Acts of Congress. the test, in which case the Treasurer shall retain six cents per ounce, which sum so retained shall be accounted for by the said Treasurer with the Treasury of the United States, as a compensation for melting and refining the same. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the Mint shall not be obliged to receive from any person, for the purpose of refining and coining, any deposite of silver bullion, below the standard of the United States, in a smaller quantity than two hundred ounces; nor a like deposite of gold bullion below the said standard, in a smaller quantity than twenty ounces. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the officers of the Mint to give a preference to silver or gold bullion, deposited for coinage, which shall be of the standard of the United States, so far as respects the coining of the same, although bullion below the standard, and not yet refined, may have been deposited for coinage, previous thereto, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That nothing herein shall justify the officers of the Mint, or any one of them, in unnecessarily delaying the refining any silver or gold bullion below standard, that may be deposited as aforesaid. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever he shall think it for the benefit of the United States, to reduce the weight of the copper coin of the United States: Provided, Such reduction shall not, in the whole, exceed two pennyweights in each cent, and in the like proportion in a half cent; of which he shall give notice by Proclamation, and communicate the same to the then next session of Congress. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the United States, from time to time, as often as he shall receive copper cents and half cents from the Treasurer of the Mint, to send them to the Bank or Branch Banks of the United States, in each of the States where such Bank is established; and where there is no Bank established, then to the Collector of the principal town in such State, (in the proportion of the number of inhabitants of such State,) to be by such Bank or Collector paid out to the citizens of the State for cash, in sums not less than ten dollars value: and that the same be done at the risk and expense of the United States, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Department of the Treasury. Approved, March 3, 1795. An Act for the more effectual recovery of debts due from individuals to the United States. Be it enacted, &c., That the Comptroller of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to issue a notification to any person who has received moneys for which he is accountable to the United States, or to the executor or administrator of such person, if he be deceased, requiring him to render to the Auditor of the Treasury, at such time as he shall think reasonable, according to the circum stances of the case, within twelve months from the date of such notification, all his accounts and vouchers, for the expenditure of the said moneys, and in default thereof, suits shall, at the discretion of the Comptroller of the Treasury be commenced for the same, without further notice. And the party sued, as aforesaid, shall be subject to the costs and charges of such suits, whether the ultimate decision shall be in his favor or against him. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Marshals of the respective districts be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to serve the said notifications on the parties therein named, by leaving copies thereof at their respective dwellings, or usual places of abode, at least four months before the time fixed in such notification for rendering their accounts, as aforesaid, and that the return of the said notifications to the Comptroller's office, with the Marshal's certifice thereon, that such service has been made, be deemed legal evidence in the District or Circuit Courts, of the proceedings, and for the recovery of costs and charges. And that in cases where accounts shall be rendered to the Auditor of the Treasury, within the time limited in the notifications aforesaid, he shall immediately proceed to liquidate the credits to be passed for the said accounts, and report the same to the Comptroller, with a particular list of any claims which shall have been disallowed by him. And that the Comptroller of the Treasury immediately proceed to the examination of the credits allowed by the Auditor, and if the same be approved by him, that he cause credit therefor to be passed on the public books. And the Comptroller shall also appoint a day for hearing the claimant on the claims so disallowed by the Auditor, as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a list of all such credits aforesaid, as shall have been claimed, and not admitted by the Comptroller, be made out and transmitted to the Marshal of the district, where the claimant resides; and that a copy thereof be served on the claimant, or left at his dwelling or last usual place of abode, with notice of the time assigned by the Comptroller, for the final hearing, as aforesaid, at least four months before such hearing; of which proceedings, the Marshal is hereby directed to transmit an official return to the Comptroller. And in case of omission or neglect on the part of the claimant to assign in writing, or otherwise. his reasons to the Comptroller, within the time limited, as aforesaid, why the suspended credits should be admitted, all future claims therefor shall be, and are hereby forever barred. But in case the claimant shall, within the time aforesaid, assign in writing, or otherwise, his reasons why the suspended credits should be admitted, the Comptroller shall immediately consider the same, and decide thereon according to the principles of equity, and the usages of the Treasury Department. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the final decision of the Comptroller shall be against the claimant, such determination shall be final and conclusive to all concerned. Approved, March 3, 1795. Acts of Congress. An act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Galliopolis, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be surveyed in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio, a tract of land situated on the northerly bank of the river Ohio, beginning one mile and a half on a straight line above the mouth of Little Sandy, thence down the said river Ohio, along the courses thereof eight miles when reduced to a straight line, thence at right angles from each extremity of the said line, so as to include the quantity of twenty-four thousand acres of land to be disposed as hereinafter directed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be authorized to cause to be ascertained the number of French inhabitants and actual settlers of the town or settlement of Galliopolis, being males above eighteen years of age, or widows who are or shall be within the said town or settlement of Galliopolis on the first day of November next. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to issue letters patent in the name and under the seal of the United States, thereby granting to John Gabriel Gervais and his heirs, four thousand acres of land, part of the said twenty-four thousand acres to be located on the Northwest bank of the river Ohio opposite to the mouth of the Little Sandy with conditions in the said letters patent that if the said John Gabriel Gervais or his heirs, shall not personally within three years from the date of the same patent, settle on the same tract of land, and there continue settled for three years next thereafter, the same letters patent shall be void and determine, and the title thereof revest in the United States, as if this law had not passed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be surveyed, laid off, and divided, the remaining twenty thousand acres of land, residue of the twenty-four thousand acres, into as many lots or parts as the actual settlers of Galliopolis shall, on the ascertainment aforesaid, amount to, and the same to be designated, marked, and numbered, on a plat thereof, to be returned to the Secretary of the said Territory, together with a certificate of the courses of the said lots, the said lots, or parts of the aforesaid tract, to be assigned to the settlers aforesaid by lot. And the President of the United States is hereby authorized and empowered, to issue letters patent as aforesaid, to the said actual settlers and their heirs, for the said twenty thousand acres to be held by them in severalty in lots to be designated and described by their numbers on the plat aforesaid, with condition in the same letters patent, that if one or more of the said grantees, his or her heirs or assigns, shall not, within five years from the date of the same letters, make or cause and procure to be made an actual settlement on the lot or lots assigned to him, her, or them, and the same continue for five years there after, that then the said letters patent, so far as concerns the said lot or lots not settled and continued to be settled as aforesaid, shall cease and determine, and the title thereof shall revest in the United States in the same manner as if this law had not passed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be taken or considered in any manner to impair or affect the claims of the said settlers against any person or persons, for or by reason of any contracts heretofore made by them, but that the same contracts shall be and remain in the same state as if this law had not passed. Approved, March 3, 1795. Be it enacted, &c., That, for the more general promulgation of the Laws of the United States, the Secretary for the Department of State shall, after the end of the next session of Congress, cause to be printed and collated, at the public expense, a complete edition of the Laws of the United States, comprising the Constitution of the United States, the Public Acts then in force, and the Treaties, together with an index to the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That four thousand five hundred copies of the said edition, shall be divided by the said Secretary, among the respective States and the Territories Northwest and South of the river Ohio, according to the rule for apportioning representatives; and that the proportion of each State or Territory, shall be transmitted by the said Secretary to the Governor or Supreme Executive Magistrate thereof, to be deposited in such fixed and convenient place in each county, or other subordinate civil division of such State or Territory, as the Executive or Legislature thereof shall deen most conducive to the general information of the people; and that five hundred copies of the said edition be reserved for the future disposition of Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the acts passed at each succeeding session of Congress, including future Treaties, shall be printed and distributed in like manner and proportion. Approved, March 3, 1795. An Act making provision for the purposes of trade with the Indians. Be it enacted, &c., That a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars be appropriated to the purchase of goods for supplying the Indians within the limits of the United States, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; and that the sale of such goods be made under the direction of the President of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1795. An Act to regulate the compensation of Clerks. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of State, and the Secretary of the Department of Acts of Congress. War, be authorized to vary, for the present year, at the rate of five hundred dollars each. The agthe compensations heretofore established for clerks gregate of the compensations for clerks employed in their respective Departments, in such manner by either of the said Commissioners to be apporas the services to be performed shall in their judg-tioned among them at his discretion. That there ment require; so, however, that no principal clerk shall receive more than at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, and that the aggregate of the compensations for clerks in either of the said Departments shall not for the said year exceed the aggregate of the compensations allowed for clerks in the same Department for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four; and that an additional compensation not exceeding the rate of two hundred dollars per annum be allowed for one clerk employed by the Director of the Mint during the present year. be allowed for the year aforesaid, in lieu of clerk hire, to the Commissioner of Loans in the State of New Hampshire, three hundred and fifty dollars; to the Commissioner of Loans in the State of Rhode Island, four hundred dollars; to the Commissioner of Loans in the State of New Jersey, three hundred dollars; and to the Commissioner of Loans in the State of Maryland, two hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, March 3, 1795. An Act authorizing the exportation of arms, cannon, and military stores in certain cases. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, to the Commissioners of Loans in the States of Massachusetts and New the security of the commercial interest of the York, respectively, not exceeding five clerks at the rate of five hundred dollars each; to the Commissioner of Loans in the State of Connecticut, not exceeding two clerks at the rate of four hundred dollars each; and to the Commissioner of Loans in the States of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina respectively, not exceeding two clerks Be it enacted, &c., That in cases connected with United States, and for public purposes only, the President of the United States be, and hereby is authorized to permit the exportation of arms, cannon, and military stores, the law prohibiting the exportation of the same to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 3, 1795. |