Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-07-05
AN ACT,
In relation to the Navy PeuGon Fund.

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!, Be IL sxs&ed By he S,nan and Hsxk sf
Rts,ysafaiirvs Of s6r Usife3 Sfafn Of .sueyisa n
Corg,sf eDSmbls<. That al! the money acess-
ing or which has already sccrued 20 the United
S'.tcs, from The capture OF prizes authorized by.
law, and which has nor already been paid 10 the
fecrctafy of the navy. the iscrcsssy OF the trea-
fury. aud the iecrctary Of war. az commfioncrs
Of the navy pecd,u fond fball be paid 10 the
tresfurer Of the United States.
/. Sec. .. Asd Be- " jxyster ssoy7sS, That Il
f''a be the duty Of the sfcafuter Of the United
States. TO receive all the money 70 sccruioc, and
TO diiburfe the fame pudusnt TO warrants from
the iecretsfy OF the navy. countcr6gned by the
accountant Of ihc navy and diaintt quarter
~ accent ot tie monies thus received and dif-
boried, ihali be rendered by the faid ueafurer
10 the accounting officers Of the tresfury, in the
fame msnnet as is provided for othrs public mo-
nics received by him.
Sec. 5. Aad beb Jayfssr rxa6ed. That
i,ihall be the duty Of the accountant Of the M
Wy TO receive and fessic ell accoants ~hasevcr,
10 relation sothe navy peniion fund, and report
from tire % time, all fitch icttlcments ss nall
have been mate by him, for the infection and
TcyiIioo of the accounting officers Of the treafu-
~, in the fame manner as 10 other cafes OF pob.
lie accounts.
Sec. 4. Ind Be II ya,tEer waatd That
the comptroller Of the trafory fhall be fuly au-
,horifed ard empowered TO direti fui,s for the
recovery OF any fums now due, or which NAV
hereafter he due to the United Stafcs, for prizes
a, aforeiaid. snd to proferu,c the fame in the
| rsmc Of the United States, in the fane manner
as in other cafes for the recovery Of monies doe
10 the United States.
Sec. s. Asdh h Ga,aJ0 eraas1, That
tie commifioncn Of the navy pcnGon fund lie.
and they arc hereby authorized TO appoint fec.
retsry, Who Aisll perform all fucb dotics In re-
laiion TO the fund, as they fhaI require Of him
and fall receive fo, his feryice, ialsry NOT ex-
cceding two hundred and fifty doIIsrs Der an
nun. TO be paid quarter yearly at the trrafusy
Of the United States, and charged 70 the fame
fund.
Sec. 6. Asd Be II fay,bsy ssoarS, That
| the commiAionen Of the navy pcn[on fond bc.
and they are hereby authorized and diseeied 10
| make foch regulations. ~ may 70 them appear
expcdiens, for the admiHion Of pesfons o., the
(, roll ofnavy renGonen, and tor the payment Of
the penfion'.
NATHL. MACON,
SSeSkrr y ske Hox< Of Rep,sftsfofivrs.
JESSE FRANKLIN,
P,s6denf sf fbe S<sase, bse.f<mbsrs,
( APfRovrps March az, 1904.
| III: JEFFERSON.
| AN ACT
In sddition 10 an act intisuIed, "An al TO
eAsbliih an uniform rule OF nsturazstion.
and 10 repeal the acts heretofore psiIed on
that fubjctt."
BEhs~a9ed BY the SrSehe esd Hss|f sf Re-
,yj,sfaffv0 sfibr U~hrd Ssaffs Of Imr,,ea IN
4 Csxg,s6 eDsmbI,d, Tbs, any alien, being free
white perion, ~ho was srGdiog within the limits
and under the jurifditiion Of the United States.
1t ary time between the eighieensh day Of June.
one thouisnd feven hundred and ninety. eight,
scd the fourteenth day Of April one shouisod
eight hpndred and two. and who has contirued
fc reGde within the fame, may he admitted to
become citizen Of the United Stsces, wishooe
. compliance wi'h shc fsh condition fpeciIied in
the fri lctfion 81 she at. enf;suIed, % An stt
10 cAabIiih 80 voIfcsm rule Of ossosxIixstion.
and to repeal the ats heretofore paaed Oh shae
| fsbjeti."
! Sec. 2. Md Be IL (sysbss <ss1si, Thse
when any alien Who n'sII have complied With
INC Ora ccoditson, ,f,secifed.io che ksa fetlion
of the fsid original at, and vho fhsIl have por-
fatd she disefsions psefcribed IN The fecood fec
sjon OF the taid sd, may die before he u stsuaIy
nssofalized. she widow and the children OF fsch
slies, h>lI bs eonhdercc - citizens Of she Uais-