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Act of Congress Authorizing Construction of the Old Naval Hospital

Signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 14, 1864

The initial authorization for the construction of the Old Naval Hospital is on this page - "For erecting naval hospital at Washington City, District of Columbia, twenty-five thousand dollars."

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seventy-five thousand dollars.

For erecting naval hospital at Washington City, District of Columbia, twenty-five thousand dollars.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for capitol police for the Senate, four thousand and three dollars and seventy-five cents.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for stationery for the Senate, six thousand dollars.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for miscellaneous items For Senate, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter no (Payments from contingent, how alone made.) payment shall be made from the contingent fund of either house of congress, unless sanctioned by the committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate, or the committee on accounts of the House of Representatives, respectively; and no transfer of balances of appropriations shall be made from one fund to another, except by law.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the employ of the House of Representatives, seven thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars and nineteen cents.

To enable the librarian of Congress to employ an additional laborer from February first to the end of the current fiscal year, two hundred and eight dollars.

For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, viz: For clerks to committees, and temporary clerks in the office of the House of Representatives, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars.

For folding documents, forty thousand dollars.

For fuel and lights, including pay of engineers, firemen, and laborers, repairs and materials, six thousand five hundred dollars.

For furniture, repairs, and packing-boxes for members, eight thousand fire hundred dollars.

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Last updated November 4, 2009