Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty ofweight, on all Glauber salts imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all manufactured tobacco imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all snuff imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all cocoa imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all chocolate imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all pepper imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid an additional duty of on all pimento imported. Resolved, That there ought to be laid a duty of colate manufactured within the United States. Resolved, That there ought to be laid a duty of manufactured within the United States. cents per hundred cents per pound, cents per pound, cents per pound, cents per pound, cents per pound, cents per pound, cents per pound, on all cho cents per pound on all snuff Ordered, That the said motion be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, of the third instant, on the subject of further revenues. The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, of the sixteenth instant, to whom were referred the letter and report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with estimates of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dent reported that the committee had, according to order, again had the said report under consideration, and gone through the same, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House. The said report, as amended, was then read at the Clerk's table, and, on the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House, as followeth : Resolved, That, for the expenditure of the civil list; for the extra expenses of foreign intercourse; for the support of the mint establishment, light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; and to satisfy certain miscellaneous claims, stated in the report of the Secretary of the Trea sury, of the fifteenth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, together with the incidental and contingent expenses of the several Departments, and the offices thereof, the following sums be respectively appropriated; that is to say; For compensation to the President of the United States $25,000 Ditto to the Vice President 5,000 THE LEGISLATURE. 30,000 For compensation to the Senators and members of the One hundred and five members, at six dollars per day 1,460 76,650 26,000 . 1,500 243 33 1,743 33 1,095 1,460 166 67 500 Principal Clerk to the Secretary of the Senate, for 365 days, at three dollars per diem Two engrossing clerks to ditto, at two dollars per day, each, for 365 days Chaplain to the Senate, estimated for four months, at five hundred dollars per annum Doorkeeper to the Senate, one year's salary Principal Clerk in the office of the Clerk of the House Assistant doorkeeper, ditto Expenses of fire-wood, stationery, printing work, and all other contingent expenses of both Houses of Congress : For the Senate, estimate The House of Representatives, do. 4,000 7,500 1,743 $3 1,095 1,460 166 67 486 67 500 450 Ditto 1,500 800 of North Carolina of Tennessee of South Carolina Ditto to the Attorney General For defraying the expenses of clerks of courts, jurors, and witnesses, in aid of the fund arising from fines, forfeitures, and penalties; and likewise for defraying the expenses of prosecutions for offences against the United States, and for safe keeping of prisoners TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury Compensation to the Comptroller of the Treasury 2,650 8,850 8,750 Government of the Territory Northwest of river Ohio. Governor, for his salary as such, and for discharging the duties of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Northern Department Secretary of the said District Three Judges, at 800 dollars each Stationery, office-rent, &c. For the discharge of such demands against the United States, on account of the Civil Department, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained and admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, and which are of a nature, according to the usage thereof, to require payment in specie PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES AND GRANTS. John Traverse, per act of Congress of 8th August, 1782, VOL. II-85 25,000 |