Surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage pledged for the payment of principal and interest. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be and hereby is pledged and appropriated for paying the interest of all such monies as may be borrowed, pursuant to this act, according to the terms and conditions on which the loan or loans, respectively, may be effected; and also for paying and discharging the principal sum or sums of any such loan or loans, according to the terms and conditions to be fixed, as aforesaid. And the faith of the United States shall be and hereby is pledged, to establish sufficient permanent revenues for making deficiency to be up any deficiency that may hereafter appear in the provisions for paying the said interest and principal sums, or any of them, in manner aforesaid. Permanent revenues for making up the established. Sums borrow. ed to be paid into the treasury, &c. Appropriation of the same. STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. [Obsolete.] 495, 509. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sums to be borrowed, pursuant to this act, shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and there separately accounted for; and that the same shall be, and hereby are appropriated in manner following: First, to make up any deficiency in any appropriation heretofore made by law, or to be made, during the present session of Congress; and, secondly, to defray the expenses which may be incurred before the end of the next session of Congress, by calling into actual service, any part of the militia of the United States, or by raising, equipping and calling into actual service, any regular troops, or volunteers, pursuant to authorities vested or to be vested in the President of the United States, by law. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXX.--An Act to suspend, for a further time, the duties upon the manufacture of Snuff within the United States, and the drawbacks upon the exportation thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ante, p. 426, States of America in Congress assembled, That all such parts of any law or laws heretofore passed, as impose duties upon mills and implements employed in the manufacture of snuff, or allow drawbacks upon the exportation of snuff manufactured within the United States, shall be, and the same hereby are suspended until the end of the first session of the sixth Congress of the United States. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. [Obsolete.] STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. [Obsolete.] CHAP. LXXXI.—An Act for allowing an additional compensation to the doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives, for their services during the present session of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to James Mathers, doorkeeper of the Senate, and to Thomas Claxton, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two hundred and fifty dollars; and to Cornelius Maxwell, assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, and to Thomas Dunn, the assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two hundred and twenty-five dollars, as an additional compensation for their services during the present session of Congress. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXXII.—An act to make a further appropriation for the additional SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six hundred thousand dollars shall be, and hereby is appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to cause to be built, and equipped, three ships or vessels, to be of a force not less than thirty-two guns each, and of the dimensions and model which he shall deem most advantageous for the public service, as part of the additional naval armament authorized by law. Appropriation for three ships of not less than 32 guns each. ships now on hand. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the timber and other mate- Disposal of rials belonging to the United States proper for building and equipping the materials for the ships or vessels aforesaid, remaining in their several dock-yards, and elsewhere, may be employed under the direction of the President of the United States, in effecting the purposes of this act; or may be otherwise disposed of, as he shall think best. And the sum hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. Appropriation how to be paid. STATUTE II. CHAP. LXXXIII.—An Act in further addition to the act, intituled "An act to July 16, 1798. establish the Judicial Courts of the United States." 1789, ch. 20. Power of hold and good behaviour. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the judges of ing to the peace the supreme court, and of the several district courts of the United States, and all judges and justices of the courts of the several states, having authority by the laws of the United States to take cognizance of offences against the constitution and laws thereof, shall respectively have the like power and authority to hold to security of the peace, and for good behaviour, in cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States, as may or can be lawfully exercised by any judge or justice of the peace of the respective states, in cases cognizable before them. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXXIV.—An Act making certain appropriations; and to authorize the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and there hereby are appropriated the following sums, that is to say:Towards defraying the bounties, pay and other expenditures which shall and may accrue, in the augmentation of the army of the United States, pursuant to the act, intituled, "An act to augment the army of the United States; and for other purposes," the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars; and in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated for such fortifications as the President of the United States shall cause to be erected or completed, the further sum of seventy-five thousand dollars; and for the further expenses of the commissioners appointed pursuant to the treaty between the United States and Spain, and for the extraordinary expenses of marking and running certain boundary lines required by the same treaty, in addition to the former appropriations, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid from any monies which shall be in the treasury of the United States, not already appropriated. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to borrow of the Bank of the United States, who are hereby enabled to lend the same, or of any other corporation, persons or person, the sum of two millions of dollars, upon the credit, and in anticipation of the direct tax, laid and to be collected within the United States; which tax shall be, and is hereby pledged for the repayment of any loan which shall be obtained thereon, as aforesaid; and the faith of the United States shall be, and is hereby VOL. I.-77 STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. [Obsolete.] Accountant of the navy estab lished- April 30, 1798. Compensation. Act of March 2, 1799. Letters free. The treasurer to disburse monies for the Navy Department, on warrants, &c. Purchases and contracts to be made by the war and navy departments, and accounts to be settled with the accountants thereof. Purveyor of public supplies to execute or ders from the Provisions of 1792, ch. 37. pledged to make good any deficiency: Provided, that the interest to be allowed for such loan, shall not exceed six per centum per annum; and that the principal shall be reimbursed at the pleasure of the United States. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXXV.-An Act to alter and amend the several acts for the establishment SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the United States shall disburse all such money as shall have been previously ordered for the use of the department of the navy, by warrants from the treasury, which disbursements shall be made pursuant to warrants from the Secretary of the Navy, countersigned by the accountant. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the military and naval service of the United States, shall be made by or under the direction of the chief officers of the departments of war and the navy respectively, and all agents or contractors for supplies or services as aforesaid, shall render their accounts for settlement to the accountant of the proper department for which such supplies or services are required, subject nevertheless to the inspection and revision of the officers of the treasury in manner before prescribed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the purveyor of public supplies, to execute all such orders as he may, from time to time, receive from the Secretary of War or Secretary of the Navy, relative to the procuring and providing of all kinds of stores and supplies; and shall render his accounts relative thereto to the accountants of the proper departments, which accounts shall be subject to the inspection and revision of the officers of the treasury as aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act former acts re- passed on the eighth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and pealed. ninety-two, intituled "An act making alterations in the Treasury and War departments," and the act passed on the twenty-third day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, intituled "An act to 1795, ch. 27. establish the office of Purveyor of public supplies," so far as the same are repugnant to the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Contracts re lative to money, &c. to be lodged in the comptroller's office. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all contracts to be made, by virtue of this act, or of any law of the United States, and requiring the advance of money, or to be in any manner connected with the settlement of public accounts, shall be deposited in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States, within ninety days after their dates, respectively. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXXVI.—An Act making certain additional appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the com- loan offices. pensation of clerks to the Commissioners of loans, and an allowance to certain loan officers, in lieu of clerk hire, and to defray the authorized expenses of the several loan offices, for and during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars. Navy Depart SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the expenses incident to the Navy department for and during the present year, including the ment. compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, his clerks and persons employed in his office, with the contingent expenses of the department, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, the sum of six thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy-two cents. Accountant partment. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the expenses incident to the office of the Accountant of the Navy department, for and during the of the Navy Depresent year, including the compensation of the accountant, his clerks and persons employed in his office, with all contingent expenses thereof, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, the sum of two thousand and forty-five dollars and nine cents. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the additional expenses incident to the present session of Congress, for printing, stationery and other contingencies, there shall be, and hereby are appropriated, the following sums, viz.: For the Senate, one thousand dollars; for the House of Representatives, four thousand dollars. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for repaying to the Bank of the United States a sum advanced upon bills drawn by the treasury of the United States, in favour of the cashier of the said bank, upon the supervisor of the district of New Hampshire, and protested, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, the sum of five thousand five hundred and six dollars. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid appropriations shall be paid out of the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, reserved by the act "making provision for the debts of the United States." APPROVED, July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXXVIII.-An Act to amend the act entitled "An act to suspend the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof." Contingencies of this session of Congress. For repaying the Bank for certain protested bills. How these appropriations shall be paid. Ante, p. 138. STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. [Obsolete.] Act of June Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision for giving 13, 1798, ch. 53. bond and finding sufficient surety or sureties, for vessels bound on foreign voyages, as required in the second section of the act, entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," shall extend no further, than to obligations to the amount of the value of the vessels respectively, and to a sum in addition thereto equal to one third of the value of the cargo. Provided, that in no case the surety or sureties shall be answerable for more than ten thousand dollars, any thing in the act above mentioned to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. STATUTE II. July 16, 1798. June 22, 1798. The Secretary of State to cause the papers relative to the late mission to France, to be printed and dis tributed. CHAP. LXXXIX.-An Act allowing an additional compensation to the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and to their Clerks, for their services, during the present session of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to the secretary of the Senate, and to the clerk of the House of Representatives, each, two hundred dollars; and to the principal and the engrossing clerks in the office of the secretary of the Senate, and of the clerk of the House of Representatives, the sum of one hundred dollars, each, as an additional compensation for their services, during the present session of Congress. APPROVED, July 16, 1798. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause to be printed a number of copies, not exceeding ten thousand, of the instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United States, to the French Republic, and of all the despatches hitherto received from them, and which have been communicated by the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, and to cause the same to be distributed, gratis, throughout the United States, and particularly, in such parts thereof, wherein the dissemination of information, through the medium of newspapers, is the most obstructed. APPROVED, June 22, 1798. |