United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 52
May 4, 1822.
Chap. LII.—An Act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of missions to the independent nations on the American continent.
Appropriation for missions to such independent nations on the American continent as the President may deem proper.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for such missions to the independent nations on the American continent, as the President of the United States may deem proper, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 4, 1822.