Sec[Section]. 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of twenty-three hundred dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to defray the incidental expenses of the Penitentiary from the 22^d of November, 1838, to the close of the present session of the General Assembly, and to pay the superintendent the balance due him as superintendant; and the sum of five hundred sixty-five and ⁶³/1.00 dollars, expended by him out of his own funds for the use of the Penitentiary:

Also to pay the sum of ten hundred ^&^ Thirty-seven and ³⁶/100 dollars, loaned by the Inspectors of said Penitentiary to superintendent out ^of the^ building fund.

Sec 2 The above appropriations, shall be subject to the order and direction of the inspectors of said Penitentiary, and a detailed statement of the manner in which they expend the same, shall be laid before the next General Assembly.

sec 3 The auditor of Public accounts is hereby authorized to draw his order on the Treasurer of the State, in favor of the inspectors of said Penitentiary, upon their application for the aforesaid appropriation.