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hundred thousand dollars in the whole, and
not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars,
any one year, at an intereft not exceeding
fix per
centum per annum, and reimbursable
at any time after the year one thoufand eight
hundred and three, by inftalments, not ex-
ceeding one-fifth of the whole fum borrowed,
in any one year; which faid loan or loans fhall
be appropriated and applied by the faid Com-
miffioners, in carrying into effect the above-
recited act, under the controul of the Prefident
of the United States.

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re-pay

Those lots

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Sec. 2. And be it further entfled, That all the lots,except thofe now appropriated to pub- Certain liç ufe in the faid city, vefted in the Commif- chargeable honers aforefaid, or in trustees, in any man- with the ner, for the ufe of the United States, now ment of holden and remaining unfold, fhall be, and are thofe loans. hereby declared and made chargeable with the re-payment of all and every fum and fums of money; and intereft thereupon, which fhall be borrowed in purfuance of this act: And, to the end, that the fame may be fully and punc- to be fold, tually repaid, the faid lots, or fomany of them and the as fhall be neceffary, fhall be fold and con- plied to veyed, at fuch times, and in fuch manner, and discharge on fuch terms, as the Prefident of the United the loans. States, for the time being, fhall direct: And the monies arifing from the faid fales, fhall be applied and appropriated, under his direction, to the discharge of the faid loans, after firft paying the original proprietors, any balances due to them, refpectively, according to their feveral conveyances to the faid Commiffioners or trustees. And if the product of the fales of all the faid lots fhall prove inadequate to the payment of the principal and interest of the fums borrowed under this act, then the defiVOL. III.

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If the pro- ciency fhall be paid by the United States, fuch fales agreeably to the terms of the faid loans; for fhould be it is exprefsly hereby declared and provided, infufficient, that the United States fhall be liable only for the United the re-payment of the balance of the monies to be borrowed under this act, which fhall deficiency. remain unfatisfied by the fales of all the lots aforefaid, if any fuch balance fhall thereafter happen.

States to

pay the

Purchafers

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That of lots to every purchafer or purchafers, his or their be exempt heirs or affigns, from the faid Commiffioners cumbrance. Or truftees, under the direction of the faid

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Commiffioners fhall render an

Prefident, of any of the lots herein before mentioned, after paying the price, and fulfilling the terms ftipulated and agreed to be paid and fulfilled, fhall have, hold and enjoy the faid lot or lots fo bought, free, clear and exonerated from the charge and incumbrance hereby laid upon the fame.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Commiffioners aforefaid, fhall, femi-annuaccount of ally, render to the Secretary of the Trea and expen. fury, a particular account of the recepts and ditures,&c. expenditures of all monies intrusted to them,

receipts

femi-annu

of the

to the and alfo, the progress and ftate of the bufiSecretary nefs, and of the funds under their admini Treafury, ftration; and that the faid Secretary lay the who fhall fame before Congrefs, at every feflion after lay it before Con- the receipt thereof.

grefs.

JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of
the House of Reprefentatives.

JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United
States, and Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED, May the fixth, 1796:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Prefident of the United States.

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An Act making further Provifion relative to the Revenue-Cutters.

Sec. I.

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penfation

mariners

nue cutters.

E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the Alteration United States of America, in Congress affembled, of the com That from and after the first day of May, in to the ottithe present year, there be allowed, in lieu of cers and the compenfation now established, to the maf- of the reve ter of each revenue-cutter, fifty dollars per month; to each firft-mate, thirty-five dollars per month; to each fecond-mate, thirty dollars per month; to each third-mate, twenty-five dollars per month; and to each mariner, not exceeding twenty dollars per month; to be paid by the collectors of the revenue, who fhall be defignated for that purpose.

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in confe

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Forfeitures penalties, fines and forfeitures which may be under the incurred under the impoft-laws of the United impoftState, and recovered in confequence of in- covered formation given by any officer of a revenue- quence of cutter, fhall, after deducting all proper cofts information, given and charges, be difpofed of, as follows: by officers One-fourth part fhall be for the ufe of the of the reUnited States, and be paid into the treafury ters, how thereof; one-fourth part, for the officers of to be dif the customs, to be diftributed in the manner posed of. now provided, relative to that part of forfeitures they are now entitled to: and the remainder thereof, to the officers of such cutter, to be divided among them, in proportion to their pay.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Prefident of the United States be, and he

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Prefident to caufe

nue-cutters

to be built

of fuch as

hereby is authorized, to caufe other revenue. other reve- cutters to be built or purchased, in lieu of fuch as are or fhall, from time to time, beor purcha- come unfit for further fervice; the expense fed in licu whereof, as well as all future expenfes of builbecome un ding, purchafing or repairing revenue cutters, fit for fer- fhall be paid out of the product of the duties on goods, wares and merchandize, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of fhips or veffels.

vice.

Thofe

which are

unfit for Service to be fold.

of the first

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Prefident of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, to caufe fuch revenue-cutters as fhall, from time to time, become unfit for fervice, to be fold at public auction, and the proceeds of fuch fales to be paid into the treafury of the United States.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That fo Limitation much of this act as fixes the compenfation of fection. the officers and men on board the faid cutters, fhall be, and remain in force, for the term of one year, and from thence to the end of the next feflion of Congress thereafter, and no longer.

JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of
the House of Reprefentatives.

JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United
States, and Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED, May fixth, 1796:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Prefident of the United States.

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An Act to continue in Force, for a limited Time, an Act, intitled, " An Act declaring the Confent of Congress to an Act of the State of Maryland, paffed the twenty-eighth of December, one thousand feven hundred and ninety-three, for the Appointment of a HealthOfficer."

Sec. I.

B E it enacted by the Senate and

Congrefs

Houfe of Reprefentatives of the Confent of United States of America, in Congress affembled, granted to That the confent of Congrefs be, and is here- the act of Maryland by granted and declared, to the operation of for collect an act of the General Affembly of Maryland, ing a duty paffed the twenty-eighth of December, one per ton on thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, in- veffels coming into titled, "An act to appoint a health-officer, Baltimore for the port of Baltimore, in Baltimore coun- from a foty," fo far as to enable the state aforefaid to reign collect a duty of one cent per ton, on all vef- voyage, fels coming into the district of Baltimore, from a foreign voyage, for the purposes in the faid

act intended.

diftrict

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Limitation this act fhall be in force for one year, and from of the act. thence to the end of the next feffion of Congrefs thereafter, and no longer.

JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of
the House of Reprefentatives.

JONN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United
States, and Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED, May the fixth, 1796:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Prefident of the United States.

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