United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 37
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXVII.—An Act making appropriations for the public buildings.
Sums appropriated, for—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for continuing the work on the centre building of the capitol, and other improvements on the public buildings, the following sums of money be, and hereby are, appropriated:
Centre building.For continuing the work on the centre building, the sum of eighty thousand dollars.
President’s house.For covering the roof of the President’s house with copper, seven thousand eight hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
Ground round the Capitol.For graduating and improving the ground around the Capitol, two thousand dollars.
Senate chamber, hall, and library.For improvements in the Senate chamber, and in the hall of the House of Representatives, and in the library, seven hundred dollars.
Unexpended balance to the centre building.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balances of appropriations to other public buildings, are hereby appropriated to the centre building.
Out of moneys in the treasury.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said several sums of money be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1821.