FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 122. 1869. 309 _ For fuel for the Presidenfs house, five thousand dollars. Pf¤¤id¤¤¢’= . For improvement and care of reservation number two, and Lafayette ggxsdiudublic . square, two thousand dollars. squm-es:.-gw",.
For care and improvement of grounds south of the Presidents house, *i°”"· &°·
5- five thousand dollars. `; For extra labor in removing snow and ice from the pavements and
- public walks, five hundred dollars.
T. For manure for the public grounds and reservations, and cartage of ’ the same, two thousand dollars. For further improvement and care of reservations on New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Maryland avenues, three thousand dollars. For painting iron fences around the public squares and reservations, three thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the President’s house, ten thousand dollars. For flower-pots, glasses, twine, one thousand dollars. For fuel for the centre building of the Capitol, one thousand five hun- Fuel. n dred dollars. For hire of carts on the public grounds, two thousand dollars. Carts and For purchase and repair of tools used on the public grounds, one mls' thousand five hundred dollars. For continuing the work of grading and filling the Capitol grounds, G*j¤di¤z- &¤- nfteen thousand dollars. For purchase of trees and tree-boxes, to replace, when necessary, such Trees, treeas have been planted by the United States, to whitewash tree·boxes and b°"°S¤ &°· fences, and to repair pavements in front of the public grounds, two thousand dollars. For the repairs of buildings in the botanical garden and the erection B0*¤¤i<¤¤l gm`- of suitable iron stands for plants in new conservatory, four thousand dol- gg2s22S8g3Q_ lars, to be expended by the architect of the Capitol, under the direction Vol. xvi. p. 52. of the joint committee on the library. For pay of lamp·ligl1ters, gas-fitting, plumbing, lamp posts, lanterns, L¤mP·ligl¤¤<=¤, glass, paints, matches, materials, and repairs of all sorts, five thousand &°' dollars. For purchase of stationery, books, maps, plans, office furniture, and b Sllénligzllcefy. contingents of the office, one thousand dollars. °° s’ ' To aid in supporting the “National association for the relief of desti- ?°¤g*¤*¢ tute colored women and children" of this District, five thousand dol- §;f§,il`3€Q3f°n lars, to be expended under the direction of the executive committee of its board of managers. For completing the iron fencing of the Presidents grounds on the h P¤'°¤id<5¤*’¤ south and along the avenue now being opened between Fifteenth and gggsgd? Seventeenth streets, including gates, twenty-seve11 thousand dollars. For refurnishing the Presidents house, twenty-five thousand dollars. vol. xvi. p. 47. For the purchase of a portrait of the late President Abraham Lincoln, Ag°°’;”l’°i’f _ to be placed in the executive mansion, three thousand dollars, or so much ,,,,,3 nm m thereof' as may be necessary: Provided, That said portrait shall be select- to be selected ed by the incoming President of the United States. by wh°"" For improvement, care, protection, and repair of seats and fountains in Capitol the Capitol grounds, one thousand dollars. gmundsj For repairs and superintendence of the Washington aqueduct, twenty- gvaflyfgmu five thousand dollars. aq _ ` 1lEsceZlancous.—For national cemeteries, six hundred thousand dol- mI;_I§°“”‘1 °°m‘ lars. ` For care, improvement, and repair of the congressional burying. Congressional ground, to be expended under the direction of the wardens and vestry b'"ymg'gr°°° of Christ church, Washington city, three thousand dollars. pw; and To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the education dumb in cnc Disand maintenance of such deaf and dumb of the District of Columbia as °f °’°l“”"
