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 be appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, June 9, 1838.

RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the Public Buildings be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause the walls of the late Post Office building to be taken down, and the materials secured for use in the construction of any of the public buildings authorized by law, and to which they may be advantageously applied; and to defray the expenses of the work, he be authorized to apply any unexpended balances of appropriations in his hands, but not exceeding in amount the sum of five hundred dollars.

, March 19, 1838.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That out of the appropriation of fifty thousand dollars, made in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to remove the United States troops from Fort Gibson, the Secretary of War be authorized and directed to take a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars to purchase for the United States a site for a fort at or near the western boundary or Arkansas.

, April 4, 1838.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to make or to continue in force, any general order, which shall create any difference between the different branches of revenue, as to money or medium of payment, in which debts or dues, accruing to the United States, may be paid.

, May 31, 1838.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress do, hereby, dissent from, disapprove, and disaffirm the act of the Legislative Council of Wisconsin, entitled “An act to incorporate the stockholders of the State Bank of Wisconsin at Prairie du Chien,” a copy of which act has, during the present session of Congress, been presented for its action, and for confirmation or disapproval; and the said act of the Legislative Council of the said Territory is hereby declared to be null and void, and to have no force or effect whatsoever as a law of the said Territory.

, June 12, 1838.