Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)

by United States. Congress

Tuesday, January 3, 1804.

Erection of Contingent Fund.

The following Message was received from the President of the United States:

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I now lay before the Congress the annual account of the fund established for defraying the contingent charges of Government. No occasion having arisen for making use of any part of it in the present year, the balance of eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars, unexpended at the end of the last year, remains now in the Treasury.

TH. JEFFERSON.

Dec. 31, 1803.

The Message and account therein referred to were read, and ordered to lie on file.