United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 167
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Chap. CLXVII.—An Act for the erection of a court-house in Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.
Com. of Public Buildings to cause a courthouse to be erected in Alexandria, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the Public Buildings in the city of Washington be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be erected in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, a court-house, to contain all the offices and accommodations necessary for the court, clerk, marshal, and jurors of the county of Alexandria, and for the accommodation of the orphans’ court for the said county of Alexandria; the plan of which building shall be submitted to and approved by the President of the United States before the commencement and operation thereon; or, if the President of the United States deems it more conducive to the public interest, he is hereby authorized to purchase the building owned by the late Bank of Alexandria, and convert it into a courthouse and offices for the county of Alexandria.Appropriation.
Proviso. And there is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of erecting said court-house, the sum of not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars; to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That no greater sum than is appropriated by this act shall be expended in the erection of said court-house or the purchase of the building aforesaid.
Approved, July 7, 1838.