cets & jur traufmit Sec. 4. And be it further enadled, That from collefors, and after the laft day of March next, it fhall naval offibe the duty of the feveral collectors, navalofficers and furveyors, to keep accurate ac- keep and counts of their official emoluments and expen- accounts.. ditures, and the fame to tranfmit, annually, on the last day of December, to the Comptroller of the Treafury, who fhall annually lay an abstract of the fame before Congrefs. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Reprefentativės. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United States, and Prefident of the Senate. APPROVED, February the 14th, 1795: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER -LXXXIX. An Act fupplementary to the Act concerning Sec. I. BE Invalids. penfion, DE it enacted by the Senate and Houfe Right to of Reprefentatives of the United when to States of America, in Congress affembled, That commence. the right any perfon now has, or may hereafter acquire, to receive a penfion, by virtue of the act paffed on the twenty-eighth day of February, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-three, intitled, " An act to regulate the claims to invalid penfions," be confidered to commence at the time of completing his teftimony before the diftrict-judge, or commiffioners, pursuant to the faid act: And nothing No arrears. fhall be allowed to any invalid of the defcription aforefaid, by way of arrear of penfion, an 1 Penfion tecedent to the date of his completing his tef timony as aforefaid: And the penfions allowed under the faid act fhall be continued to the how long to refpective penfioners, during the continuance of their difability. continue. return commuta-/ Bion, Officers to Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no commiffioned officer, who has received commutation of half-pay, fhall be paid a penfion, as an invalid, until he fhall return his commutation into the treafury of the United States; except where special provifion has been made, in particular cafes, for allowing penfions on the return only of certain portions of the commutation. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, CHAPTER XC. An Act for the Reimbursement of a Loan authorized by an Act of the last Seffion of Congress. Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United S. authori- States of America, in Congress affembled, That zed to lend. the bank of the United States be, and the fame $. is hereby authorized to lend to the United States, the whole, or any part of the fum of eight hundred thousand dollars (remaining un applied) in pursuance of the authority granted to borrow one million of dollars, by the act, intitled, "An act making further provifion for the expenses attending the intercourse of the United States with foreign nations; and further to continue in force the act, intitled, "An act providing the means of intercourfe between the United States and foreign nations." certain re venues ap Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That af- Surplus to ter referving fuch fums as may be fufficient to fatisfy prior appropriations, there be further propriated. appropriated, in aid of the provifion heretofore made, out of the proceeds of the duties which have arifen, or may arise upon carriages for the conveyance of perfons; upon licenfes for felling wines and foreign diftilled fpirituous liquors by retail; upon fnuff and refined fugar; and upon property fold at auction; which were imposed by acts paffed during the last feffion, and which may be further continued the present feffion of Congrefs, or from the proceeds of fuch duties or revenues as may be established in lieu thereof, a fum fufficient to the reimbursement, before the year one thoufand eight hundred and one, of any loan or loans, which have been, or which may hereafter be made, in virtue of the act aforefaid: And that the faith of the United States be, and the fame is hereby pledged, to make good any deficiency of the faid duties. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United APPROVED, February the 21st, 1795: Light houfe near the entrance of Georgetown harbour. 1 CHAPTER XCI. An Act authorizing the Erection of a Light- E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of Ameri ca, in Congress affembled, That the Secretary of the Treafury be, and he is hereby required to caufe to be erected, as foon as may be, a light-houfe near the entrance of the harbour of George-Town, in the ftate of South-Carolina, at fuch place, when ceded to the United States, as fhall be moft convenient for the navigation thereof; and that a fum not exceeding five thousand dollars, be appropriated for the fame, out of any monies not otherwife appropriated: And that a fum not exceeding one thousand dollars, be appropriated, for placing buoys on certain fhoals in Cape-FearCape Fear- river, below the town of Wilmington in the river. ftate of North-Carolina. Buoys in FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United States, and Prefident of the Senate. APPROVED, February the 21st, 1795: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefedent of the United States. CHA PT E R XCH. An Act to establish the Office of Purveyor of Sec. I. BE Purveyor be appoin E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That of public there fhall be in the department of the treafu- fupplies to ry, an officer to be denominated, "Purvey- ted. or of Public Supplies," whofe duty fhall be, under the direction and fupervifion of the Secretary of the Treafury, to conduct the pro- His duty curing and providing of all arms, military &c. and naval stores, provifions, clothing, Indian goods, and generally all articles of fupply, requifite for the fervice of the United States, and whose compenfation fhall be, a falary of two thousand dollars per annum. And all letters to and from the faid officer fhall be re- Letters ceived and conveyed by poft free of poftage. free. His difqua Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the faid officer fhall not directly or indirectly, be lifications, concerned, or interested, in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, or be owner in whole or in part, of any fea veffel, or purchafe by himself or another, in truft for him, public lands, or any other public property, or be concerned in the purchase or disposal of any public fecurities of any ftate, or of the United States, or take, or apply to his own ufe, any emolument or gain, for negociating or tranfacting any business in the faid department, other than what fhall be allowed by law; and if he fhall offend against any of the prohibitions of this act, he shall upon conviction, forfeit to the United States, the penalty of three thousand dollars, and may be impri |