United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 265
Chap. CCLXV.—An Act making an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke, in North Carolina.
1843, ch. 47.
Appropriation for the purchase of a site, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of a site and the erection of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke, in North Carolina; the site to be selected and the building to be contracted for and erected under the superintendence and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and that he (the Secretary of the Treasury) be directed to report to Congress, at its next session, the progress and condition of the work:Proviso. Provided, That the expense of the land and building shall not exceed that sum.
Approved, August 29, 1842.