United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 178
Chap. CLXXVIII.—An Act making an appropriation for the use of the library of Congress, and for furnishing rooms in the Capitol.
5000 dollars appropriated for the purchase of books.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for the purchase of books, under the direction of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress.
1546 dollars for the purchase of furniture.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen hundred and forty-six dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for the purchase of furniture for the new library.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand For furnishing the rooms in the centre building of the Capitol.two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for furnishing the rooms in the centre building of the Capitol, under the direction of the commissioner of the public buildings.
Approved, May 26, 1824.