Chapter LXVII. to authorize the purchase of a number of copies of the sixth volume of the laws of the United States
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Chap. LXVII.— An Act to authorize the purchase of a number of copies of the sixth volume of the laws of the United States. March 3, 1823. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * The Secretary of State authorized to subscribe for 550 copies of the 6th volume of the laws of the United States.Distribution. That the Secretary for the Department of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for, and receive, for the use and disposal of Congress, five hundred and fifty copies of the sixth volume of the laws of the United States, published by Davis and Force, of the city of Washington, and cause to be distributed one copy thereof to the President of the United States, one copy to the Vice President of the United States, one copy to each of the heads of departments, to the attorney general of the United States, to each of the senators and representatives, and to each delegate of territories of the seventeenth Congress; fifteen copies to the secretary of the Senate, for the use of the Senate, and thirty copies to the clerk of the House of Representatives, for the use of that House; one copy to each branch of the legislature of each state and territory, and one copy to each of the executives of the several states and territories; and cause the residue to be deposited in the library of Congress.
Sec. 2. Appropriation. *And be it further enacted, *That, for the purpose aforesaid, the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1823.