United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/10th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 65
Chap. LXV.—An Act to make good a deficit in the appropriation of eighteen hundred and seven, for completing the public buildings, and for other purposes.
Specific appropriations.
[Obsolete.]Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the appropriations already made, the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to the purposes herein after mentioned, that is to say:
For making good the deficit of eighteen hundred and seven, including the debt due from the public offices, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing the wall of the President’s square, planting the ground so as to close this part of the expenditure, building a solid flight of steps to the principal door, and minor expenses, fourteen thousand dollars.
For carrying up in solid work, the interior of the north wing, comprising the Senate chamber, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For executing the work deficient in the interior of the south wing and for painting, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 25, 1808.