United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 65
Chap. LXV.—An Act providing for the accommodation of the circuit court of the United States for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, and for the preservation of the records of said court.
Circuit court of Washington county in the District of Columbia, to be accommodated with apartments in the City Hall.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be purchased, and completely finished, in the City Hall, not building in the city of Washington, permanent and suitable apartments for holding the sessions of the circuit court of the United States, for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, for the use of the grand and petit juries of the said county, for the offices of the clerk of the said court and the marshal of the said district, and for the preservation and security of the books, papers, and records, of the said court, provided that the said purchase can be made upon reasonable terms, and not exceeding the sum hereinafter appropriated.Appropriation. And for effecting the object of this act, the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
To be expended under the superintendence of the commissioner of public buildings.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the appropriation hereinbefore made shall be expended under the superintendence of the commissioner of the public buildings, in such manner as shall be directed by the President of the United States.
When apartments are finished, court to be removed, and no allowance admitted afterwards for rent.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the said apartments shall have been provided, the said circuit court, and the said clerk’s and marshal’s offices, with all the books, papers, and records, thereunto belonging, shall be removed thereto; and no allowance of money for the rent of apartments for the use of the said court and offices shall thenceforth, or thereafter, be made out of the treasury of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1823.