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0 . in I
•" by
a the
Hetourt of Prance,
,-.■'. sentWives of the
'meriea, in Con,
he secretary of the
. c i.s hereby autho
■■!, to pay into tbe
.'roller of the trea
, Stales, the an., lint,
bills drawn by John
mister from the United
the court of France, on the
United States, in fa
eres, Denton and
a liquidation made
by li:o government of France under
the convention concluded between the
Mates and the French govern
;, e>n the tiiirticth day of April,
ia tho year one thousand eight hun
■• ; and also, the amount
of the bids drawn by the aforesaid j
minister, on the suid treasurer of the
Uni ~ in fivor cd' Joseph
Sands, pursuant to a licruidation made '
G convention aforesaid, which
sums so paid to the comptroller,shafl
ield by him, 10 trust, to pay and
' satisfy such p nd in such pro
•portions, as -shall be adjudged or de- i
creed by the courts hereafter specili-1
ad ; and the said sums shall be by the
•pi roller deposited in the office of
cii.it and in the city of I
hinj|ton, for safe-keeping, until
. judgments or decrees shall take J
place.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, '
Tiiat all suits or proceedings at law or j
ih equity, to establish claims against
or-ret**)ver the whole or any part of
ihe son so deposited, on accoti
drawn in favor of Nathan
penton and Hail, shall be
lon or before the firs!, day
o( November next, in the circuit
• of the fourth circuit, holdcn in
the I Maryland, and all suits
or proceed in;;:' at law or in crpiity, to
establish claims against or to recover
the I any part of the sum so
! on account of the bills
drawn in favor of Joseph Sands, shall
ed on or before the day
.aid, in tho circuit court of the
rcuit I.olden in the district of
c, or in the circuit court of
tbe - ! Columbia for Wash- i
ington county in said district, and any ;
or either party aggrieved by the judg- i
mentor decree of either ofthe said 1
courts- may remove the same to the i
Supreme court of the United States,
lame manner, and on the same l
terms and conditions, as appeals and
writs of error are now prosecuted -
from ihe Said courts.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, •
That judgment or ;
decree shall be entered Up by cither •
of the said courts in favor of any per
son or persons who may have estab
lished a e>r Claim to the whole
or any part ol the sail sums so paid
to the comptroller, anel deposited in «
virtue of this law, the said coinplrol- a
lcr shali direct the cashier of the said i
distount and deposit, to pay a
the amount recovered to the party or I
persons entitled under such judgment s
or d' :ree so rendered by the said f
r
J. B. VARNUM, b
S/ieaker of the House of Reprtsenla- fi
tivis. b
y S. SMITH, b
President of the Senate pro temjiore, ;
Aran. 25, 1808. jo
Al-HKOXI-D,
TH : JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
ilb make Plymouth, iv. Aorth Carolina,
a port of entry ; to change the name
ofthe district of A anjemoy to that
of St. Alary's, and to-make Augusta,
in the district of Maine, a port of A
•cry. f
"R
JLjF.it enacted by the Senate _f House l
oj Representatives of the United States \
tf America, in Congress assembled, That B
from and after the thirtieth clay of cc
June next, a elistrict shall be formed te
out of the elistrict of Cdenton in ci
North-Carolina, to be called the dis- J*i
trict of Plymouth, which shall iv- ec
elude anel coinprel. * I the rivers ac
Roanoak and Cashie, and all the wa- tie
Vers, creeks and h irborg belonging i tvv
thereto. The (own of Piymouth lei
shall be the port of entry and tic-live- in
ry; and Wi md Skewarky, ar
ports of delivery. A collector for the
district shall be appointed, to reside
and keep his office at th f Ply- fiv
mouth, who shall be entitled to re- ty
ceive three per cent, c n on
all monies by him rtsc ac- hu
coum 'nil,
vrareii and rh< : into thi
the said district, and oe if nil
ships and
lumenis and lees 'of office established the
by law-
■ ■.c. 2. And be it further enactei x .\
That from and after the thirtieth day
6f June rie::t, the district of Nanje-
OlOy, in til f Maryland, shall
the be called tiie elistrict of St. Ma
by cv '%, and tjie collector shall reside
the at St. Maiy's river, which -ball be
/re, the port of entry and delivery for said
district, aiid Naiijemoy a port of de
ind livery gnl h a surveyor shall
the be appointed, who shall be entitled, In
deft tion to the I emoluments
the already allowed by law, *o receive a
bo- salary of one hundred and fifty dol-
Lhe lars.
ea- Sec. .">. And be it further enacted,
nt, That the town of Augusta, iv the
ihn district of Maine, shall be and heUeby
led is constituted a-port of delivery, to
.he be annexed to the district of Bath,
fa- J and subject to the same regulations
tncl ! and restrictions as other ports of clo
nic ; livery in the United States ; and there
lcr shall be appointed a Burvey'or, tore
he ' side at the said port of delivery, whp
hi- shall be entitled to receive- a salary of
ri!, one hundred and fifty dollars-, annual
in- ly, in addition to the other cmolu
mt ments allowed by : iw.
■id j J. B STUM, Speaker
he ofthe House of Representatives.
phi SMITfI,
de ' President ! (he $i note, pro tempore.
eh April 25, 1808.
all APPROVED,
nd: TH: JFJTF.RSON.
A A ACT
ig an ap;. > to supply a
be deficiency in an appropriation for
of the support tf government during
of; the present year, and making an ap
til firopriation for defraying the CTprn
<<■ i ces incident to the valuation of hous
es and lands, aud the enumeration \
of slaves within the United States.
or j "O.F* 'I enacted by the Senate and
st iUJ House of Representatives of the ]
of United States of America in Congress
of assembled, That to make good a (
in ficiency in the appropriation for the
>c contingent cxpences of both Houses
iy of Congress, authorized by the aert of J
lit the tenth of February last, the fur
in ther sum of seven thousand dollars be,
ts and the same hereby is appropriated,
to Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
n- That a sum not exceeding five thou
>o sand four hundred and one dollars J
Is and twenty-seven cents, the balance
11 of a former Appropriation to that a j
,y mount, for that object having been -
re carried to the credit of the surplus l
jf fund, to be paid out of any monies in "
if the treasury, not otherwise appropri- s
i- ated, be, and the same is hereby ap- *■
y propriated, for defraying the further ; °
•- expenccs incident to the valuation of , s
d houses and lands, and the enumera- a
c tion of slaves within the United States. *
-, J. B. VARNUM, Speaker J
c ' of the House of Representatives. "
d S. SMITH, | c
d President of the Senate pro tempore 1 B
April 2.3, 1808. *
i*, Approved, °
r Til: JfvFFF.RSON. tl
ri / o
AN ACT °
i- For the relief of George Hunter. ".
c T)E it enacted by the Senate and S1
1 JD House of Representatives of the S1
l United States of America, in Congress ' c
- assembled. That the proper account- ■*
1 ing officers be authorized to examine
• and *>ettle the accounts of George
r Hunter, of Philadelphia, and in the
t said settlement to allow him a credit
1 for such cjuantity of saltpetre, the pro
perty ofthe United States, delivered
to him for the purpose of being put i
- fied, as shall be made appear to have
been destroyed by lire in his ware
house. .
J. B. VARNUM,
j Spmkcr of the Hour of Refirrscn-:
tative*.
S. SMITH,
I President of the Senate, pro tempore.
April 25, 1808. rd
, Approved, ( "
Til: JFFFERSON. } h
AN ACT ca
r Afaking appropriations for the support ,
of an additional military force for j
the year one thousand, eight hundred • s:i
and eight. c*e *
BE it enacted by the Senate and tlfi
House of Representatives rfi the Unit
ed States of America, in Congress as- , r* l
semblcd, That for defraying the ne- .
. cessarr expense to the first day of j ® ai
January next, of the troops to be rais
ed by virtue of an act, intituled, "An ,, * / '
act. to raise for a limited time an addi
tional military force," p.isscel on the
j twelfth day of April, one thousand
I eight hundred and eight, the follow
ing sums lie, and the same hereby
are respectively appropriated, that is j
to say :
For pay, two hundred and eighty
five thousand, nine hundred and twen
ty dollars :
Forforage> eighteen thousand, four
hundred and seventy-nine dollars : ■"
For subsistence, two hundred and '
thirteen thousand, six hundred and "
ninety six eloilars : i sna
r clothing, one hundred and fifty i'"''
thousand, five hundred and twenty- li ' l
eight dollars :
r bounties and premiums, eighty
lay five thousand, one hundred and twenty
ije- dollars :
lall For the medical and hospital de
,/[ a - pattments, fifteen thousand dollars:
ide Forcamp crpiipagc, tents, barracks,
be foci <nd transportation one hundred
aid and eleven thousand dollars :
de- For contingencies, ten thousand
mil dollars:
, iii Foi* ordnance, sixty thousand dol
nts lars :
B n lor the purchase of horses and
10l- ''ther expenses necessary te> mount
the cavalry, thirty-six thousand, seven
P( f, hundred nnd twenty dollars :
the 2. And belt further enacted,
; hy That the several sums herein speci
t o fically appropriated shall be paid out
th, of any monies in the treasury not
ins otherwise appropriated.
] C . J. B. VARNUM,
?sc Speaker of the House of Represen
re- '' t " ,v -
, hp S. SMITH,
~f President nf the Senate, pro tempore. |
a l. April 25, 1808.
|u> Approved,
TH: JEFFERSON.
ter '*"
~. AN ACT,
To establish certain post-roads in the
r g o states of Georgia and' Ohio.
BE if enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States .
of America, in Congress assembled, •
That the following post-roads be es
tablished, viz. From Darien, by John .
, a Jone's to Milledgcville, and from
' Qr thence to Athens. From Sparta
~_. to Milledgeville, and from thence
,i t _ by Jones Court-House to the Gar
' rison on Oakmulgce. From Mil- (
X ledgcville to Putnam Court-House
on and from thence to Morgan Court-
House, and to Randolph Court
,l /c House. From New Lisbon to Canton
h in Ohio.
J. B. VARNUM, l
ss '
Speaker of the House of Represen- '
tatives. \ '
, s S. SMITH,
c President of the Senate, pro tempore. )
r _ Armi. 23, 1808.
r Approved,
£ TH: JEFFERSON. I
j —■**■ l
\[ AN ACT
<g For the relief of Joseph Chase, Jared
Gardner, and others. i
, \Ty Eit enacted by the Senate and <
_ . _L_F House of Representatives of the i
c United States of America, in Congress '
n assembled, That the owners of the *
ship Manilla, belonging to Joseph t
. Chase and Jared Gardner and others, t
, r of the island of Nantucket, in the
,£■ state of Massachusetts, be, and uhey
. are hereby permitted to cause to re- *
s turn to the United States the said ship a
Manilla, and her cargo, without being c
, liable to any forfeiture or penalty, in- £
currcd, in consequence of the said c
c ship's having gone to the island of St. c
Domingo, under a clearance obtained s
on the seventh day of March, one t
thousand eight hundred and seven, j
before the act of the twenty-fourth a
of February, one thousand eight hun- c
dred and seven, continuing the suspen- t
j sion of trade, with certain parts ofthe
c said island of St. Domingo, was 1
s known in the said island of Nantuc- t
ket. S
I J. B. VARNUM, Speaker r
o/ (he House of Representatives. • a
S. SMITH, X
j. President ofthe Senate, pro tempore, a
April 25, 1808. n
i Approved, d
TH: JEFFERSON. p
AN ACT tl
Jo authorize and empower the Pre- tl
si dent of the United States to ex- tl
change certain lands, for other lands bi
more suitable for fortification. li
BE it enacted by the Senate and 'cc
House of Refirescntatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress
assembled, That the President of
the United States be, and he hereby P
is authorized and empowered, to
cause the lands in Portland whereon
the fort and battery now stand, and
| the lands at Ocracock and Old Top
) sail Inlets, in North Carolina, acquir- ■
led with a view to erecting fortifica
tions, to be exchanged for other lands C
j more suitable for fortification, and the '
' protection of Portland, in the district ; as
!of Maine, and Ocracock, and Old Top- "
sail Inlet, in North Carolina. i tn ,
J. B. VARNUM, W j
Sf/eaker of the House of Reprcsenta- HI
lives. tor
S. SMITH, «•-
President ofthe Senate pro tempore.
April 25, 1808. SOr
Appro vkd, q-
Th: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
■iceming Public Contracts.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United T et
i States of America, in Congress assent- 0 » 0
bl"d, That from and after the passage ' j„ r
of this act, no member of Congress tha
\ shall, directly or indirectly, himself, YJix
|or by any other person whatsoever, in ncr
trust for him, or for his use or bene- * un
anc
ity- fit, or on his account, undertake, ex
nty ecute, hold ©r enjoy, in the whole or
in part, any contract or agreement
de- hereafter to be made or entered into
: with any officer of the Uniteel States,
ks, in their behalf, or with any person
red authorized to make contracts on the
part ofthe United Stales ; and if any
md member of Congress shall, direc*iy or
indirectly, himself, or by any other
10l- person whatsoever, in trust for him,
or for his use or benefit, or on his ac
me! count, enter into, accept of, agree for,
nnt undertake or execute any such con
,en tract or agreement, in the whole, or:
in part, every member so offending,
ed, shall, for every such offence, upon
:ci- convie-.tion thereof, before any court of ■
mt the United States, or of the lerrito
not ries thereof, bavins- cognizance of
such offence, be adjudged guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and shall be lined
tn- three thousand dollars; and every
such contract or agreement as afore
said, shall moreover be absolutely void
re. | and of no effect : Provided neverthe-
J less, That in all cases where any sum
j or sums of money shall have been ael
. j vanced on the prrt of the United
; States, in consideration of any such
I contract or agreement, the same chall
'.he be forthwith repaid; and in case of
1 refusal or delay to repay the same,
ise when demanded, by the proper officer
ofthe department under whose autho
rs/, | rity such contract or agreement shall
;s- have been made or entered into, eve ry
!m person so refusing or delaying to
m ' ther with his surety or sureties, shall
•ta be forthwith prosecuted at law forthe I
cc recovery of any such sum or sums of '
tr- money advanced as aforesaid.
il- | Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
se That nothing herein contained shail
•t- extend, or be construed to extend to I !
•t- any contract or agreement, made or !
jn entered into, or accepted, by any in- '
I corporated company, where such con- , '
I tract or agreement shall be made for i
n- the general benefit of such incorpora
{tion or company ; nor to the purchase ' i
■or sale of bills ol exchange or other j <
c. property by any member of Congress, I '
, where the same shall be ready for
livery, and for which payment shall '
'be made at the time of making or en- '
j tering into the contract or agreement, j
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, \ t
•d That in every such contract or agree- «
ment to be made or entered into, or , *
id accepted as aforesaid, there shall be !
ie inserted an express condition, that no j !
?t? member of Congress shall be admit- [ «
c ted to any share or part of such con
1, tract Or agreement, or to any benefit j *
5, to arise thereupon. i
c Sec 4. And be it further enacted, c
y That if any officer of the United
;"- States on behalf of the United States
p shall directly or indirectly make or .
g enter into any contract, bargain, or S
i- agreement, in writing or otherwise, t
d other than such as are herein except- v
t. Ed, with any member of Congress, . s
d such officers so offending, on convict
c tion thereof before any court having f,
i, jurisdiction thereof, shall be deemed : s
h and taken to be guilty of a high mis- '
- demeanor, and be fined in a sum of , o
i- three thousand dollars. i a
c Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, I l '
s That from and after the passing of ! °
- this act it shall be the duty of the °
Secretary of the Treasury, Secreta- j,
ry of War, Secretary of the Navy, ti
■. ! and the post-master-general annually p
lo lay before Congress a statement of i■■
. all the contracts which have been j °
made in their respective departments , '
during the year preceding such re- *,
port exhibiting in such statement the 'tc
name of the contractor, the article or j ti
thing contracted for, the place where in
- the article was to be delivered, or *■
• the thing performed, the sum to c . (
t be paid for its performance or de- '
j livery, the date and duration oi the . v
I contract. or
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker m
of the House of Representatives,
" S. SMITH, re
President of the Senate pro tempore. ?
April 21, 1808.
Approved,
Til: JEFFERSON. ,i v
' v;i
NOTICE.
SUCH of the creditors of the late to
j-Cncral Uriah Forrest, deceased, tr 
,as have clauns against his estate prior ,0 '
Ito the issuing of the commission of Bank- an
; ruptcy against him, are hereby notified *■"
1 that the Commissioners of" Binkruptry ! -h'
will meet to make a dividend, at j < -. c
Rhode*. tavern in the city of Washing- j v, °
ton cm Monday the 3Qt.h day of May i -*■■*
next, at 11 o'clock A. M. when and cOl
where they will please to attend in per- cv '
son or by attorney. j °f
JOHN HEVViTI, Assignee, j sh i
City Washington, April 15—wtm
j S'l
— -» —_- j no*
War Dipartment, April 13, 1808. tur
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN : | C ' n
THAT separate proposals will be P."
received at the Office of the Secretary '" s
for the Department of war, v til 12 .
o'clock, at noon of Monday the 20th of ',n '
June next, for the supply of all rations •am
that may be n quired tor the uv-eofthe; or
Unit-rd States, from the Ist day of Oeto- , mo
ber 1808 inclusive, to the Ist clay ofl
June 1810. within the states, tcrrrcorie-I
and districts following, viz. ' ■
ex- First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michili
lor mackinac, Fort Wayne, Chikagnnnd in
t their immeeliate vicinlti s, inui a!
place* en- places, where tie-ops an
II ° may be stationed, marched, or l-.-cruit
•*4 s eel, within tin- Territory of Michigan,
son 2nd, At any placee or places where
the troops art or may be stationed, march*
Liny <"'? or recruited, within the states of
jor Kentucky and Tennessee.
3>!, Ac atiy pKce or places where
her tror-ps are e»r may be stationed, march
im, cd,or recruited within the* state ct Ohio
ac- met the In buna anil Louisi 1114 t. rritd
for, ries, except Tort VV .yne and C'e.^ngo
( ,u- ''■"••' •*■ ,:t * s '
4:h, At any | here
I troop**are 01 n\*\ be stationed, man
•**•»»: or re ithin the Missisi-ippi anel
ion j ()ri.,;ns territorii s.
tof Separate proposals will also be re
to- C'ive-t! as aforesaid for the* supply of all
0 f rations which may be required for the
c use of the United States, from the Ist.
'.' eiay of J iii'.rcv IBG9 inclusive, tothe
ie clay ol Jur.e liilO within the several
" v y states following, viz.
re- sth, At any place or places where
oid troops are or may he station* cl, man I
h e . or recruited within the diet ut of Maine,
ami -.tHtt of New Hampshire.
6th, At any place or places where.
" troops are or may bestßtioned, marched,
.ed or recruited, within the sla'.e of Ver
di I moat.
all fth, At any place rr places where
of troapsare or may be stationed, march
1C el, or d wiihia the s\ate ot
, ' Massachusetts, the town of Springfield
excepted. 4
10 " *i;h. At any place or places wh.
-11 : troops ai- or in ay be st_tic*n« cl, march
ry cd, err •crui'..e! within the states of
c- Connecticut iitd Rhode Island.
a U 9th. At any place or places where
he ' * roo P' - re ~r '■•'y ■■'* stationed, m.rch
c< ed, e>r recruited within the --tite of New
j York, Niagara and its dependenci
excepted.
'**i : 10th, At any place or pi ices where
.ill , troops, arc or a ay be stationed, march •
to ' fd,or recruited withni the state 0* New
or I ***'
n _ : 11th, At -*.ny place or places where
' troops are' or may be stationi d, march
n " j ed, or recvuited within the state of
or Pennsylvania.
'■-* j 12th, At. any place s where
>"c troops are or may b<" , i.arch
', e«r recruited wiyhuuthe states f
■ s j Ma. land and Dtiaww
(1 _ j 13th, At any place or places where
. troops ar* or may be Stationed, march*
• el, or recruited within the state of
n " j Virginia.
it. 14th, At any place or places where
d, I troops arc or may be stationed, march
e- ed, or rtcruiied within tbe state, of
j r North Carotin.-..
I 15-h, At any place or pl-ices where.
' j troops arc or may be stationed, march
-10 j ed, or recruited within the state of
■*-j South Carolina.
n— 1 16h, At Old Fields, at>e.
Ut J any place or placi s where trot-pc are
may be Btationrd, marched, or recruit
j ed within the limits of the state of
j (ieorgia.
17th, Propossls will also be received
5S as _for**sai(l, lor the supply ef all r_ti.
,r which may be required dy the United
>r States, forthe troops which arc or may
;, be stationed, march -d, or recruited
(-. within the town nf Springfield in the
state of Mnns'ichusetis ; and for the
, i armorers and otherpei-soos employed in
the Uniteel States' Armory at that place,
B from the Ist day of Ja nary 1869 inclu
u slvc, to the Ist clay of June 1810.
i" A ration to consist of .mr* pound and
»f j one quarter of beet, 01 three quarters of
i a poutiel of pork, righieen ounces of
t j bread eir Hour, one j-ill of rum, whiskey
J. 1 or brandy, and at the rate ef two quarts
lof salt, four quarts of vinegar, four
c pounds of soap, and ene pound and a
•- half of candles, to every hundred ra
*, tions. Tbe pfices of the several cam
y ponent parts of the ration shall be speci
,f 1 tied ; but the U. States reserve the right
n of making such alteration-* in the price
jof the component parts of the cation
j aforesaid, as shall make the price of
I each part thereof bear a just proportion
c to the proposed price of the who!
r j tion. Tho rations are to be furnished
B in such quantities, that there shall at all
f ti-i'-s, during >he term of the proposed
contract, be sufficient for the consu
tion of the troops at Michilim.-ickmac,
Detroit and Cbikngo, for six months m
i advance ; and at each ol the other poets
on the western waters, for at least;
months in advance, of good and whole.
provisions, if the same sh-U
required. It is also to be permitted to
al) and every of tbe commanelauts t>l
fortified places or pastF, to call for, ru
se.i'ons when the same can be trans
ported, or at any time in case iff urgency,
r such supplies ef like provisions ia ad-
I Vance, as in the discretion of the com
-1 mandant shall be deemed pre per.
It is understood that the cofltractoris
to be at the expenee and risk of issuing
the-, supplies tothe troops, and that all
! losses sustained by the depredations 0
an enemy, or by means eif tbe troop i ol
tbe U. S. shall be paid by the U. S. »t
I the price of the articles captured or
j destreiyed as aforesaid, on tl
! tion of two or more persons of cr.
ble characters, and the certificate of a
commissioned olhcer, sluing
cumstances ofthe loss ahet the amount
of the articles for which compensation
shall beclatmeel.
The privilege is understood to be re
sprved to the U. S. tf requiring
none of the »n; ;>ii< , which may
furnished Under any of the propotetl
contracts, shall be i sued, until the sup
plies which have or 11.ay b-* fur
! nished under contracts now In foi
have been consumed { and that a tuppi*
jin advance may be always required at
any of the oy.i-d posts on
or Indian ha ,;th'r, not exceeding three
months.
, H. URARBO.fN,
Secretary of \"-
April 15-~~taw3w