 | William Graydon - 1803 - 730 pages
...in pursuance of this act, and the interest accruing thereon. 19. SECT. V. For the purchase of surh books as may be necessary for the use of congress at the said city of Washington, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them and for placing thcia therein) the sum... | |
 | Graf Dimitrīĭ Petrovich Buturlin - 1831 - 608 pages
...removal and accommodation of the Government of the United States, the sum of $5,000 was appropriated for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the city of Washington, for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them, and for placing them therein.... | |
 | 1843 - 412 pages
...section of this Act, to the erection, purchase, or hire of school houses — payment of teachers, and the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of the schools. "Ssc. 6. And be it further enacted — That the elections for the school committees,... | |
 | United States - 1850 - 884 pages
...be made. Purchase of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purchase of such books for tho books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the said city of use of Congress. \^aghino.tonJ and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them and for... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1895 - 1454 pages
...naturally been perpetuated in the statutes. Beginning with the modest appropriation of $5,000 in 1800 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the city of Washington," etc., Library of — Number of volumes. Library of — Number of volumes. Patent... | |
 | 1880 - 404 pages
...Review.] WHEN the Library of Congress was founded, April 24th, 1800, by the modest appropriation of live thousand dollars " for the purchase of such books...Philadelphia, founded by Franklin and his associates in 1731, had absorbed the Loganian Library in 1792, and thus ranked as the largest American collection.... | |
 | 1883 - 1000 pages
...and accommodation of the Government of the United States." This act appropriated the sum J?5,000 " for the purchase of such books as may be necessary'...the use of Congress at the said city of Washington, and for fitting up 11 suitable apartment for containing them, and placing them therein." The selection... | |
 | Halkett (i.e. Richard Halkatt Lord (ed.)) - 1883 - 602 pages
...and accommodation of the Government of the United States." This act appropriated the sum .*5,000 " for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the ssid city of Washington, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them, and placing them... | |
 | Charles Burr Todd - 1889 - 464 pages
...repose upon its shelves. The library was founded in 1800 by an Act of Congress, which appropriated five thousand dollars for the purchase of such books...as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the City of Washington." Up to 1814, when the library and the Capitol were burned by the British, but three... | |
 | 1889 - 882 pages
...repose upon its shelves. The library was founded in 1 800 by an Act of Congress, wnich appropriated five thousand dollars for the purchase of such books...as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the city of Washington." Up to 1814, when the library and the Capitol were burned by the British, but three... | |
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That for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the said city of Washington, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them... 
