Chapter III. to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriation in the naval service, under certain circumstances
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Chap. III.— An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriation in the naval service, under certain circumstances.Feb. 23, 1844. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That upon the application Unexpended balances to be transferred for the increase, &c. of the navy. of the Secretary of the Navy, the President of the United States shall have authority to direct the transfer from unexpended balances of appropriations for the Naval Service, of the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as the public service may require during the present fiscal year to the appropriation for “the increase, repairs, armament, and equipment of the Navy, and wear and tear of vessels in commission.
” But no part of said sum shall be transferred from any unexpended Not to be transferred if wanted for original purposes, &c. balance which may be necessary for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made; nor from any unexpended balances of appropriations for the respective Navy Yards and Docks. Nor shall 651TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4, 5, 7. 1844.652 the transfer be made from any head or object of appropriation which may require another appropriation at any future time to supply the deficiency created by said transfer.
Approved, February 23, 1844.