United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 118
Chap. CXVIII.—An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty,” and for other purposes.
Act of April 11, 1820, ch. 38.
Sums appropriated—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, that is to say:
For compensation of members of Congress.For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made for that object, twenty-three thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
For public wharf, &c. on Staten Island.For rebuilding the public wharf, and repairing the public warehouses, on Staten Island, fifteen thousand dollars.
For graduating Capitol square, planting trees, &c.For graduating the Capitol square, putting the grounds in order, and planting trees within the same, two thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Arrearages.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the arrearages of the Department of War, from the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, be paid out of the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars already appropriated for arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; any thing in the act entitledAct of May 1, 1820, ch. 50. “An act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Department,” passed the first of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, May 15, 1820.