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dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwiseappropriated. For enlarging the folding-room of the House , three hun-dred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, [That] the President of the UnitedStates be, and he hereby is authorized to cause to be erected on or nearthe site of the former treasury building, or on any other public lotwhich he may select, a fire-proof building of such dimensions as maybe required for the present and future accommodations of the TreasuryDepartment , upon such plan and of such materials as he may deem mostadvantageous; and that for this purpose there be appropriated out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hun-dred thousand dollars.
Sec. 6 . And be it further enacted, That the material of which thewalls of the Capitol and President’s Mansion are constructed, shall beadopted for the construction of the aforesaid building: Provided, uponfull inquiry, a cheaper and more suitable material cannot be obtained.And provided always, That the foundation walls of the said buildingsbelow the surface of the earth and two feet above shall be of the hardestand most solid rock.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That there be erected, on someappropriate site, under the direction of the President of the UnitedStates , a fire-proof building with suitable accommodations for thePatent Office , and to be provided with the necessary cases and furni-ture; the expense of which shall not exceed one hundred and eightthousand dollars.
Sec. 8. And be. it further enacted, That there be and hereby is appro-priated for defraying the expense of such building and cases, the sumof one hundred and eight thousand dollars, to be paid out of the patentfund in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the same kind of materialof which the walls of the Capitol and the Mansion of the President areconstructed shall be adopted for the construction of the aforesaid build-ing : Provided a cheaper and more suitable material cannot be procured.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the duties and powers ofthe commissioners of the sinking fund are hereby suspended untilrevived by law, and that the records of the commissioners be trans-ferred to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, who is herebyauthorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury nototherwise appropriated any outstanding debts of the United States andthe interest thereon.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That for the purchase of eightacres of land with the improvements thereon near the Barracks at KeyWest , if in the opinion of the Secretary of War the public service andhealth of the troops require it, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollarsis hereby appropriated.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much of the third sectionof the act entitled “ An act making appropriations for the civil and diplo-matic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five,” as provides that “ the whole number of custom-house officers in theUnited States on the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-four,shall not be increased until otherwise allowed by Congress, ” be and thesame is hereby suspended until the fourth day of March next.
Approved, July 4, 1836.
Chap. CCCLIV_ Jin Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate
the deposites of the public money'' passed twenty-third [of June eighteen hun-dred and thirty-six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That nothing in the act to
For a treasurybuilding.
Material forthe walls.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Building, &c.for patent office.
Appropriation
therefor.
Material forthe walls.
Proviso.
Duties andpowers of thecommissionersof the sinkingfund transferredto the Secretaryof the Treasury.
Provisions ofan act relatingto the numberof custom-house officers,suspended.
March 3,1835,ch. 30.
Statute I.
July 4, 1836.
[Obsolete.]
Act of June 23,1836, ch. 115.