Chapter I. to provide for the removal of the library of Congress to the north wing of the Capitol
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Chap. I.— An Act to provide for the removal of the library of Congress to the north wing of the Capitol. Dec. 3, 1818. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That the joint library committee Suitable apartments to be fitted up for the library in the north wing of the capitol.of Congress be, and they are hereby, authorized to cause suitable apartments, in the north wing of the Capitol, to be fitted up and furnished for the temporary reception of the library of Congress, and to cause the said library to be removed to, and placed in, the same.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the accounting officers of the Accounts to be settled at the treasury.treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the accounts of the expenditures which may be incurred under this act; and that the amount, so settled, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That th sum of two thousand 2000 dollars further for books.dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to the further purchase of books for the said library.
Approved, December 3, 1818.