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June 6th to
Bvt. Major Genl. O.O. Howard 
Commissioner,
General,
I have the honor to ask permission to expend Eight hundred (800) Dollars, in building the retaining walls at the foot and sides of the lot on which the new Normal and High School building is being erected in this city, and to grade and fence the same. The whole of the appropriation,($15.000) which has been made specifically for the erection of the building, will be required for that purpose. The site selected is a very fine one, but this expenditure is imperatively necessary, as the lot is wholly on a steep gravel slope, except what will be covered by the building itself, and both utility and safety re