Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City ofWashington, in the district of Columbia, on Monday, the 6th dayof December, 1841, and ended the 31s< day of August, 1842.
John Tyler, President of the United States. Samuel L. Southard ,President of the Senate , pro tempore. John White, Speaker of theHouse of Representatives .
STATUTE II.
Chap. I. — Jin Act making appropriations, in part, for the civil department, forthe year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of anyunappropriated money in the Treasury, viz :
For pay and mileage of members of Congress and delegates, four hun-dred 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 : Provided, That no part of the sums appropriated for the con-tingent expenses of either House of Congress, shall be applied to anyother than the ordinary expenditures of the Senate and House of Re-presentatives , nor as extra allowance to any clerk, messenger, or otherattendant of the said two Houses, or either of them.
Approved, December 22, 1841.
Chap. II.— An Act to authorize an issue of Treasury notes, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Presidentof the United States is hereby authorized to cause Treasury notes to beissued for such sum or sums as the exigencies of the Government mayrequire, and in place of such of the same as may be redeemed to causeothers to be issued, but not exceeding the sum of five millions of dollarsof this emission outstanding at any one time, and to be issued under thelimitations and other provisions contained in the act entitled “ An actto authorize the issuing of Treasury notes,” approved the twelfth of Oc-tober, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, except that theauthority hereby given to issue Treasury notes shall expire at the endof one year from the passage of this act.
Approved, January 31, 1842.
Dec. 22, 1841.[Obsolete.!
Statute II.
Jan. 31, 1842.
[Obsolete.]
An emission ofnot exceeding$5,000,000 atany one timeoutstanding,authorized.
To be issuedunder the provi-sions of the actof 12th October1837, ch. 2.
(a) See notes of the acts which have been passed relative to the issuing and reimbursement of treasurynotes, vol. 2, 766.
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