FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 251, 252. 1870. 251 Sno 5. And be it further enacted That all balances of appropriations U¤°"P°“d°d contamed in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of tions for any such decal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses prop- Yf"·E*° gr *3* erly incurred during that year, or to the fulfilment of contracts properly P lgayggcgg ng}, made within that year; and such balances not needed for the said pur— ¤¢¢d¢d¤ to z°*° poses shall be carried to the surplus fund: Provided, That this section s“Ql’,;;s,f&'l‘;'a shallnot apply to appropriations known as permanent or indefinite appro- ply to certain pl pmatigng, appropriations. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all balances of appropriations p,0,,;,,0,, as which shall have remained on the books of the treasury, without being to balances of drawn against in the settlement of accounts for two years from the date :g{";_l;;*;:‘°““ of the last appropriation made by law, shall be reported by the Secretary against {Or two of the Treasury to the auditor of the treasury, whose duty it is to settle Y°*¤`*'·· &¤·¤ accounts thereunder, and the auditor shall examine the books of his office, 'P°°t’ P' Gm" and certify to the Secretary whether such balances will be required in the settlement of any accounts pending in his office; and if it shall appear that such balances will not be required for this purpose, then the Secretary may include such balances in his warrant, whether the head of the proper department shall have certified that it may be carried into the general treasury or not. But no appropriation for the payment of the interest or t° “PP‘Y"° principal of the public debt, or to which Congress may have given a ;,;au,;1,,?Pm` longer duration of law, shall be thus treated. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful For any No department department of the government to expend in any one fiscal year any sum *‘;;{‘{:’;f;’31::Y in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or to gfpprgppighiong involve the government in any contract for the future payment of money fw Um Y¤¤¤` °'r in excess of such appropriations. &°' Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That section five of an act approved Maximum pay March three, eighteen hundred and forty-one, entitled "An act making ggggxjlslggm appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government y _ ` for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one," shall be construed to have °,.E§;'°*“‘°*'°" authorized and to authorize the naval officers and surveyors therein men- 1841, 6h_ 35’ t5_ tioned to receive the maximum compensation of five thousand dollars and VM- v- p· 482- four thousand five hundred dollars, respectively, as therein named, out of any and all fees and emoluments by them received. Sec. 9. And oc it further enacted, That the President of the United Eizpsditicnsm States be authorized to organize and send out one or more expeditions *hf8,,°’3:_};‘;],?; toward the North Pole, and to appoint such person or persons as he may z>0_,;,,fp,5gs,5s4, deem most fifted to the command thereof ; to detail any officer of the public service to take part in the same, and to use any public vessel that _ _ may be suitable for the purpose; the scientific operations of the expedi- ag§;i¤2g;¤t%¤¥- tions to be prescribed in accordance with the advice of the National be P,gm,b6d_ Academy of Sciences; and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, be hereby appropriated, out of any Appropriation. moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the President. Approved, July 12, 1870. ... { the Redem 'on 0 the three cent. tcm 'Jul 12, 1870. CHAP. GGL25a:: (€l:';·t§¢;5ztt;r,’;C?dy(A‘l:r'{1`0; Increase q/'pzatiorfal Bank Niger. pm"?] "`L""'""'“ Be it enacted Zag the Senate and House of Representatives of; the Uiztted ‘ I States ofzinzerica in Congress assembled, Thatlfifty-four nulhons of"dol- fiéirdélgltéolnglixgpxtezg lars in notes for circulation may be issued to national banking associations, mmm, banking in addition to the three hundred millions of dollars authorized by the nissosciatipnsbs twenty-second section of the “Act to prov1de a. national currency, secured N14, c · 1 , by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and you xm P_ 10s_ redemption thereof," approved June three, eighteen hundred and sixty-
