Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City ofWashington, in the district of Columbia, on Monday, the 2 d dayof December, 1839, and ended the 'i\st day of July, 1840.
Martin Van Buren, President. Richard M. Johnson , Vice Presi-dent of the United States, and President of the Senate . RobertM. T. Hunter, Speaker of the House of Representatives .
STATUTE I.
Chap. I.— An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Governmentfor the year eighteen hundred and forty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappro-priated money in the Treasury, viz :
For pay and mileage of members of Congress and delegates, fourhundred thousand dollars.
For pay of the officers and clerks of the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives , twenty-five thousand dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other incidental and contingentexpenses of the Senate , twenty-five thousand dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other incidental and contingentexpenses of the House of Representatives , one hundred thousand dol-lars.
For arrears of printing, lithographing, and engraving, ordered by theHouse of Representatives during the third session of the twenty-fifthCongress, and for the payment of which that Congress did not make thenecessary appropriations, a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.Approved, January 8, 1840.
Chap II.— An Act making appropriations for the payment of the Revolutionaryand the other pensioners of the XJnited States, for the year eighteen hundred andforty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, in addition to former appropria-tions, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-priated, for the pensioners of the United States , for the year one thou-sand eight hundred and forty.
For the Revolutionary pensioners, under the act of the eighteenthof March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, one hundred andtwelve thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars.
For pensions to widows, and orphans, under the act of the fourth ofJuly, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, twenty-three thousandsix hundred and seventy-six dollars.
Jan. 8, 1840.[Obsolete.]
Arrears forprinting, &c.
Statute I.Feb. 22, 1840.[Obsolete.]
Revolutionary
pensioners.
Widows andorphans.
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