United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 40

United States Statutes at Large, Volume 4
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March 2, 1827.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XL.An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of books for the use of the library of Congress, and for other purposes.

3000 dollars appropriated for the purchase of books.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of books, under the direction of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress.

400 dollars as compensation to an assistant librarian.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a compensation to an assistant employed by the librarian of Congress during the present session.

Approved, March 2, 1827.