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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 122. 1869. 307 For the annual repairs of the old portion of the Capitol, such as paint- Repairs of ing, glazing, keeping roof in order, also water-pipes, pavements, and C“Pl'*°l· approaches to the building, ten thousand dollars. For finishing the work on the north front of the patent-office building, Fafent-onine and for improving G Street from Seventh to Ninth Street, eight thousand b“'ld“‘g‘ five hundred dollars : Provided, That the corporation of Washington city , cit? °f Wash cause the north half of G Street between Seventh and Ninth streets to Qzglgn gzlgagg G be paved at the same time, the cost thereof to be assessed against the Street between, private property fronting thereupon in the manner usual in cases of such fz; agi ““"“ improvements. ’ ` To finish the improvements on the western front of the post-oilioe Y°§*·-¢>i‘H<=<> building, on Eighth Street, between E and F streets, for paving, grading, bmldmg curbing, and sidewalks, five thousand six hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That the corporation of Washington city cause the western _ half of said Eighth Street between E and F streets to be paved at the °,.¥,‘;*",;‘;§ ggxgzl same time, the cost thereof to be assessed against the private property Ag ` fronting thereupon in the manner usual in cases of such improvements. For the purchase of u. site at Omaha, Nebraska, and for the erection SM, &c- for upon the same of a building for a post-office, the federal courts, and fed- £gf1*;;’”`gj·§j’1“'°‘ eral ofnccs, twenty-(ive thousand dollars. 0m,,i{,,_ ` Smz't/zsonian Institution.——-—For the preservation of the collections of S¤?¤m}S<>¤i¤¤ thelexploring and surveying expeditions of the government, four thousand I°sm°°1°°` dollars. Metropolitan Police.— For salaries and other necessary expenses of lll°l'°P°llla“ the metropolitan police for the District of Columbia., two hundred and pom' eleven thousand and fifty dollars : Provided, That a further sum amount- XV’Ehl"g*;’;‘ ing to one hundred and five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars :':m,n;?l;?§€_Wn shall be paid to the said metropolitan police force by the cities of Washingmn and Georgetown, and the county of Wasliirigton (beyond the limits of said cities), in the District of Columbia, in the proportion corresponding to the number of patrolmen allotted severally to said precincts ; and the corporate authorities of said cities, and the levy court of said county, _ are hereby authorized and required to levy a special tax, not exceeding bjgsggl W *° one third of one per centum, to be appropriated and expended for said ' purpose only, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Expenses of the Oolleclizm of Revenue from Sales of Public Lands. - Expenses of For salaries and commissions of registers of land offices, and receivers of fglfgxgllrglg public moneys at sixty-six land offices, two hundred and eighty-seven sales or public thousand eight hundred dollars. lands- For incidental expenses of the land offices, twenty thousand dollars. Sm-zzeying the Public Lands. — For surveying the public lands in Min- §)¤{\‘V¢Yi¤s_ nesota, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard Kgnllgsglgflsln lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, twenty Vol. xvi. p. 12. thousand dollars-; and such construction shall be given to the joint reso- Vol. xii. p. oi?. lution number thirty, approved twenty-fifLh April, eighteen hundred and ‘.0:‘;’m1§L'3""d sixty-two, as shall not ubridge the grant under the act of June third, from Fon (1.1;% eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for zi railroad from Fon du Lac northerly ggfsbfédsgl- 1 to the State line, and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company {olfiifg *2% ' may select their lands along the full extent of the original route of said Y Chicago and road as filed under the said act. §°'i§hgg“!'Q;*v For surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, at rates not ex~ Sélgclf, imidg, &c_ ceeding ten dollars per mile for standard lines, seven dollars [for] town- i;{¤‘*';>>’i¤;s§_ ship and six dollars for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars. g;k(;?a?"°s m For surveying the public lands in Montana. Territory, at rates not in Montana, exceeding fifleen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township and ten dollars for section lines, twenty-five thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Nebraska, at rates not exceeding l¤ N¤b¤‘¤¤l=¤·