Courts of fame power judge of the district, in which fuch fine, penalty, forfeiture, or difability fhall have accrued, truly and particularly fetting forth the circumstances of his cafe; and fhall pray, that the fame may be mitigated or remitted, the faid judge fhall enquire, in a fummary manner, into the circumftances of the cafe ; first, caufing reasonable notice to be given to the perfon or perfons claiming fuch fine, penalty, or forfeiture, and to the Attorney of the United States, for fuch district, that each may have an opportunity of fhewing caufe against the mitigation or remiffion thereof; and shall cause the facts which fhall appear upon fuch enquiry, to be stated and annexed to the petition, and direct their tranfmiffion to the Secretary of the Treafury of the United States, who shall thereupon, have power to mitigate or remit fuch fine, forfeiture, or penalty, or remove fuch difability, or any part thereof, if, in his opinion, the fame fhall have been incurred without wilful negligence, or any intention of fraud in the perfon or perfons incurring the fame; and to direct the prosecution, if any fhall have been inftituted for the recovery thereof, to cease and be discontinued, upon fuch terms or conditions as he may deem reasonable and just. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the judicial courts of the feveral states, to whom, the fates by any of the faid acts, a jurifdiction is given, have the fhall and may exercife all and every power in as diftrict the cafes cognizable before them, for the purpose of obtaining a mitigation, or remiflion of any fine, penalty or forfeiture, which may be exercised by the judges of the district-courts, in cafes depending before them. courts. Sec. 3. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein-contained, fhall affected. be conftrued to affect the right or claim of Rights of any perfon, to that part of any fine, penalty, individuals or forfeiture, incurred by the breach of any of not to be the laws aforefaid, which fuch person fhall, or may be entitled to, by virtue of the faid laws, in cafes where a profecution has been commenced, or information has been given, before the paffing of this act, or any other act relative to the mitigation or remiffion of fuch fines, penalties, or forfeitures; the amount of which right and claim fhall be affeffed and valued by the proper judge, or court, in a fummary manner. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act fhall continue in force for the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the next feffion of Congrefs, and no longer. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of WILLIAM BINGHAM, President of APPROVED, March third, 1797: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LXVIII. An Act to authorise the Receipt of Evidencies of the public Debt, in Payment for the Lands of the United States. E Bpresentatives of the United States of America, by the Senate and Houfe of Re in Congress affembled, That the evidencies of the Stock of the United States re ceived in payment for weftern lands. public debt of the United States, fhall be receiva- JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of WILLIAM BINGHAM, Prefident of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, March third, 1797: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LXIX. An Act to alter the Time for the next Meeting of Congress, BE E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That after the end of the prefent feffion, the next meeting of Congrefs fhall be on the firft Monday of November, in the present year. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. WILLIAM BINGHAM, Prefident pra tempore of the Senate, APPROVED, March third, 1797: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LXX. An Act to amend and repeal, in Part, the Act, intituled, " An Act to afcertain and fix the military Establishment of the United States. Sec. I. BE E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That the third fection of the act, paffed the thirtieth of May, one thousand feven hundred and ninety-fix, intituled, " An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United Certain praled. States," together with all other parts thereof, fections re- which relate to provifion made for by the Major-General and his ftaff, be repealed: and that all fuch parts of the faid act, together with fo much of the twenty-third fection, as may be conftrued to affect the Brigadier, and the whole of the eleventh fection of the faid act, be, and are hereby repealed. Brigadier general. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there fhall be one Brigadier-General, who may choofe his brigade-major and infpector, from Inspector. the captains and fubalterns in the line (to each of whom, there fhall be allowed the monthly pay of twenty-five dollars, in addition to his pay in the line, and two rations extraordinary, per day; and whenever forage fhall not be furnished by the public, to ten dollars per month in lieu thereof.) That there shall be one judge-advocate, who fhall be taken from the commiffioned officers of the line, and shall be entitled to receive two rations extra, per day, and twenty-five dollars per month, in addition to his pay in the line; and whenever forage fhall not be furnished by the public, to ten dollars per month, in lieu thereof. Judge advocate. mafter and Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there Quarter- fhall be one quarter-mafter-general, and one paymater- paymafter-general, who fhall receive the fame general. pay and emoluments, refpectively, which thofe officers have been heretofere allowed by law. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from Pay. and after the thirtieth day of June next, the monthly pay of the lieutenants fhall be thirty dollars, and that of the enfigns twentyfive dollars: That to the brigadier, while commander in chief, and to each officer, while |
