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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 2. 1897. 3] Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes," providing for the payment of eight-tenths of a cent per pound on the sugars actually manufactured and produced in the United States during that part of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, comprised in the period commencing August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- live, both days inclusive, one million eighty-five thousand one hundred and nfty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the conditions, restrictions, and limitations prescribed in the said Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. QUABANTINE smnvicnz For the maintenance and ordinary expenses, §,*{_*;!jj;}1jf,_¤;lz¤**i¤¤· including pay of officers and employees of quarantine stations at Dela- ` wa.re Breakwater, Reedy Island, Cape Charles and supplemental station, South Atlantic, Southport (hereafter to be known as Cape Fear Quarantine Station), Brunswick, Tortugas, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand _ dollars. Pnnvmzrrion 01-* urmmncs: The President of the United States is dY·n¤r¤¤¢i<>¤ ¤f epihereby authorized, in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, °}`»‘J.°2'p. mv. yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic plague, or Chinese ulague or black death, to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved June v¤1.2s, p.4a2. eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same; and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may be then in force. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. I¤¤¤i¤r¤¤p¤¤¤¤¤¤¢· The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay hom the appropriation for forested lands of the United States, Act of June elev- §;':_f::Q_*:;’gfj;e_,,_ enth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, such expenses not exceeding wget. one thousand dollars as may have been incurred by members of the l°‘·2°·*"‘”· Commission from the National Academy of Sciences prior to July iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. PUBLIC BUILDING . remit mum;. Bmumzs or BUILDINGS, Inrnmon Dnrknrmnurz For repairs of R¤r·¤=·· Interior Department and Pension buildings, five thousand dollars. Fon rms CAPITOL: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs <>¤ri¤•1· tlhefeof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, thirty thousand o ars. To provide {lags for the east and west fronts of the center of the Flem- Capitol, to be hoisted daily under the direction of the Capitol police board, one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For continuing the work of cleaning and repairing works of art in the Cleaning wvrks of Capitol, including the repairing of frames, under the direction of the "°‘ Joint Committee on the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars. For additional bookcases and shelves to accommodate the increase I A·{silj¤¤¤•¤ ¤¤=¤¤*¤·· of law books and to protect rare and valuable books and manuscripts W I my' in the law library of Congress, four hundred dollars, to be immediately available. Imrnovine THE Cnrrrox. Gnourms: For continuing the work of °·Pi*¤*G*°¤¤·*¤ the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and for care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers, and for repairs and pointing of walls and the resurfacing and repairing of artificial stone walks and driveways, twelve thousand dollars. Lrenrmc cum Csrrron nm cnounns; For lighting the Capitol ¤¤¤¤¤¤· and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, Senate