Chapter I. *making Appropriation to meet the Expenses incurred in consequence of the late Fire at the Capitol.*January 13, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Appropriation on account of fire at the Capitol
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Chap. I.— An Act *making Appropriation to meet the Expenses incurred in consequence of the late Fire at the Capitol.*January 13, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Appropriation on account of fire at the Capitol.That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended, or so much thereof as may be necessary, under the direction of the Com-missioner of Public Buildings, in discharge of the expenses incurred in *Post*. p. 24. the extinguishment of the late fire in the Library Room, the removal of the rubbish, and the preservation of such books and other articles as may have been saved, and the construction of a tin roof for the preservation and protection of that portion of the building now exposed.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of ten thousandAppropriation for books for Library. dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purchase of books for the Library of Congress, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library. Approved, January 13, 1852.