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52 6 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 362. 1887. Capitol and Lronrme THE CAr1ToL Ann cnouimsz For lighting the Capitol, E'°“° °- and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, Senate LlSh*l”8· and House stables: For gas and electric lighting, pay of superintendent of meters, lamp-lighters, gas-utters, and for materials for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty-four thousand dollars. Elevator, Senate ELEvAToR Fon SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL: For the construc- "i¤K- tion of an elevator in the south end of the eastern corridor of the Senate wing of the Capitol, fifteen thousand dollars; and the Architect of the Capitol is directed to have the same completed for use by December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Elevator, House ELEVATOB. FOB THE HOUSE WING OF THE CAPITOL: F 0I' the O011- "'*“€· struction of an elevator for the use of the public in the House wing of the Capitol, to be located at the south end of the western corridor and to run from the basement to the upper story, twelve thousand dollars, and the architect is directed to have the same completed for use by December first, eighteen hundred and eightyseven. Linm-y or con- Bumnmc non LIBRARY or Concnnssz That the Library Commiss¥¤¤¤· sion is hereby empowered to make leases and to collect rents for such R'"'"' houses on the library site as in its judgment may remain temporarily . without obstructing the work, the proceeds from such rents to be paid into the Treasury. Sales of public EXPENSES on THE COLLECTION OF REVENUE FROM SALES OF PUBLIC lands. LANDS $¤l¤¤i¤¤» ¥¢zi¤- SA1.AmEs Arm commissions or REGISTERS AND BECEIVERS2 For

  • °” ““d "°°“’°"”‘ salaries and commissions of registers of land-oflices and receivers of

public moneys at district land-offices, at not exceeding three thousand Limit Oi- i-as rc, dollars each, five hundred thousand dollars. And hereafter all fees tained. collected by registers or receivers, from any source whatever, which · would increase their salaries beyond three thousand dollars each a year, shall be covered into the Treasury, except only so much as may be 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. _La¤<1oHic¤¤, con- Cournvomrzr EXPENSES on LAND-onions: For clerk-hire, rent, and

  • '”g°“* °’P°““°°· other incidental expenses of the several land-offices, one hundred and

twenty thousand dollars. Buifnlc landgiis- That all the public lands in the Territory of Wyoming lying in the “'°‘{ d WY°““”8» counties of Johnson and Crook, in said Territory, shall constitutes a new °"” °land district, to he called the Butlalo district. Register and rc- That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and °°*,"${d*° "° °P‘ with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof p""‘ “ ‘ and until the next session after such appointment, a register and a receiver for said district, who shall be required to reside in the town of BQ1m? *° b° ¤* Budalo, Wyoming Territory, until such time as the President may, in “ “ °‘ his discretion, remove the site of said land-office from said town; and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter be provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said Territory. _ fixiiensesdevvs- EXPENSES or DEPOSITING PUBLI0 MONEYS: For expenses of de- ‘*{”9 P“m'° ‘“°“‘ positing moneys received from the disposal of public lands, ten thou- °° S' sand dollars. Protecting tim- DE1>EE1:•AT1oNs ON PUBLIG TIMBER: To meet the expenses of pm. b"· tecting timber on the public lands, Seventy-five thousand dollars. Protecting from Pnomcrme 1¤UnL1c.LA;m>s: For the protection of public lands from f'“"d“’““” ““"Y· illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, one hundred thousand dollars. _ Expenses, hear- EXPENSES OF HEARINGS IN LAND ENTRIES: For expenses of hear- $8** m hud °¤· ings held by order of the General Land Office to determine whether °°‘ alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, twenty thousand dollars.