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Newhampfhire
A message from <hb Senate informed
the house, that they adhere to their dis-
Agreement to the amendments proposed
by the house to the consul bill.
A resolution was received from the
Senate at the fame time, for the eftab
liihtyent of a Mint, pursuant to Jaw, and
authorizing the President to cause such
principal Arcifts and Apparatus to be
engaged, as may be necessary to carry
said pefoidtion into effeft.
The house infilled on their amendments
to the Billy and concurred in the above
resolution with amendments.
A Bill was originated and passed the
ufnal forms to the third reading, for car
rying into effect; the Ccnfular convention
between his Most Clirillian Majesty, and
the United States of America. Read a
third time and passed.,
A number of Bills, in Various stages,
engaged the attention ofthe House— and
many resolutions, &c. passed; when the
House adjourned 'till 6 o'clock.,
THURSDAY EVENING.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1791.
A NUMBER of Bills, in their last
ftages,came under the consideration
of the House, and were acted upon.
The Senate, by message, informed,
that they have referred the Land-Office
Bill to the next session of Congress.
An ACT fupplemeritary to the
A&, intituled, "An A& to
Incorporate the sub
scribers to the BANK of
the United States.
Blht enabled bytheSEN ATE anfHouSE
of Representatives ofthe United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the fubferiptions to the flock of the
bank of the United States, as provided
ty the A&, intituled, " An Aft to incor
poratethe lobferibers to the bank of the
United States," Ihall not be opened un
til the firft Monday in July next.
And be it further enuaed, That so much
bf thefirft payment as by the said a& is
direded to bein the fix per cent, certifi
cates of the United States, may be de
ferred uiMil the firft Monday in January
And be, it further enaßed, That no per
fori, Corporation, or bod, politic, except
in behalf of the United States, ihall for
the space of three months after the said
fijriMonday in July next, fffcribe in
any one day for more than thirty ihares.
And' be it farther enaaed, That every
fubfw^er&w# at the time of fubferib
ing, pay into the hands of the persons
who &all be appointed to receive the
A resolution, received from the Se
nate, was concurred in, That the Presi
dent of the United States be requeued to
cause to be laid before Congress, at their
next session, an estimate of the quantity
and situation of those lands, not claim
ed by Indians, nor occupied by citizens
of the United States, in the territory
ceded in North-Carolina, N. W. of the
Ohio.
Seven enrolled Bills were signed by
the Speaker.
Several messages were received from
The President, informing that he had
approved certain Atts :—And a message
from the Senate,, acquainting that they
had finifhed the Legislative business be
fore them, and were ready to adjourn.
The thanks of the House were then
voted to the Speaker, and the Mayor
and Corporation of this city—when the
House dissolved.
THIRD SESSION.
Zhgun find held at the city of Philadelphia,
on Monday the fxth of December, onl
tboufandfeven hundred and ninety.
CONGRESS^r^ UNITED STATES.
SATURDAY, April 2 , 1791.] " ~
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CONGRESS.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3,
EXETER, (New-Hamfefoire) Printed and Published by HENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum.
BE it cnaaed by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Unite? States
of America in Congress afemhled, That
the duty of one cent per pound, laid by
the a9 " making further provision for
the payment of the debts of the United
States,'' on barr and other lead, ihall
be deemed and taken to extend to all
manufactures wholly of lead, or in which
lead is the chief article, which Ihall here
after be brought into the United States,
from any foreign port or place.
And be it further enacted, That the du
ty of seven and a half per cent, ad valo
rem,l^id by the aft aforefaid on chintzes,
and coloured calicoes,fhall.be deemed and
taken to extend to all printed, Gained,
and coloured goods, or manufadures of
cotton,or of linen, or ofboth, which here
after (hall be brought into the the United
States from any foreign port or place.
Provided always, That nothing in this
,& ihall in any wife affect the true con-,
firuaion or meaning of the aft aforefaid
in relation to any of the above described
articles brought into the United States
before the passing of this, aft.
Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN. . ADAMS, Vice-President of the
U. States, and President of the Senate,
Approved, March the fecund, 1791.
G. WASHINGTON;
An ACT giving Effea to the
Laws of the United States
within the State of Vermont.
BE it enaaed by the Senate and House of
,Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
from and after the third day of March
next, all the laws of the United States,
which are not locally inapplicable, ought
to have and ihall have, the fame force and
effed within the state of Vermont, as
elsewhere within the United States.
And to the end that the aft, intituled,
'' An aft to establish the judicial courts
of the United States," may be duly admi
niftefed within the fail state of Vermont,
An ACT to explain and amen^
an A&, intituled, "An Aft
making further provifiori
for the payment of the
Debts of the United States."
, „ , President of th^ United States.
Deposited among the rolls in the Office
of the Secretary of State.
THOMAS JEFFERSON;
Secretary of State.
fame, the specie proportion required by
the said aft to be then paid. And ifany
such fubferiber shall fail to make any of
the future payments, he shall forfeit
the sum so by him firft paid, for the ofe
of the corporation,
^nd be it further enaaed, That such
part of the publick debt, including the
assumed debt, as is funded at an interest
of three per cent, may be paid to the
bank, in like manner with the deb: fund
ed at fix per cent, computing the value
of the former at one half the value of
the latter, and referring to the fubferi
bers who shall have paid three per cent,
stock, the privilege of redeeming the
fam, with fix per gent, stock, at the
above rate of computation' , at any time
before the firft day of January, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety-three;
uplefs the three per cent, stock shall
hive been previously disposed of by the
diredors.,
Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice- President of the
U. States, and President of the Senate.
Approved, March 2nd, 1791.
G. WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls in the office
of the Secretary of State.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Secretary of State.
THE
And be it further enaaed, That all the
regulations, provision,, diredions, autho
rities, penalties, and other matters what
soever, (except as herein afterwards is
expressly provided) contained and ex
pressed in and by the aft, intituled,
" An aft providing for the enumeration
of the inhabitants of the United States,"
ihall have the fame force and effc&
withm the said state of Vermont, as if
the fame were, in relation thereto, re
peated and re-Shaded in and by this
prelent aft. ~
And be it further etaaed, That the
enumeration ofthe inhabitants of the said
state Ihall commence on the firft Monday
of April next, and Ihall close within five
callendar months thereafter.
Be it further endued, That the said
state shall be one diftri&, to be denomi
nated Vermont Di^rift ; and there shall
be a diftrid court therein,to consist of one
judge, who shall reside within the said
diftrift, and be called a diftrid-judge,
and shall hold annually four sessions ; the
firft to commence on the firft Monday
in May next, and the three ot.her sessions
pregreffively oh the like Monday of
every third callendar month afterwards.
The said diftrid court shall be held al
ternately at the towns of Rutland and
Windsor, beginning at the firft.
And be it further enaßed, That the said
diftrid shall be, and the fame hereby is
annexed to the eastern circuit. And
there shall be held annually in the said
diftrid one circuit court ; the firft session
shall commence on the seventeenth day
of June next, and the subsequent sessions
on the like day of June afterwards, ex
cept when any of the said days shall hap
pen on a Sunday, and then the session
shall commence on the day following ;
and the said sessions of the said circuit
courts shall be held at the town of Ben
nington. , ,
,And be it further enabled. That there
shall be allowed to the Judge of the said
diftrid court the yearly compensation of
eight hundred dollars, to commence from
the time of his appointment, and to be
paid quarter-yearly at the treasury of the
United States.
And be it further ena&ed, That the Mar
ihal of the diftriC tof Vermont Ihall re
ceive in full compensation for all the du
ties and fe^vices confided to and enjoin,
ed upon him in and by this ad in taking
the enumeration aforefaid, two hundred
dollars.
President of the United Stages.
Deposited among the Rolls in the Office
of the Secretary of State.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Secretary of State.
And that the aft, intituled, " Ari aft
to provide more effectually for the col
leaion of the duties imposed by law on
goods, wares and merchandize imported
into the United States,#nd on the tonnage
of Ihips and vessels," may be carried in
to effed in the said date of Vermont:
Be it further enaaed, That for the due
collection of the said duties, there Ihall
be in the said state pf Vermont one dif
trid ; and a collector Ihall be appointed,
to reside at Allburghon Lake Champlain,
which Ihall be the only port of entry or
delivery within the said diftria, of any
goods, wares or merchandize, not the
growth or manufacture of the United
States. . .
Provided nevertheless, That the excep
tion. contained in the sixty-ninth fedion
of the aft left above mentioned, relative
to the diftrid of Louisville, Ihall be and
is hereby extended to the said port of
Allburgh.
Frederick A, Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the
U. States, and President of the Senate,
Approved, March the second, 1791.
G. WASHINGTON,
An ACT fixing the time for
the next Annual Meeting of
CONGRESS.
Gazetteer^
[Numb. 35 of Volume—s
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
'JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Preiident of the
President of the United States:
Deposited among the Rolls in the Office
of the Secretary of State.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Secretary of State.
tion to certain OFFICERS.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Cemgrefs assembled, That the
Sth feaion ofthe aft intituled,''An aft to
establish the treasury department,"paffed
the second day of September, one thous
and seven hundred and eighly-nine;
Ihall be, and the. fape is hereby ex
tended to all and every of the clerks
employed in the Treaiury department;
as fully and effectually as if they, and
every of them were especially named
therein, except as to the penalty in fuck
fe&ion mentioned, which in case of an,
such clerk offending against the provi
sions of the said fedion, ihall be five
hundred dollars, and removal from office.
Ahd be it further enacted, Thateach and
every clerk and other officer already ap
pointed in any of the departments of the
United States (and who have not, since
their appointment, taken the oath or
affirmation hereafter mentioned) ihall
within fifteen days after the passing of
this ad,, and those who ihall hereafter be
appointed, ihall 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 Diftrift Court of the
United States, to support the Constitu
tion of the, United States and also an
oath or affirmation, well and faithfull,
to execute the trust committed to him,
which oaths or affirmations, fubferibed
by fuch,clerk, and certified by the person
admiciftering the fame ihall be filed in
the office of the person employing fuck
clerk-
And be it further enacted, That it ihall
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 com penfation for his services, as be
Ihall, in the opinion of such officer,'
deserve for the fame:
Provided, That the whole sum to be
expended for ciefki in any such office
(except the chief clerk) ihall riot exceed
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the President of the United States be
requeued to cause to be communicated to
the National Assembly of France the
peculiar sensibility of Congress to the
tribute paid to the memory of Benjamin
Franklin, by, the enlightened and
free Representatives of a great nation,
in their decree of the eleventh of June,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
. Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
BE it enaaed by the Senate and House of
Representatives pf the United States
of America in Congress afembled, That af
ter the third day of March next, the firft
annual meeting of Congress shall be
on the fourth Monday of October next.
An ACT Supplemental to the
A&: "establishing the TREA,
SURY DEPARTMENT,"
U. States, and President of the Senate.
Approved, March the second, 1791.
G. WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls in the Office
of the Secretary of State.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Secretary of State.
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the
U. States, and Frefident ofthe Senate,
Approved, March the second, 1791.
and for a farther Compensa-
Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
G. WASHINGTON,