TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 99. 1840. 815 the Documentary History of the American Revolution, and for collecting materials for publishing said history: Provided, That the sum Pr¤vi¤¤· hereby appropriated shall not be considered as giving any sanction whatever, by Congress, to any contract alleged to have been entered into between the said Clarke and Force, and Edward Livingston, the late Secretary of State, under the act of March second eighteen hun- mg, chg7g_ dred and thirty-three, providing for the publication of said history: And Proviso. provided, further, That the sum hereby appropriated shall not be regarded by Clarke and Force as any encouragement given to them for proceeding either in the collection of further materials, or in any way for continuing said history—but the sum so appropriated is made upon the expectation that Congress will, at its next session, resume the consideration of this subject, with a view to putting an end to any further publication of said history at the expense of the United States, agreeable to a joint resolution which has been adopted by Congress at its present session. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act Act of `July 7, of July seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An act to 18385,**- iwé provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States Sec'revive ` for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the year eighteen hundred and forty, and until otherwise directed by law. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and Appropriations the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the f‘?”u::l’a‘;“i,gf°• treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the use and repair of the public 0 P ` buildings; viz: For repairing two cupolas, on the north wing of the Capitol, three hundred dollars. For removing two cupola sashes over the principal stairway and vestibule leading to the hall of the House of Representatives, three hundred and ninety-two dollars. For preparing panels of the rotunda with curtains for the reception of the paintings, five hundred and forty-two dollars. For repairing chimney stacks of the Capitol, two hundred and fifty dollars. For cost of preparing suitable foundation for supporting the Colossal Statue of Washington, in the centre of the rotunda of the Capitol, two thousand dollars. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Public Connmisshj of Buildings, make to Congress, annually, at the commencement of the j’:l;;;’0E;·‘¥l‘“$“ year, a report of the manner in which all appropriations for the public Congress, &,°_ buildings and grounds have been applied. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all the estimates of the Estimates,&<:i public buildings and grounds, shall hereafter be submitted by the Con1— :3 :’,f8°:0l;*°,;;; missioner of Public Buildings to the Committee on Public Buildings m,;m,,(,,,_ and Grounds to be examined and approved by them, before they are reported to the House. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the D,,t;,,w{c°n,. Commissioner of Public Buildings to form all the contracts and to mug; of public disburse all the moneys for materials furnished or labor performed, for bm ‘"g°· the public buildings, and that he shall receive for all hisservices, the same compensation, as is allowed by law, to the Commissioners of Patents. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand fAppropria¢i0rj_ one hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty-seven cents, out of any cgzjjsffjggzga moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same volunteers_ hcrcby is, appropriated to defray the expenses of calling into service Captain Snodgrass’s company of Alabama volunteers to serve as a guard
