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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 3 STAT. · March 3, 1817 · Chapter XCIV

Chapter XCIV. making further provision for repairing the public buildings, and improving the public square

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Chap. XCIV.— An Act making further provision for repairing the public buildings, and improving the public square.March 3, 1817. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 100,000 dolls. appropriated for repairing the public buildings. States of America, in Congress assembled,* That for the purpose of repairing the public buildings, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be applied, by the commissioner, under the direction of the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That for the purpose of completing 38,658 dolls. appropriated for completing the enclosure, &c. of the public square. the enclosure and improvement of the public square, near the capitol, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dol-390FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 96, 99, 100. 1817.lars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be applied under the same direction as aforesaid. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the moneys so appropriated shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the commissioner of the The enclosure to extend round the semi-circular area. public buildings be authorized to extend the enclosure round the semi-circular area west of the Capitol. Approved, March 3, 1817.
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