ACTS OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the third day of December, 1827, and ended on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1828.
John Quincy Adams, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Nathaniel Macon, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STATUTE Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chapter I.—An Act making partial appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
Appropriations.
Act of Feb. 12, 1828, ch. 6.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated towards the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, viz:
Compensation to senators and representatives.For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States and their officers, four hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Expenses of fire-wood, &c.For the expenses of fire-wood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two houses of Congress, one hundred and six thousand two hundred and three dollars.
Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 3, 1828.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. II.—An Act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the government, and for other purposes.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no money hereafter appropriated shall be paid to any person, for his compensation, who is in arrears to the United States, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes received by such person, to be expended in the public service; but in all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of this act, it shall be the duty of the accounting officers, if demanded by the party, his agent or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Treasury Department,
