United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 70
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXX.—An Act to provide for the erection of public buildings in the Territory of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation to Florida for the erection of public buildings. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Territory of Florida, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of erecting a suitable State House or public buildings in the Territory of Florida, for the use and accommodation of the Territorial Legislature of said Territory; and in which building, when erected and completed, the office of the Secretary of said Territory shall be kept, and also the public records and archives of said Territory.
To be paid to the Treasurer of the Territory on order of the Governor, &c.
Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of money appropriated by the first section of this act shall be paid over to the Treasurer of said Territory on the order of the Governor, and shall be expended for the purpose aforesaid, under the direction of the Governor and Legislative Council, and in such way and manner and at such times as they shall, by law or resolution for that purpose, prescribe: Provided, That the passage of this law shall not at any time be held as an engagement on the part of the United States for any further appropriation to the objects hereinbefore mentioned.
Approved, March 3, 1839.