fhall produce to the Register of the land-office fatisfactory evidence that he or they are entitled thereto, and shall be subject to and comply with the regulations and provifions by this act prescribed for other purchafers. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That so Repeal of much of the "act providing for the fale of the part of ' lands of the United States in the territory north- the formweft of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of er act. Kentucky river," as comes within the purview of this act, be, and the fame is hereby repealed. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. Vice-Prefident of the United States, and APPROVED-May 10th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LVI. An ACT to afcertain the compenfation of public Sec. I. B Minifters. E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That exclusive of an outfit which fhall in no case exceed the amount of one year's full falary to any minister plenipotentiary or chargé des affaires, to whom the fame may be allowed, the Prefident of the United States fhall not allow to any minifter plenipotentiary a greater fum than at the rate of nine thousand dollars per annum, as a compenfation for all his perfonal fervices and expenses: nor a greater fum for the fame than four thousand five hundred dollars per annum to a chargé des affaires : nor a greater fum for the fame than one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum to the secretary of any minifter plenipotentiary. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That where any fum or fums of money shall be drawn from the treasury, under any law making appropriation for the contingent expenfes of intercourfe between the United States and foreign nations, the President shall be, and he hereby is authorized to cause the fame to be duly fettled, annually, with the accounting officers of the treafury in manner following, that is to fay, by caufing the fame to be accounted for fpecially in all inftances wherein the expenditure thereof may in his judgment be made public, and by making a certificate of the amount of fuch expenditures as he may think it adviseable not to specify, and every fuch certificate fhall be deemed a fufficient voucher for the fum or fums therein expreffed to have been expended. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. Vice-President of the United States, and APPROVED-May 10, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LVII. An ACT to make appropriations for the Navy of the United States, during the year one thoujand eight hundred. E by the Senate and House of Sec. 1. BRepresentatives of the United States of America,in Gongress assembled, That for defraying the expenses of the navy of the United States, during the year one thoufand eight hundred, there fhall be, and hereby is appropriated the fum of two millions, four hundred and eightytwo thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-nine cents; that is to fay, for the pay of the officers of the navy of the United States, the fum of three hundred and ninetyone thousand five hundred and ninety-fix dollars; for the fubfiftence of the officers of the navy, the sum of seventy thousand, feven hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty cents; for the pay of the feamen, the fum of eight hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred and forty dollars; for provifions, the fum of fix hundred and three thousand, fix hundred and forty-two dollars and fixty-feven cents; for contingent expenfes, including the waste of military ftores, the expenfe of the navy ftore at Philadelphia, comprising store-keeper's falary, clerk hire, ftore rent, labourers, porterage and freight, and for making good deficiencies in former appropriations, and for fimilar expenfes at Bofton, Newport, Baltimore, Norfolk, NewYork, and other ports, the fum of three hundred and ninety-three thoufand fix hundred dollars; for the expenfe of hofpitals, medicines and hospital stores, the fum of thirty-two thoufand fix hundred and forty-feven dollars and twenty cents; for the fupport of the revenue cutters while employed in the navy service, the fum of ten thousand dollars; for the pay of the officers, non-commiffioned officers and privates of the marine corps, the fum of ninety-four thoufand, seven hundred and thirty-four dollars; for fubfiftence of the officers of the faid corps, the fum of eight thousand and eighteen dollars and fixty cents; for cloathing for the faid corps, the fum of thirty-three thousand five hundred and thirty dollars, and feventy-four cents; for military stores for the faid corps, the fum of twelve thoufand two hundred and feventy-feven dollars and eighty-eight cents; for the contingent expenfes of the faid corps, including camp equipage, quarter masters, barrack masters, and hospital stores, and bounties and premiums, the fum of thirteen thoufand eight hundred and forty-four dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforefaid appropriations fhall be paid out of any monies in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. Vice-Prefident of the United States, and APPROVED-May 10, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LVIII. An ACT Supplementary to the act, intituled, "An act to establish the Treasury Department." B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That it fhall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to digeft, prepare and lay before Congrefs at the commencement of every feffion, a report on the fubject of finance, containing estimates of the public revenue and public expenditures, and plans for improving or increafing the revenues, from time to time, for the purpofe of giving infor mation to Congress in adopting modes of raifing the money requifite to meet the public expenditures. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice-Prefident of the United States, and APPROVED-May 10th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER LIX. An ACT to authorize the issuing certain patents. Sec. I. folution E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That it fhall Provifion be lawful, and the proper officer is hereby au- for fatisthorized, to iffue patents on furveys, which have fying rebeen, or may be made within the territory re- warrants ferved by the state of Virginia, north-weft of for Virgi the river Ohio, and being part of her ceffion to pia miliCongress, on warrants for military fervices, iffu- tarylands. ed in pursuance of any refolution of the legiflature of that state, previous to the paffing of this act, in favor of perfons who had ferved in the Virginia line on the continental establishment: Provided, that the whole quantity of land for which patents fhall iffue by virtue of this act, shall not exceed fixty thousand acres; and that the furveys aforefaid fhall be completed and depofited in the office of the Secretary of War, on or before the first day of December, one thoufand eight hundred and three: And provided also, that this act shall not give any force or validity to the entries, locations or furveys, heretofore made in purfuance of thefe warrants, fo far as fuch entries, locations, or furveys, inter |