Article I, section 9, of the Constitution declares:
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of
appropriations made by law.
To insure economy of expenditure and security of the public treasure
Congress has from time to time enacted laws to restrain the use of
public moneys, except for the specific purpose for which appropriated
and within the time for which appropriated; and to prevent contracting
debts in anticipation of appropriate appropriations, Revised Statutes,
section 3679, provides:
No Department of the Government shall expend in any one fiscal year any
sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year,
or involve the Government in any contract for the future payment of
money in excess of such appropriations.
Section 3732 provides:
No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made
unless the same is authorized by law or is under an appropriation
adequate to its fulfillment, except in the War and Navy Departments,
for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters, or transportation,
which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.
Section 3678, as follows:
All sums appropriated for the various branches of expenditure in the
public service shall be applied solely to the objects for which they
are respectively made, and for no others.
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