Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 369.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
March 28, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the
following bill:
A BILL
To provide a custom-house at Wiscasset.

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be autho-
rized to purchase for the use of the United States, the
building and lot of ground connected therewith, now occu-
pied as a custom-house, at Wiscasset, in the State of
Maine: Provided, That the cost thereof shall not exceed
the sum of two thousand dollars, and that the title to the
lot of ground aforesaid shall be found clear and stisfac-
tory, upon examination by the district attorney of the
United States, resident in the State of Maine.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of

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6 two thousand dollars, for the purpose aforesaid, and two
hundred dollars, for the repairs of the aforesaid building,
is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be autho- rized to purchase for the use of the United States, the building and lot of ground connected therewith, now occu- pied as a custom-house, at Wiscasset, in the State of Maine: Provided, That the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, and that the title to the lot of ground aforesaid shall be found clear and stisfac- tory, upon examination by the district attorney of the United States, resident in the State of Maine. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of
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2 3 4 5 6	two thousand dollars, for the purpose aforesaid, and two hundred dollars, for the repairs of the aforesaid building, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.