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Distributionof Gales & Sea-ton’s StatePapers.
Purchase ofthe AmericanState Papers.
Debates of theFirst Congressand Register ofDebates.
Commissionunder the con-vention withSpain .
Medal in ho-nor of Brig.Gen. DanielMorgan .
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Improving thecrypt of thecapitol, &c.
Making PostOffice, &.c. ofH. R. fireproof.
Grounds ofnaval maga-zine, dec.
Conductingwater to Trea-sury and PostOffice build-ings, &c.
Fire-engine,&.C. for Warand Navy De-partments.
Fire-engine,dec. for Trea-sury building.
Pay to Wil-liam P. Elliott.
Constructinga dwarf walland fence inPresident’ssquare.
Support of thepenitentiary.
Buryingground at FortSibson.
Senate for the extra session to commence on the fourth day of March,instant, five thousand dollars;
For the expenses of the distribution in boxes, and by the ordinarymodes of transportation, of the compilation of the State Papers printedby Gales and Seaton, as directed by the joint resolution of the tenthday of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to the severalStates, Territories, colleges, and athenaeums of the United States , onethousand five hundred dollars;
For the purchase of nineteen copies of the American State Papers,printed by Gales and Seaton, pursuant to the resolution of the Senate ,of the first day of March, instant, four thousand five hundred andeighty-eight dollars and fifty cents;
For two hundred and forty-four copies of the Debates of the FirstCongress, and of the Register of Debates to the end of the presentCongress, as published by Gales and Seaton, to be distributed to themembers of the present House, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation to the commissioner, secretary, and clerk, and thecontingent expenses of the commission under the convention with Spain ,eight thousand two hundred dollars;
To authorize the President of the United States to procure new diesto renew the medal directed to be made in honor of Brigadier GeneralDaniel Morgan , by the act of the second day of July one thousandeight hundred and thirty-six, in case the original dies for the said medalcannot be found, one thousand dollars;
For improving the crypt of the capitol, by closing the openings onthe east front with sash doors, making double doors to the outer entran-ces, and repairing furnaces, eleven hundred and fifty dollars;
For making the post office, document, folding, and library rooms ofthe House of Representatives fire proof, three thousand one hundredand fifty dollars;
To complete the enclosing the garden and grounds of the navalmagazine and marine hospital, one hundred dollars;
For conducting water along the Pennsylvania avenue from the pipesat the Capitol to the Treasury and General Post Office buildings, withthe necessary fire-plugs to water the avenue, ten thousand dollars;
For the purchase of a fire-engine, apparatus, and engine-house forthe War and Navy Departments, seven thousand two hundred andtwenty-five dollars;
For the purchase of a fire-engine and apparatus for the Treasurybuilding, and the enlargement of the engine-house, five thousand fivehundred and twenty-five dollars;
For paying William P. Elliott, for drawings of the Treasury buildingand Patent Office , three hundred dollars;
For constructing a dwarf wall and fence from the southwest cornerof the President’s house to intersect the new fence near the north cornerof the Navy Department, one thousand three hundred dollars ;
For the support of the penitentiary for the District of Columbia , forthe year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven : for pay of officers andagents; for repairs to buildings; for purchase of raw materials; forrations, clothing, beds, and bedding of prisoners; for purchase of fuel;for purchase of hospital stores and medicines; for purchase of booksand stationery; for purchase of horse feed; for allowance to dischargeconvicts; and for other contingent expenses, the sum of twelve thousandfive hundred and five dollars and thirty-nine cents, to be paid out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be expendedunder the direction of the Board of Inspectors;
For the erection of a plain substantial fence around the buryingground at Fort Gibson in the State of Arkansas , five hundred dollars;
For surveys of the public lands in the district composed of the States