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teen hundred and eighty-nine, and of May tenth, eighteen hundred,shall be a report and estimates for each fiscal year commencing as afore-said and terminating on the thirtieth day of June in the succeedingcalendar year.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of theSecretary of the Treasury, to submit to Congress at the commencementof the next session, his annual report upon the state of the finances andestimates of appropriations required for the support of the Governmentfor the half calendar year ending on the thirtieth day of June then next;and separate and distinct estimates for the fiscal year ending on thethirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four; and estimatesof receipts for said periods respectively; and the style and title of allacts making appropriations for the support of Government, shall be asfollows, to wit: “ An act making appropriations (here insert the object)for the year ending June thirtieth (here insert the calendar year.)
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the accounts of receiptsand expenditures, required by law to be published annually, shall, onand after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-three, be pre-pared and published for the fiscal year as hereby established; and thesaid accounts for the half calendar year ending June thirtieth, eighteenhundred and forty-three, shall be prepared and published as required bylaw, separate and distinct; and all laws and parts of laws inconsistentwith the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the annual statements ofthe commerce and navigation of the United States , required by law tobe submitted to Congress on the first Monday of December annually,shall be prepared and published for each fiscal year as hereby established;and the said statements for the last quarter of the present calendar year,and the two first quarters of the year eighteen hundred and forty-three,ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-three, shallbe prepared and published, agreeably to the provisions of law, separateand distinct.
Approved, August 26, 1842.
Chap. CCXXVII. — Jin Act to make an appropriation for certain expenses in theerection of a penitentiary in the Territory of Iowa .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum offifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be,and the same is hereby, granted and appropriated, out of any unappro-priated money in the Treasury, to pay for work heretofore actually doneand materials furnished in the construction of a penitentiary in the Ter-ritory of Iowa; but no further work or materials are hereby authorizedto be done or furnished for the completion of said penitentiary, on thefaith of future appropriations by Congress , but the same are expresslyprohibited.
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Ciiap. CCXXVIII.— An Ad to provide an insane hospital for the District of Co-lumbia ,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner ofthe Public Buildings be, and he is hereby, authorized and required,under the direction of the President of the United States , and upon aplan to be by him approved, to cause such alterations to be made in theold jail as will adapt it for the reception and accommodation of the in-sane of the District of Columbia , and of such sick, disabled, and infirmVol. V.—68
At next ses-sion, report andestimates to bemade to 30thJune next, &c.
Title of appro-priation acts.
Publication ofreceipts and ex-penditures.
Accounts to30th June, tobe separate.
Statements ofcommerce, &c.to be accordingto the new fiscalyear.
Appropriationfor work done,&c.
The old jail tobe fitted up forthe insane, &c.