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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · March 7, 1812 · Chapter XXXV

Chapter XXXV. *supplementary to “An act providing for the accommodation of the General Post-Office and Patent Office, and for other purposes.”* March 7, 1812.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of April 28, 1810, ch. 34

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Chap. XXXV.— An Act *supplementary to “An act providing for the accommodation of the General Post-Office and Patent Office, and for other purposes.”* March 7, 1812.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of April 28, 1810, ch. 34.Postmaster-General, under direction of the President, authorised to repair and finish the Great Hotel for the accommodation of the post-office department and patent office.When these offices are to be removed.
That the Postmaster-General, under the direction of the President of the United States, be authorized 692TWELFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 36, 37, 38. 1812.to repair and finish, in a suitable manner for the accommodation of the post-office department and the patent office, the two stories of the building purchased for the government, by authority of the aforesaid act, being the first and second stories, including also sundry repairs on the outside and in the garret of said building, upon the principles stated in the report of the Postmaster-General, dated January fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the repairs can be properly made, and before the commencement of the next annual session of Congress, the general post-office and the city post-office shall be removed to said public building. Sec. 3. Appropriation. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of completing the aforesaid work, there be appropriated, from any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirteen thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-one cents, including the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars, now in the treasury, and also the sum of one thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy cents, now in the hands of Thomas Munroe, superintendent of the city of Washington, being unexpended balances of the sum of twenty thousand dollars, authorized by the act of April twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and ten, to which this act is a supplement.
Approved, March 7, 1812. Chapter XXXVI: for the relief of the Board of Commissioners west of Pearl riser. 2 Stat. 692 1812-03-10 Chapter XXXVI Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-11-03 12 1 public
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Chapter XXXV
*supplementary to “An act providing for the accommodation of the General Post-Office and Patent Office, and for other purposes.”* March 7, 1812.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of April 28, 1810, ch. 34
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