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Establishing a Revenue System
Appropriations Act [HR-32]
Appropriations Act [HR-32], September 29, 1789
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Printerd copy of the Appropriations Act [HR-32]
Appropriations Act [HR-32], September 29, 1789
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During each of its three sessions the First Federal Congress enacted an appropriations act to pay for the government's expenses of that year. This act, passed to fund the budget for 1789, is the shortest of its kind in American history. The appropriations figures were based on accounts presented by the Treasury Department that showed every expenditure made, including each individual salary or pension payment.
 

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