A CT S O F CONGRES S. CHAPTER I. An ACT for reviving and continuing suits and proceedings in the Circuit Court for the district of Pennsylvania. Sec. I. B Proceed E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That all fuits, procefs and proceedings, of what nature or kind foever, which were pending in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district ingswhich of Pennsylvania, at the time appointed by law, were dif for holding a feffion thereof in October, one continued thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and by the faiwhich were discontinued by failure to hold hold Octhe faid court, fhall be, and they are hereby tober ferrevived and continued, and the fame proceedings may and fhall be had in the fame court, in all fuits and procefs aforesaid, and in all things relating to the fame, as by law might have been had in the fame court, had it been regularly holden, at the time aforefaid. lure to fion 1799, revived. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all writs, and other procefs, which may have Tefte ef been, and which fhall be iffued, by the clerk writs. of the faid court, bearing tefte of April feffion or October feffion, one thousand seven Jurors may be hundred and ninety-nine, fhall be held and deemed of the fame validity and effect, as if the fame court had been regularly held on the eleventh day of October, one thousand feven hundred and ninety-nine. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Judge of the District Court of the diftrict of Pennfylvania, to direct the clerk of the faid Circuit Court to iffue fuch process, for the purpose of caufing fummon- jurors to be fummoned to attend at the feffied for on of the faid Circuit Court, on the eleventh nextApril day of April next, as hath heretofore been iffued for the like purposes, returnable to any preceding feffion thereof; and the perfons fo fummoned fhall, in cafe of non-attendance, be liable to the fame penalties as if fuch procefs had been iffued in the ordinary courfe of proceeding. term. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Prefident of the Senate, pro tempore. APPROVED December 24th, 1799. An ACT extending the privilege of franking to William Henry Harrison, the delegate from the territory of the United States, north-west of the Ohio; and making provifion for his compenfation. Sec. 1. Bit E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That William Henry Harrison, the delegate to Congress from (5) the territory of the United States north-weft of the river Ohio, be entitled to the privilege of fending and receiving letters free of poftage, on the fame terms, and under the fame restrictions, as are provided for the members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives of the United States, by the act, intituled "An act to eftablish the poft-office and post-roads within the United States.” Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said William Henry Harrison fhall receive for his travelling expenfes, and attendance in Congrefs, the fame compenfation as is or may be allowed by law, to the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, to be certified and paid in like manner. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives, Vice-Prefident of the United States, and APPROVED-January 2d, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. CHAPTER III. An ACT, fupplementary to the act, intituled "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling houfes, and the enumeration of flaves, within the United States.' fioners Sec. 1. E it enacted by the Senate and House of CommifReprefentatives of the United States may vary of America, in Congress affembled, That the com- the valuamiffioners appointed under the act to which tions in this is a fupplement, fhall have power, on fubdivificonfideration and examination of the lifts, ons of afreturns, valuations, and abstracts rendered by districts. variations the affeffors, to revife, adjuft, and vary the valuations of lands and dwelling houfes in each and every sub-divifion of the several affeffment districts, by adding thereto, or deducting therefrom, fuch a rate per centum as shall appear to be just and reasonable: Provided, That the relative valuations of the dif ferent lots or tracts of land, or dwelling houses in the fame fub-divifion, fhall not be changed or affected. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the They may faid commiffioners may direct the additions direct the or deductions as aforefaid, to be made out and completed by the feveral principal af made out feffors, or if they fhall deem it more adviseby their able, by their clerk and fuch affistants as they clerk, &c. fhall find neceffary, and appoint for that pur to be pose: Provided, That the compenfation to be made to the said affiftants fhall not exceed the pay allowed to the affiftant affeffors, by the act to which this is a fupplement. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentatives. Vice-President of the United States, and APPROVED-January 2d, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER IV. An ACT for the relief of perfons imprisoned for debt. Sec 1.DE it enacted by the Senate and House of of America, in Congress assembled, That perfons |