United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/6th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 30
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXX.—An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act making provision for the further accommodation of the household of the President of the United States.”
1797, ch. 6.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to appoint a proper person, who shall receive the public property belonging to the household of the [[w:President of the United States|President of the United States], and, after taking an inventory of the same, shall deliver it, after the third day of March instant, to the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That such articles of the furniture belonging to the President’s household as may be decayed, out of repair, or unfit for use, and as the President of the United States for the time being, may direct, and all the public property, other than furniture, now belonging to the said household, shall be sold, under the direction of the heads of the several departments of state, of the treasury, of war, and of the navy; and that the proceeds of such sales be expended, in addition to the funds already appropriated for that purpose, under the direction of the same officers, for the purpose of providing furniture for the house erected for the accommodation of the President of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1801.