office Building shall be under the control of the Secretary of the llntcrior and subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. lfoR THE CA1>lTOL: For work on the Capitol, and for general re- Capitol. pairs thereof, including wages of mechanics, workmen, and fresco- Repairs, etc. painter, thirty-eight thousand dollars. IMPROVING THE CAPITOL GROUNDS: For continuing the work of the Capitolgrcunds, improvement of the Capitol Grounds, and for care of the grounds, in- i¤¤l>¤‘<>*’¢¤¤¢¤f» dvcluding the pay to landscape architect, one clerk, and wages of mechanics., gardeners, and workmen, twenty-five thousand dollars. (JA1>1ToL TERRACES: For continuing the work upon the terraces of ciipitoim-mm., the Capitol, sections marked K, D, and J, as shown on printed plan ac- cvutinuing work. companying the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury (Executive Document Number Nine, iirst session Forty-eighth Congress), including wages of mechanics and laborers, and for reconstructing boiler-vaults connected with sections C and K, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars may be ex- · pcnded for the completion of the work on sections A,B, C, L, and M, of said terraces. · · Lrenrme THE C.u>1ro1. AND euourms: For lighting the Capitol, and c ap itol mia grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, Senate and z¤<>¤¤d¤· House stables: For gas and electric lighting, pay of superintendent of Lightning. meters, lamp-lighters, gas-litters and for materials for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For introducing the electric light into the entire Senate extension Electric light in wing of the Capitol under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, S°””·*° ‘“¤8· twenty thousand dollars. HOT SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT. Hot Springs. For completion of improvement of Hot Springs Creek, twenty thou- g°mP;.,ti,,g imsand dollars. provement. EXPENSES or THE COLLECTION OF REVENUE FROM SALES OF PUBLIC Sales cr public LANDS. l·‘““‘°· SALARIES AND COMIIISSIONS on BEGJSTERS AND RECEIVEHS: For Salaries, regissalaries and commissions of registers of land—offices and receivers of tm Md ’°°°“"""· public moneys at district land-offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each, four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. All fees col- Not ,,1;,,,,-.,,; ms lected by registers or receivers, from any source whatever, which would in excess cr $3,000. increase their salaries beyond three thousand dollars each a year, shall be covered into the Treasury, except only so much as maybe necessary to pay the actual cost of clerical services employed exclusively in contested cases, and they shall make report quarterly, under oath, of all expenditures for such clerical services, with vouchers therefor. Cowrmcnnr EXPENSES or LAND-orrrcnsz For clerk-hire, rent, and _Ls¤acmees,cc¤· other incidental expenses of the several landoflices, one hundred and *¤¤8¤¤* °¤I’°¤¤°•- twenty thousand dollars. EXPENSES OF DEPOSITING PUBLIC MONEYS: Fo? 0X])GllS€S of tl6p0S- Expenses of deiting money received from the disposal of public lands, ten thousand l><>¤¤¤¤§ ¤¤¤¤¤!¤· dollars. DEPREDAUONS ox 1·UBL1o Tmmzlzz To meet the expenses of pro- _P:otectic¤ of tecting timber on the public lands, seventy-five thousand dollars. *¤¤b°¥'· Puorncrmo runmc runs: For the protection of public lands Protection from from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, ninety thousand g:l¤d¤1¤¤*= ¤¤¤'¥» dollars. EXPENSES OF BEARINGS IN LAND ENTRIES: For expenses of hear- Expenses of ings held by registers and receivers, under instructions from the Gen- 2:5%-¤ ¤¤ 1****1 eral Land Oillce, to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, twenty thousand dollars.