FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1669 
For tearing down and rebuilding the brick walls of the steam boilers, 
providing tie-rods and buck staves and grates for the same; removing, 
replacing, and resetting the fronts; and replacing worn-out boiler tubes, 
and for covering heating pipes with fireproof material, including all 
necessary labor and material, $4,000. ° 
For rent for workshops for the National Museum, $600. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 383.) 
For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and 
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of ‘‘ Proceedings” of the 
National Museum, $11,000. ' 
For binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired 
by the National Museum library, $1,000. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 420.) 
August 23, 1894. 
Deficiency act for 1894, ete. 
For preservation of collections, National Museum, except for service 
over Pacific railroads, $19.62. 
_ [To cover claim reported in House Ex. Doc. 93, Fifty-third Congress, 
second session. | 
(Stat., XXVIII, 477. ) 
For preservation of collections, National Museum, $26.67. 
[To cover claim reported in Senate Ex. Doe. 152, _ Kifty-third Con- 
gress, second session. | 
(Stat., XXVIII, 482.) 
March 2, 1895. 
Sundry civil act for 1896. 
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col- 
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern- 
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of 
all necessary employees, $143,225. 
For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi- 
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, 
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $12,500. 
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele- 
phonic service for the National Museum, $13,000. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National 
Museum, $500. 
For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ- 
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000. 
For rent of workshops for the National Museum, $900. 
For expenses of putting in four additional fire plugs in the Smith- 
sonian grounds for the better protection of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, National Museum, and Astrophysical Observatory, and the 
purchase of necessary fire hose, $800. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 924.) 
