Chapter CXLIX. making further appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes
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Chap. CXLIX.— An Act making further appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes.May 26, 1824.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatFurther appropriations for the military service. the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For pay of a superintendent of Indian affairs at St.
Louis, and the several Indian agents, as allowed by Jaw, twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars: For pay of the sub-agents, as allowed by law, thirteen thousand one hundred dollars: For1802, ch. 13. presents to Indians, as authorized by act of one thousand eight hundred and two, ten thousand dollars: For contingent expenses, ninety-five thousand dollars: ForMarch 3, 1823, ch. 71. making the surveys, compensation to the commissioners, and other incidental expenses, under the act “for establishing a national armory on the western waters,” in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated by the said act, four thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars:
For the quartermaster’s department, fuel, stationery, and contingencies of the military academy, eleven thousand five hundred dollars: ForCompensation to two clerks in the second auditor’s office.1818, ch. 87. the salaries of two clerks in die second auditor’s office, as authorized by the act of the twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and not included in the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the ninth of January, transmitting the annual estimates of appropriations for the present year, two thousand eight hundred dollars:
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That20,525 dollars and 70 cents appropriated.1822, ch. 89. the sum of twenty thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy cents, in addition to the unexpended balance of the appropriation of the act of the seventh of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, of twenty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-four dollars and thirty cents, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to take (he necessary measures for the extinguishment of the title of the Creek Indians to the land now occupied by them, lying within the limits of the state of Georgia.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatTo be paid out of the treasury. the several sums hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated:Proviso. *Provided, however,* That no money, appropriated by this act, shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is in arrears to the United States, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable:Proviso. *Provided, further,* That nothing in this section contained shall extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes, received by such person to be expended in the public service; but in all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance with this act, it shall be theEIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 150, 151. 1824.37 duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by the party, his agent, or attorney, to report, forthwith, to the agent of the Treasury Department, the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties. Approved, May 26, 1824. Chapter CL: appropriating a sum of money to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of Indiana. 4 Stat. 37 1824-05-26 Chapter CL United States Government Publishing Office 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.
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Chapter CXLIX
making further appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes
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