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Commissionerof public build-ings to attend tothe draws, &c.He may employthree assistants.
southern district of New York, and what composed the items of set-offto the claim of the United States ; and that said Secretary report hisproceedings at the next session of Congress .
Approved, June 23, 1836.
No. 10. A resolution to apply the unexpended balance of the appropriation for thePotomac bridge to the improvement of Maryland avenue leading thereto, andfor other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the balance of the ap-propriation for the construction of the bridge across the Potomac , at thecity of Washington, remaining unexpended after the said bridge shallhave been repaired in obedience to the directions contained in the jointresolution passed for that purpose at the present session of Congress , be,and the same hereby is, appropriated, to be applied under the directionof the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, towards the graduation,gravelling and planting of the Maryland avenue, in said city, from itseastern extremity to the said bridge, in equal proportions on the eastand west of the Capitol, according to distance.
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of theCommissioner of Public Buildings to attend to the draws, cause thebridge to be properly lighted, to guard against wanton injuries andobstructions, and to preserve a due police on and near it, so as to ensurethe safety of passengers and of the public property; that said Commis-sioner shall receive for his services the yearly compensation of threehundred dollars, and be authorized to employ three assistants, at a com-pensation not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents a day.
Approved, July 1, 1836.