Terms Used In Michigan Laws 390.251

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
   The legislative assent required by section 2 of an act of congress, approved March 16, 1906, being an act, entitled “An act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experimental stations and regulating the expenditure thereof,” is hereby granted and the moneys thereby appropriated are accepted under the conditions and terms named in said act.