No drawbacks

in foreign ves

scls.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the re-exportation from the United States of goods, wares, and merchandises, imported allowed on thereinto in foreign ships or vessels, no part of the additional duty im- goods imported posed by law on such goods, wares, and merchandises, on account of their importation in such ships or vessels, shall be allowed to be drawback; but that the whole of the said additional duty shall be retained in manner aforesaid, in addition to the rate per centum by this and former acts directed to be retained.

APPROVED, May 13, 1800.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. LXV. An Act to authorize certain expenditures, and to make certain appro- May 13, 1800. priations for the yeur one thousand eight hundred.

[Obsolete.] Allowance to the Secretary of the Senate and

Clerk of the
House.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, shall have allowed to them, in the settlement of their accounts with the treasury department, the expenses by them respectively incurred, pursuant to the directions of the joint committee of the two houses, in the various measures adopted by the said committee for doing honour to the memory of George Washington, late President of the United States; and that a sum not exceeding three thousand two hundred dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated for defraying the said expenses. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized and empowered to cause to the Choctaw Inbe given, during the present year, to the Choctaw nation of Indians, such presents, not exceeding the value of two thousand dollars, as he shall judge most suitable; and that the sum of two thousand dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated for that purpose.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized and empowered to cause to be expended a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the reimbursement of such reasonable advances of money as have heretofore been, or before the first day of September next may be made by consuls of the United States, in making and supporting the claims of American citizens for captured property, before the tribunals of foreign countries; and that the sum of five thousand dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated for that purpose.

Presents to

dians.

Reimburse

ment for advances for

claims to cap. tured property.

Various ap

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of forty-four thousand dollars shall be, and hereby is appropriated for defraying the ex- propriations. pense that has been, or during the present year may be incurred by the payment of costs, in prize causes before the court of admiralty and court of appeals in England.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense incident to the visits of Indians to the seat of government, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That for defraying, during the present year, the additional compensations granted in the present session to the secretary of the Senate, and clerk of the House of Representatives, and to the clerks in their respective offices, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses incident, during the present year, to the establishment of the general stamp office, including the salary of the superintendent of stamps, clerk hire, office rent, and all contingent expenses, the sum of four thousand dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated.

Ante, page 58.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That for defraying, during the Ante, page 5S. present year, the expense incident to the establishment of the govern

Various ap. propriations.

ment of the Indiana territory, including the salary of the governor, judges and secretary, and all contingent expenses, the sum of four thousand dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense incident to the exploring of copper mines on Lake Superior, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated for the present year, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be applied to the fortification of the ports and harbors of the United States, in aid of the sums heretofore appropriated for that purpose and remaining unexpended.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid appropriations shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, May 13, 1800.

STATUTE I.

May 13, 1800. [Obsolete.]

1816, ch. 107.

Additional duties on sugar, molasses and such articles as

CHAP. LXVI.—An Act to lay additional duties on certain articles imported. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Act of April 27, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the following duties, in addition to those now in force, and payable on the several articles herein after enumerated, shall be laid, levied, and collected upon those articles rehave paid ten spectively, at their importation into the United States from any foreign port or place, that is to say; upon all brown sugar, one half cent per pound; upon all sugar candy, two cents and one half per pound; upon all molasses, one cent per gallon; and upon all goods, wares and merchandises now paying a duty of ten per centum ad valorem, two and one half per centum ad valorem.

per cent.

Duties on wines.

Additional du.

ty on such arti cles imported in foreign vessels.

How the du

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the duties now imposed and payable on wines, imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, shall cease and be abolished; and that in lieu thereof the following duties shall thenceforth be laid, levied, and collected, upon all wines so imported in casks, bottles, or other vessels, that is to say: upon all Malmsey, Madeira, and London particular Madeira wine, fifty-eight cents per gallon; upon all other Madeira wine, fifty cents per gallon; upon all Burgundy, Champaign, Rhenish, and Tokay wine, forty-five cents per gallon; upon all Sherry wine, forty cents per gallon; upon all Saint Lucar wine, forty cents per gallon; upon all claret and other wines not enumerated, when imported in bottles or cases, thirty-five cents per gallon; upon all Lisbon, Oporto, and other Portugal wines, thirty cents. per gallon; upon all Teneriffe, Fayall, Malaga, Saint George and other Western Island wine, twenty-eight cents per gallon; and upon all other wines when imported otherwise than in bottles or cases, twenty-three cents per gallon.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several rates of duties above specified and imposed, in respect to all such goods, wares, and merchandises as aforesaid, as shall, after the said thirtieth day of June, be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the duties laid by this act ties are to be shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same collected. regulations and allowances as to drawbacks, mode of security, and time of payment respectively, with the several duties now in force on the respective articles herein before enumerated.

Additional

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That on account of the additional drawback on su. duties laid on brown sugar and molasses by this act, the following sums

from molasses

respectively shall, from and after the thirty-first day of December next, gar refined, and be added to the drawbacks now allowed by law, on sugar refined within spirits distilled the United States and exported therefrom, and on spirits distilled from in the United molasses within the United States and exported therefrom, that is to say: On all sugar so refined and exported, one cent per pound; and on all spirits so distilled and exported, one cent per gallon; which additional drawbacks shall be allowed and paid according to the regulations now established by law, respecting the present drawbacks allowed on the said articles.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of the duties, laid by this act, shall be solely appropriated and applied for the discharge of the interest and principal of the debts of the United States, heretofore contracted, or to be contracted during the present year.

APPROVED, May 13, 1800.

States.

Repealed April 6, 1802.

Appropriation of these duties. of the proceeds

STATUTE I.

CHAP. LXVII.-An Act appointing the time, and directing the place of the next May 13, 1800. meeting of Congress.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the session of Congress next ensuing the present shall be held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and said session shall commence on the third Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred. APPROVED, May 13, 1800.

[Obsolete.] Congress to meet the third Monday in Nov. 1800.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. LXVIII.-An Act to make provision relative to rations for Indians, and May 13, 1800. to their visits to the seat of Government.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized and empowered to cause such rations as he shall judge proper, and as can be spared from the army provisions without injury to the service, to be issued under such regulations as he shall think fit to establish, to Indians who may visit the military posts of the United States on the frontiers, or within their respective nations.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is further authorized and empowered to cause to be defrayed, on the part of the United States, the reasonable expenses of such Indians as may from time to time visit the seat of government thereof, for their journeys to, stay at, and return from the same; and also to cause to be given to such Indians, during their stay as aforesaid, such presents as he shall judge necessary.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a separate account of all rations issued, and expenses defrayed as aforesaid, and of the expenditures, occasioned by such presents as are aforesaid, shall be kept at the department of war.

APPROVED, May 13, 1800.

CHAP. LXIX.-An Act supplementary to the act to suspend part of an act, intituled "An act to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to suspend any further military appointments, under the act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes; and under the ninth section of the act for the better organizing of the troops of the United States,

H

Provisions to

be issued to the

Indians who

visit military posts.

Expenses of Indians who vi

sit the seat of government of the U. States to be paid.

STATUTE I.

May 14, 1800.

[Obsolete.] Act of March

16, 1802, ch. 9. Further appointments may be suspended.

1798, ch. 76. 1799, ch. 13.

Officers and

and for other purposes; according to his discretion, having reference to economy and the good of the service.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United men may be dis- States shall be, and hereby is authorized and empowered to discharge, charged. on or before the fifteenth day of June next, all such officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, as have heretofore been appointed, commissioned, or raised, under and by virtue of the said acts, or either of them, except the engineers, inspector of artillery, and inspector of fortifications. Provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any reduction of the first four regiments of infantry, the two regiments of artillerists and engineers, the two troops of light dragoons, or of the general and other staff, authorized by the several laws for the establishing and organizing of the aforesaid corps.

Exceptions.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That to each officer, non-commissioned officer and private, who shall be discharged from service by virtue of this act, there shall be allowed and paid, in addition to the pay and allowances to which they are now entitled by law, a sum of money equal to three months pay of such officer, non-commissioned officer and private respectively.

APPROVED, May 14, 1800.

CHAP. LXX.—An Act supplementary to the act establishing the Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That until the fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and one, the mint shall remain in the city of Philadelphia, and be carried on as heretofore under the laws now in force; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, May 14, 1800.

Dec. 24, 1799.

Relative to the

Washington.

RESOLUTIONS.

I. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United death of General States of America in Congress assembled, That a marble monument be erected by the United States, in the Capitol, at the city of Washington, and that the family of General Washington be requested to permit his body to be deposited under it; and that the monument be so designed as to commemorate the great events of his military and political life.

And be it further resolved, That there be a funeral procession from Congress Hall to the German Lutheran Church, in honour of the memory of General George Washington, on Thursday the twenty-sixth instant, and that an oration be prepared at the request of Congress, to be delivered before both houses on that day; and that the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be desired to request one of the members of Congress to prepare and deliver the same. And be it further resolved, That it be recommended to the people of the United States to wear crape on the left arm as mourning, for thirty days.

And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to direct a copy of these resolutions to be transmitted to Mrs. Washington, assuring her of the profound respect Congress will ever bear to her person and character; of their condolence on the late afflicting dispensation of Providence; and intreating her assent to the interment of the remains of General George Washington, in the manner expressed in the first resolution.

And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States

be requested to issue a proclamation, notifying to the people throughout the United States the recommendation contained in the third resolution. APPROVED, December 24, 1799.

II. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it be recommended to the people of the United States to assemble on the twenty-second day of February next, in such numbers and manner as may be convenient, publicly to testify their grief for the death of General George Washington, by suitable eulogies, orations and discourses, or by public prayers. And it is further resolved, That the President be requested to issue a proclamation for the purpose of carrying the foregoing resolution into effect.

APPROVED, January 6, 1800.

III. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to procure and transmit to the governor of the state of North Carolina, a number of the copies of the laws of the United States, equal to the number which the Secretary was heretofore authorized to transmit to the governor of the said state by an act, intituled "An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States," to be deposited and distributed agreeably to the provisions of the said act, for the use and information of the citizens of the United States within the said state. APPROVED, February 3, 1800.

Jan. 6, 1800.

Relative to the

death of General Washington.

Feb. 3, 1800.

Laws for North Carolina.

March 29, 1800.

In honour of

ton, &c.

IV. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the Captain TruxUnited States be requested to present to Captain Thomas Truxton, a golden medal, emblematical of the late action between the United States frigate Constellation, of thirty-eight guns, and the French ship of war La Vengeance, of fifty-four; in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the above engagement, wherein an example was exhibited by the captain, officers, sailors, and marines, honourable to the American name, and instructive to its rising navy.

And it is further resolved, That the conduct of James Jarvis, a midshipman in said frigate, who gloriously preferred certain death to an abandonment of his post, is deserving of the highest praise, and that the loss of so promising an officer is a subject of national regret. APPROVED, March 29, 1800.

V. Resolution respecting the Copper Mines on the south side of Lake Superior. 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 authorized to employ an agent, who shall be instructed to collect all material information relative to the copper mines on the south side of Lake Superior, and to ascertain whether the Indian title to such lands as might be required for the use of the United States, in case they should deem it expedient to work the said mines, be yet subsisting, and if so, the terms on which the same can be extinguished. And that the said agent be instructed to make report to the President in such time, as the information he may collect may be laid before Congress at their next session.

APPROVED, April 16, 1800.