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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · July 24, 1861 · Chapter XI

Chapter XI. *making additional Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senat

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Chap. XI.— An Act *making additional Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be, andCivil expenses.Appropriations. the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for 272THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 12, 13. 1861.the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, viz.: Steam or sailing revenue cutters.For purchase or construction of steam or sailing revenue cutters, equipping the same, and expenses connected therewith, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Repair bridges, &c.For repair of the Potomac, Navy Yard, and upper bridges, and the roads appurtenant thereto, ten thousand dollars. Repairs of Capitol.For annual repairs of the Capitol water-closets, public stables, water-pipes, broken glass, and locks, one thousand dollars.
Fuel.For fuel, in part, of the President’s House, six hundred dollars. Executive Office.For contingent expenses of the executive office, including stationery therefor, one thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the following sums be, and they ore hereby, appropriated, in like manner: Foreign intercourse.For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, twenty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Publication of Laws.For publication in pamphlet, form and in the newspapers of the States and Territories the laws of the first session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Sec. 3. Arrearages for year ending June 30, 1801. *And be it further enacted,* That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, in like manner, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one: Lighting Capitol, &c.For lighting the Capitol and President’s House, the public grounds around them, and around the executive offices, eight thousand dollars.
Executive office.For contingent expenses of the executive office, including stationery therefor, four hundred dollars. Sec. 4. Asbury Dickins to be credited with certain sum. *And be it further enacted,* That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby directed to allow to Asbury Dickens, late Secretary of the Senate, in the settlement of his accounts, credit for a payment to Mrs. E. A. Richardson, of four hundred dollars, under a resolution of the Senate of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Approved, July 24, 1861. Chapter XII: in Relation to forwarding Soldiers’ Letters. 11 Stat. 272 1861-07-24 Chapter XII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 37 1 public
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*making additional Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.* July 24, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senat
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