proofs, &c. ture of the cafe will admit; which proofs fhall, to be fent with a ftating of all the circumftances attendcomptrol- ing the tranfaction, within the knowledge of to the fuch collector, be tranfmitted to the comp- FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, APPROVED, February the 26th, 1795: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. An Act authorizing the Payment of four thousand (PRIVATE) CHAPTER XCVIII. An Act to provide fome prefent Relief to the Of ficers of Government, and other Citizens, who have fuffered in their Property by the Infurgents in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania. B E it enacled by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of Amerisa, in Congress affembled, That the Prefident of the United States be, and he is hereby autho prefent re tain per rized, to draw out of the treasury of the Uni- FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, APPROVED, February the 27th, 1795: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XCIX. An Act for the Relief of Angus McLean. (PRIVATE.) CHAPTER C. An Act for allowing an additional Compenfation to the Judges of the Districts of Rhode-land and Delaware. B E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Re rica, in Congrefs affembled, That there fhall be 200 dols. more al lowed to the judges of R. Inland and Dela allowed to the judges of the diftricts of RhodeIfland and Delaware, each, two hundred dollars yearly, in addition to the compenfation heretofore allowed, to commence on the first day of the prefent year, and to be paid at the fpectively. treafury of the United States, in quarterly payments. ware dif trias re FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. HENRY TAZEWELL, Prefident pro tempore of the Senate. APPROVED, February the 27th, 1795: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. In cafe of invafion Prefident may illue orders to militia officers. CHAPTER CI. An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Infurrections, and repel Invafions; and to repeal the ict now in Force for thofe Purposes. Sec. 1. By E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever the United States fhall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invafion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to call forth fuch number of the militia of the state, or states, moft convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge neceffary to repel fuch invafion, and to iffue his orders for that purpose, to fuch officer or infurrecti fident may, officers of the militia, as he fhall think proper. In cafe of And in cafe of an infurrection in any state, on against against the government thereof, it fhall be law- a ftate, Preful for the Prefident of the United States, on when ap application of the legislature of fuch ftate, or plied to by of the executive, (when the legislature. cannot legislature, be convened) to call forth fuch number of the &c. call out militia of any other ftate or states, as may be the militia applied for, as he may judge fufficient to fup- ftates. prefs fuch infurrection. the state of other to call out to fupprefs the United . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States fhall Prefident be oppofed, or the execution thereof obftruc- the militia ted, in any ftate, by combinations too power-combinatiful to be fuppreffed by the ordinary courfe of ons against judicial proceedings, or by the powers vefted the laws of in the marshals by this act, it shall be lawful States. for the President of the United States, to call forth the militia of such state, or of any other ftate or states, as may be neceffary to fupprefs fuch combinations, and to caufe the laws to be duly executed; and the ufe of militia fo to be called forth may be continued, if neceffary, until the expiration of thirty days after the commencement of the then next feffion of Congrefs. proclama Sec. 3. Provided always, and be it further To iffue enacted, That whenever it may be neceffary, in in the judgment of the Prefident, to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the Prefident fhall forthwith, by proclamation, command fuch infurgents to difperfe, and retire peaceably to their respective abode, within a limited time. fervice, to Sec. 4. And be it further enacled, That the Militia, militia employed in the fervice of the United when in States, fhall be fubject to the fame rules and be subject articles of war, as the troops of the United eles of war. to the arti Term of fervice not to exceed &c. States: And that no officer, non-commiffioned officer, or private of the militia, fhall be 3 months, compelled to ferve more than three months, after his arrival at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, nor more than in due rotation with every other able-bodied man of the fame rank in the battalion to which he belongs. Penalty on not obey ing the orders of the Profi dent in the cafes before recited. Courtsmartial. Fines affef Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every officer, non-commiffioned officer, or private of the militia, who fhall fail to obey the orders of the Prefident of the United States, in any of the cafes before recited, fhall forfeit a fum not exceeding one year's pay, and not less than one month's pay, to be determined and adjudged by a court-martial; and fuch officer fhall, moreover, be liable to be cashiered by fentence of a court-martial, and be incapacitated from holding a commiflion in the militia, for a term not exceeding twelve months, at the discretion of the faid court: And fuch non-commiffioned officers and privates shall be liable to be imprifoned, by a like fentence, on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them, for one calendar month, for every five dollars of fuch fine. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That courts-martial for the trial of militia shall be compofed of militia officers only. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all fines to be affeffed, as aforefaid, fhall be certified by the prefiding officer of the court-marfed how to tial, before whom the fame fhall be affeffed, to be levied. the marshal of the district, in which the delinquent fhall refide, or to one of his deputies, and alfo to the supervisor of the revenue of the fame diftrict, who fhall record the said certificate in a book to be kept for that pur |