United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 99
Chap. XCIX.—An Act to enable the War Department to supply certain balances of appropriation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Balances under acts June 12, 1838, ch. 97, and March 3, 1839, ch. 93, how to be applied. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to direct the application of any balances now remaining in the treasury, or which may come into the treasury on the settlement of accounts under any of the specific heads of appropriation in the acts of the twelfth June eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and third March eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to any arrearages chargeable to the general head of suppression of Indian hostilities.
Balances under acts of April 29, 1836, ch. 57, June 12, 1838, ch. 97, and March 3, 1839, ch. 93, re-appropriated.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the balances of appropriations made twenty-ninth April eighteen hundred and thirty-six, twelfth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and third March eighteen hundred and thirty-nine for suppression of Indian hostilities, which have been carried to the surplus fund, be and the same are hereby re-appropriated for the settlement of arrearages for suppression of Indian hostilities so far as the same may be necessary in the payment of accounts audited and passed for settlement by the accounting officers of the Treasury.
Approved, June 17, 1844.