FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1821 
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, $2,000. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National 
Museum, $500. 
For the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National 
Museum building, said galleries to be constructed under the direction 
of the Superintendent of the Congressional Library in accordance 
with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 
$8,000. 
For removal of the sheds from their present location south of and 
adjacent to the Smithsonian building, and rebuilding them, including 
all necessary labor and material, $2,500. 
(Stat., XXX, 22.) 
For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and 
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the 
National Museum, the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000 
copies, and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and 
acquired by the National Museum library, $12,000. 
(Stat., XXX, 60.) 
July 19, 1897. 
Deficiency act for 1897, ete. 
For expenses of heating the United States National Museum, 
$1,097.65. 
(Stat., XXX, 115.) 
July 1, 1898. 
Sundry civil act for 1899. 
For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi- 
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, 
including $20,000 for furnishing new galleries and including salaries 
or compensation of all necessary employees, $35,000. 
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele- 
phonic service for the National Museum, $14,000. 
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the 
collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Gov- 
ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation 
of all necessary employees, $165,000, of which sum $5,500 may be 
used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the 
National Museum. 
For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in 
the National Museum, $2,000. 
For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ- 
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000. 
For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the 
National Museum, $4,500. 
