Chapter CVIII. *making an Appropriation for completing the Public Buildings of Oregon Territory, and Minnesota.* Feb. 17, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum of sixty-seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby,
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Chap. CVIII.— An Act *making an Appropriation for completing the Public Buildings of Oregon Territory, and Minnesota.* Feb. 17, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum of sixty-seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, granted and appropriated, Appropriation for public buildings in Oregon and Minnesota.out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, to defray the expenses of completing the public buildings in the Territory of Oregon, which are now commenced and partially completed.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That of the said sum of sixty-seven thousand dollars the sum of forty thousand dollars shall be expended, How to be expended.according to the provisions of the act of the legislative assembly relating to the public buildings of the territory, in completing the penitentiary; and the sum of twenty-seven thousand dollars shall be expended, according to the provisions of said act, in completing the state-house, or house for the meeting of the legislative assembly: *Provided,* The commissioners elected to superintend the erection of said buildings shall cause the said money to be so expended as to insure the completion of said buildings without additional expense to the United States.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to complete Appropriation for capitol and workshop in Minnesota.the territorial capitol and build a workshop for the territorial prison in the Territory of Minnesota, in accordance with estimates made by the agent appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, February 17, 1855.