43 U.S.C. § 760 : US Code - Section 760: Deposit for expenses deemed an appropriation

Search 43 U.S.C. § 760 : US Code - Section 760: Deposit for expenses deemed an appropriation

The deposit of money in a proper United States depository, under
the provisions of section 759 of this title, shall be deemed an
appropriation of the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated
by said section, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to
cause the sums so deposited to be placed to the credit of the
proper appropriations for the surveying service; but any excesses
in such sums over and above the actual cost of the surveys,
comprising all expenses incident thereto, for which they were
severally deposited, shall be repaid to the depositors
respectively.