Unappropri ated surplus how to be applied. 1790, ch. 34. 1790, ch. 47. Duties hereby imposed how long to continue. STATUTE III. March 3, 1791. $20,000 appropriated for effecting a recognition of the treaty with emperor of Morocco; and of this and every succeeding year, shall be applied to the reduction of the public debt, in like manner as is directed by the act, intituled “An act making provision for the reduction of the public debt," and provided by the act, intituled “An act making provision for the debt of the United States;" unless the said surplus, or any part thereof, shall be required for the public exigencies of the United States, and shall, by special acts of Congress, be appropriated thereto. SEC. 62. And be it further enacted, That the several duties imposed by this act, shall continue to be collected and paid, until the debts and purposes for which they are pledged and appropriated, shall be fully discharged and satisfied, and no longer. Provided always, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to prevent the legislature of the United States from substituting other duties or taxes of equal value to all or any of the said duties and imposts. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. CHAP. XVI.-An Act making an appropriation for the purpose therein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of effecting a recognition of the treaty of the United States, with the new emperor of Morocco, there be, and hereby is appropriated a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the monies which prior to the first day of January next, shall arise from the duties imposed upon spirits distilled within the United States, and from stills 1791, ch. 15. by the act, entitled "An act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same," together with the excess of duties which may arise from the duties imposed by the said act, on imported spirits beyond those which would have arisen by the act entitled "An act making further provision for the payment of the debts President au of the United States." And the President is hereby authorized to take on loan, the whole sum by this act appropriated, or so much thereof as he may judge requisite, at an interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, and the fund established for the above mentioned appropriation, 1790, ch. 39. is hereby pledged for the repayment of the principal and interest of any loan to be obtained in manner aforesaid, and in case of any deficiency in the said fund, the faith of the United States is hereby also pledged to make good such deficiency. norized to bor. 10w said money. STATUTE III. March 3, 1791. Repealing certain part of the at fixing the permanent seat of government of U. States, and vesting the President with certain powers. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. CHAP. XVII.—An Act to amend “An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, intitled "An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States," as requires that the whole of the district of territory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be located on the river Potomac, for the permanent seat of the government of the United States, shall be located above the mouth of the Eastern Branch, 1790, ch. 28. be and is hereby repealed, and that it shall be lawful for the President to make any part of the territory below the said limit, and above the mouth of Hunting Creek, a part of the said district, so as to include a convenient part of the Eastern Branch, and of the lands lying on the lower side thereof, and also the town of Alexandria, and the territory so to be included, shall form a part of the district not exceeding ten miles square, for the permanent seat of the government of the United States, in like manner and to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been within the purview of the above recited act: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall authorize the erection of the public buildings otherwise than on the Maryland side of the river Potomac, as required by the aforesaid act. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. STATUTE III. CHAP. XVIII.-An Act supplemental to the act "establishing the Treasury De- March 3, 1791. • partment," and for a farther compensation to certain officers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the eighth section of the act, intituled "An act to establish the treasury department," passed the second day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, shall be, and the same is hereby extended to all and every of the clerks employed in the treasury department, as fully and effectually as if they and every of them were specially named therein, except as to the penalty in such section mentioned, which in case of any such clerk offending against the provisions of the said section, shall be five hundred dollars, and removal from office. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each and every clerk and other officer already appointed in any of the departments of the United States, (and who have not, since their appointment, taken the oath or affirmation hereafter mentioned) shall within fifteen days after the passing of this act, and those who shall hereafter be appointed, shall before they enter upon the duties of such appointment, take an oath or affirmation before one of the justices of the supreme court, or one of the judges of a district court of the United States, to support the constitution of the United States, and also an oath or affirmation, well and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him, which oaths or affirmations, subscribed by such clerk, and certified by the person administering the same, shall be filed in the office of the person employing such clerk. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the principal in any of the offices of the United States, who is authorized by law to appoint clerks under him, to allow to each clerk such compensation for his services, as he shall, in the opinion of such officer, deserve for the same: Provided, That the whole sum to be expended for clerks in any such office (except the chief clerk) shall not exceed a sum equal to five hundred dollars per annum for every clerk employed therein. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be allowed for one year, commencing with the passing of this act, to the register, two hundred and fifty dollars, and to the auditor, the comptroller of the treasury, and the attorney general, four hundred dollars each, in addition to their respective salaries, and to be paid in the same manner. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. CHAP. XIX.-An Act relative to the Rix-Dollar of Denmark. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of an act, intituled "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," as hath rated the rix-dollar of Denmark at one hundred cents, be, and the same 8th section of act establishing treasury depart ment extended to clerks under certain modifi cations. Sept. 2, 1789, ch. 12. 1789, ch. 13. 1792, ch. 37, sec. 12. Clerks and other officers to affirmation; take an oath or to be filed in the office where employed. Principals may apportion the each, excepting chief, according $500 allowed to to merit. Additional allowance for gister, auditor, comptroller and attorney gen one year to re eral. is hereby repealed; and that this repeal shall be deemed to operate in respect to all duties which have already arisen or accrued, as well as to such as shall hereafter arise or accrue. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. CHAP. XX.-An Act in addition to an act intituled "An act for establishing the salaries of the Executive officers of Government, with their assistants and clerks." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, there shall be allowed to the chief clerk of the auditor, the annual sum of two hundred dollars, in addition to the salary allowed to him by the act, intituled "An act establishing the salaries of the executive officers of government, with their assistants and clerks," to be paid at the treasury of the United States, in quarterly payments, and from like appropriations as may be assigned for the payment of the other salaries mentioned in the above recited act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed to the clerks employed in the several offices attached to the seat of government, in addition to their respective salaries, their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the removal of Congress from the city of New York, to the city of Philadelphia. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed to the assistant secretary of the treasury, in addition to his salary for one year, commencing with the passing of this act, four hundred dollars, to be paid in the same manner as his salary. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. March 3, 1791. CHAP. XXI.—An Act for making compensations to the Commissioners of Loans, for extraordinary expenses. Commission SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaers of loans to tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the be allowed in settlement of accounts for necessary stationary, and for hire of clerks. 1799, ch. 40, sec. 5. STATUTE III. March 3, 1791. Compensations to officers of the judicial court, Repealed 1792, ch. 36, sec. 8. commissioners of loans in the several states shall be allowed in the settlement of their accounts, such sums as shall appear to have been necessarily expended by them in the purchase of stationery for the use of their several offices, from the commencement of the same to the first day of October next. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of loans in the several states, shall be allowed in the settlement of their several accounts, such sums as they shall have necessarily expended for the hire of clerks to assist in executing the duties of their several offices, from the commencement of the same to the first day of October next. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. CHAP. XXII.-An Act providing compensations for the officers of the Judicial purposes. SECTION 1. 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 several officers following in addition to the fees (except mileage to the marshals) to which they are otherwise by law intitled, and also to jurors and witnesses, in the courts of the United States, the following respective compensations, that is to say: To the attorney of the United States for the district, for his expenses and time in travelling from the place of his abode to any court of the United States, on which his attendance shall be requisite, at the rate of ten cents per mile going, and the same allowance for returning; to the clerk of the district court, for attending in the district or circuit court, five dollars per day, and the like compensation for travelling, as is above allowed to the attorney for the district; to the clerk of the supreme court for attending in court, eight dollars per day; to the marshal of the district, for attending the supreme, circuit or district courts, five dollars per day; for summoning a grand jury, three dollars, and for summoning a petit jury, two dollars, and for serving and returning a writ, five cents per mile for his necessary travel; to the grand and petit jurors, each fifty cents per day for attending in court, and for travelling, at the rate of fifty cents for every ten miles from their respective places of abode, to the place where the court is held, and the like allowance for returning; to witnesses summoned on the part of the United States, or in behalf of any prisoner to be tried for any capital offence in any of the courts thereof, the same compensation as is above allowed to grand and petit jurors. That the several officers above specified shall be deemed to have been entitled to the above respective compensations, from the time of their respective appointments; and that the grand and petit jurors and witnesses, who have heretofore attended, shall also be deemed entitled to the above compensation, in like manner as those who shall hereafter attend. That there shall also be paid to the marshal, the amount of the expense for fuel, candles, and other reasonable contingencies for holding a court, as hath accrued or shall accrue; and the compensations to the grand and petit jurors and witnesses shall be included in the account of, and paid to the marshal, to the use of, and be by him accordingly paid over to the several persons entitled to the same; and the accounts of the several officers for the compensations aforesaid (except mileage to the marshal, for the service of writs in civil causes) having been previously examined and certified by the judge of the district, shall be passed in the usual manner at, and the amount thereof paid out of the treasury of the United States. And a sum arising from the fines and forfeitures to the United States, and equal to the amount thereof, is hereby appropriated for the payment of the above accounts. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That instead of the provisions in that respect heretofore made, the first session of the circuit courts in the eastern circuit, after the passing of this act, shall commence at the times following, that is to say: In New York district, on the fifth, and in Connecticut district, on the twenty-fifth days of April next; in Massachusetts district, on the twelfth, and in New Hampshire district on the twenty-fourth days of May next; and in Rhode Island district, on the seventh day of June next; and the subsequent sessions in the respective districts, on the like days of every sixth calendar month thereafter, except when any of those days shall happen on a Sunday, and then the sessions shall commence on the next day following. And the sessions of the said circuit court shall be held in New Hampshire district, at Portsmouth and Exeter, alternately, beginning at the first: In Massachusetts district, at Boston; in Rhode Island district, at Newport and Providence, alternately, beginning at the first; in Connecticut district, at Hartford and New Haven, alternately, beginning at the last; and in New York district, at the city of New York only. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing Altering sesof this act, instead of the provisions in the act for that purpose, the sessions of circuit court in Virgisions of the circuit court for the district of Virginia, shall be holden in nia. the city of Richmond only. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. VOL. I.-28 T STATUTE III. March 3, 1791. CHAP. XXIII.—An Act to continue in force for a limited time, an act intituled "An act for the temporary establishment of the Post-Office.' SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed the first session of Congress, intituled "An act for the temporary establishment of the post-office," be, and the same is hereby continued in full force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. Former act for temporary establishment of post-office continued. 1789, ch. 16. 1792, ch. 7. Letters on public service treasury to be conveyed free of postage. to officers of the Mail to be ex tended from SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all letters to and from the treasurer, comptroller and auditor of the treasury, and the assistant to the secretary of the treasury, on public service, shall be received and conveyed by the post, free of postage. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the postmaster general shall be and he is hereby authorized to extend the carrying the mail from Albany, Albany to Ben- in the state of New York, to Bennington in the state of Vermont. nington. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. STATUTE III. March 3, 1791. 1792, ch. 35. Act for miti gating or remit ting forfeitures, &c. continued. 1790, ch. 12. Pensions to invalids for one year to be paid out of the treaBury. Expenses from 1st July next of all lighthouses &c. to be defrayed by U. States till July 1792. CHAP. XXIV.-An Act to continue in force the act therein mentioned, and to make further provision for the payment of Pensions to Invalids, and for the support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures and penalties accruing under the revenue laws in certain cases therein mentioned," shall be and is hereby continued in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the yearly pensions which have been allowed by or in pursuance of any act or law of the United States, to persons who were wounded and disabled during the late war, shall for the space of one year from the fourth day of March next, be paid out of the treasury of the United States, under such regulations as the President of the United States may direct. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all expenses which shall accrue from the first day of July next, inclusively, for the necessary support, maintenance and repairs of all lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers, shall continue to be defrayed by the United States, until the first day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninetytwo, notwithstanding such lighthouses, beacons, buoys, or public piers, with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging, and the jurisdiction of the same, shall not in the mean time be ceded to or vested in the United States, by the state or states respectively, in which the same may be, and that the said time be further allowed to the states respectively, 1792, ch. 17. to make such cession: Provided, That nothing in the said act shall be construed to limit or restrain the power of the President of the United States, to grant pardons for offences against the United States. APPROVED, March 3, 1791. STATUTE III. March 3, 1791. Loan in Hol 000 florins, at 5 per cent. per annum, CHAP. XXV.—An Act supplementary to the act making provision for the reduction of the Public Debt. WHEREAS it hath been made known to Congress that the President land of 3,000, of the United States, in consequence of "An act making provision for the reduction of the public debt," hath caused a certain loan to be made in Holland, on account of the United States, to the amount of 1790, ch. 47. three millions of florins, bearing an interest of five per centum per annum, and reimbursable in six yearly instalments, commencing in the |