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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch.71. 1845.
Water-posts,flagging, &c.
Pennsylvaniaavenue, &.c.
Secretary tosign patents.
Commissionerof public build-ings.
Potomac
bridge.
for the President’s grounds, Fountain square, Lafayette square, andPennsylvania avenue, repairs of fence at Fountain square, Lafayettesquare, President’s garden, and for repairs of pumps and sewers, threethousand and seventy-seven dollars.
For improved iron water posts on Pennsylvania avenue, for flaggingin front of the Treasury buildings, for repairs of the figure on thetympanum of the Capitol, and for the purchase of hose for the Ana-costia Fire Engine Company, four thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars.
For paving and repairing Pennsylvania avenue and repairing the roadto the Congressional burial ground and to the navy-yard, agreeably tothe mode, and under the superintendence provided in a bill for that pur-pose, which passed the Senate February twenty, one thousand eight hun-dred and forty-four, thirty-eight thousand dollars.
And the President of the United States is hereby authorized to ap-point a skilful architect to prepare and submit to him the necessaryplans for a fire-proof building upon such plan of arrangement as maybe ultimately required for the War and Navy Departments; and that hesubmit the same to Congress at its next session with an estimate of thecost of erecting such buildings for its action and decision.
Surveyors and their Clerks .—For compensation of the surveyor gen-eral northwest of the Ohio , and the clerks in his office, eight thousandthree hundred dollars : Provided, That said surveyor general’s officenorthwest of the Ohio shall be removed to and kept at such place in theState of Michigan as the President of the United States shall from timeto time direct. And that on the removal of the said office as aforesaid,or as soon thereafter as practicable, the surveyor general of said dis-trict shall be required to deliver over to the Secretaries of State of theStates of Ohio and Indiana or such other officers as may be authorizedto receive them, all the field notes, maps, records, and other papers ap-pertaining to the surveys and land titles within their limits.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Illinois and Missouri ,and the clerks in his office, five thousand eight hundred and twentydollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Arkansas , and the clerksin his office, four thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Louisiana , and the clerksin his office, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Mississippi , and theclerks in his office, three thousand six hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Alabama , and the clerksin his office, four thousand dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Florida , and the clerksin his office, five thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general in Wisconsin and Iowa ,and the clerks in his office, three thousand one hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerks in the offices of the surveyors general,to be apportioned to them according to the exigencies of the publicservice, and, if necessary, to be employed in transcribing field notes ofsurveys, for the purpose of preserving them at the seat of Government,fifteen thousand dollars.
For compensation of the secretary to sign patents for public lands,one thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in Wash-ington city, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to four assistants, draw keepers at the Potomacbridge, including oil for lamps and machinery, fire wood, and repairsof the bridge, and for arrearages due, four thousand two hundred andninety dollars.