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For the contingent expenses of the navy, including expenditure of military stores, the sum of three hundred and forty-four thousand six hundred dollars.

or shall be by law made current within the United States in such foreign place or country. Approved, March 3, 1801.

For salaries to storekeepers, clerks, store rent, laborers, and other contingencies, the sum of thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For the pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of the marine corps, the sum of ninety-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-pensation at present allowed to the district judges four dollars.

An Act to augment the salaries of the District Judges in the districts of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, respectively. Be it enacted, &c., That, instead of the comfor the districts of Massachusetts, New York, DelFor the subsistence of the officers and privates hereafter be allowed to the district judge for the aware, and Maryland, respectively, there shall of the marine corps, the sum of eleven thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and ten cents. district of Massachusetts, the yearly salary of sixteen hundred dollars; to the district judge for the For clothing for the marine corps, the sum of thirty-three thousand five hundred and eighty-hundred dollars; to the district judges of the disdistrict of New York, the yearly salary of sixteen one dollars and thirty cents.

For military stores for the marine corps, the sum of nine thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirty-eight cents.

For the contingent expenses of the marine corps, including camp equipage, quartermaster, barrackmaster, hospital stores, stationery, and other contingencies, the sum of thirteen thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars.

For the expenses attending six seventy-four gun ships, and for completing navy yards, docks, and

wharves, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. For erecting marine barracks, the sum of twenty thousand dollars.

For maintenance of French prisoners, the sum of thirty thousand dollars.

For making up deficiency of former appropriations for the maintenance of French prisoners; the sum of forty-five thousand dollars.

tricts of New Jersey and Delaware, the yearly the district judge for the district of Maryland, the yearly salary of sixteen hundred dollars, to be paid at the Treasury of the United States in quarteryearly payments.

salaries of twelve hundred dollars each; and to

the year one thousand eight hundred and one, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for dred dollars, to satisfy the additional compensathere shall be appropriated the sum of eight huntion hereby allowed to the district judges, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1801.

An act in addition to an act, entitled "An act making provision for the further accommodation of the household of the President of the United States." SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the several appropriations herein before made shall be Treasury be authorized to appoint a proper perpaid out of the unexpended balance of appropria-son, who shall receive the public property belongtions for the navy, at the close of the last year, and out of any other moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1801.

An Act directing the mode of estimating certain foreign coins and currencies, and of making out in

voices in certain cases.

ing to the household of the President of the United States, and, after taking an inventory of the same, shall deliver it, after the third day of March instant, to the President of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such articles of the furniture belonging to the President's household as may be decayed, out of repair, or unfit for use, and as the President of the Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the United States, for the time being, may direct, and passing of this act, the foreign coins and currenall the public property, other than furniture, now cies hereinafter mentioned, shall be estimated in belonging to the said household, shall be sold, unthe computation of duties at the following rates: der the direction of the Heads of the several Deeach sicca rupee of Bengal, and each rupee of partments of State, of the Treasury, of War, and Bombay, at fifty cents; and each star pagoda of of the Navy; and that the proceeds of such sales Madras, at one hundred and eighty-four cents;priated for that purpose, under the direction of the be expended, in addition the funds already approanything in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding.

same officers, for the purpose of providing furni-
ture for the house erected for the accommodation
of the President of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1801.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the invoices of all goods imported into the United States. and subject to a duty ad valorem, shall be made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importation shall be made, and shall contain a true statement of the actual cost of such goods, in such foreign currency or currencies, Be it enacted. &c., That the circuit courts of without any respect to the value of the coins of the United States within the districts of Maine, the United States, or foreign coins which now are, | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,

An Act for altering the times and places of holding certain courts therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

Acts of Congress.

shall, after the passing of this act, commence and ner following, that is to say: all such commenced, be respectively held on the several days hereinafter instituted, depending, or existing, in the district expressed, instead of the times heretofore estab- court of the district of New Jersey, to the next lished by law, that is to say in and for the dis-district court to be holden in the district of East trict of Rhode Island, at Providence, on every first Jersey; and all such commenced, instituted, deday of April, and at Newport on every eleventh pending, or existing, in the district court of the day of November; in and for the district of Mas- district of North Carolina, shall be continued to sachusetts, on every eighth day of April and twen- the next district court to be holden in the district ty-fifth day of October; in and for the district of of Pamlico. New Hampshire, at Portsmouth, on every twen- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from ty-third day of April, and at Exeter on every fif- and after the passing of this act, the circuit court teenth day of October; in and for the district of of the United States for the district of Kentucky Maine, at Portland, on every first day of May, and shall be holden at Frankfort, within and for said at Wiscasset, on every sixth day of October, ex-district, on the days already established by law, cept when any of those days shall happen on a Sunday, and then the session shall commence on the next day following.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, process, and other proceedings, of what nature or kind soever, depending and undetermined before the circuit courts aforesaid, respectively, . or that shall be depending and undetermined on the first day of April next, before the district court for the district of Maine, acting as a circuit court, shall be continued to the next circuit courts, respectively, hereby directed to be holden in and for the districts aforesaid, respectively.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all writs and processes which have been, or shall be duly sued out and made returnable to either of the circuit courts aforesaid, or to the district court for the district of Maine, acting as a circuit court, on either of the days on which the same courts were respectively to have been held prior to the passing of this act, and all recognizances that have been, or shall be, duly taken and made so returnable, (said writs and processes having been duly and seasonably served.) shall be returned to and proceeded upon in the said next circuit courts, respectively, which are next to be holden in and for the districts aforesaid, respectively, as hereby directed; and all property attached by virtue of such writs or processes, shall be held in due form of law, to respond the final judgments that shall be obtained upon the same. respectively.

instead of at Bairdstown, anything in any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the chief judge of the district of Columbia shall hold the district courts of the United States in and for the district of Potomac, and shall have, exercise, and perform, within the said district of Potomac, all the powers and duties now possessed, exercised, and performed, by the district judges of the United States within their respective districts. Approved, March 3, 1801.

An Act to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves, within the United States," and to repeal the act entitled An act to enlarge the powers of the surveyors of the revenue.'

Be it enacted, &c., That each surveyor of the revenue who has been or shall be appointed under the act entitled "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves, within the United States," after completing the lists of the sums payable for every dwelling-house and slave within the district to which such surveyor does or shall belong, and delivering the same to the collector of the revenue, and after taking receipts for such lists from the collector, in the manner provided by the act entitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States," shall transmit to the superSEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the visor of the district, or to the inspector of survey, district courts of the United States, in the State in any district comprehending more than one surof North Carolina, shall, after the passing of this vey of inspection to which such surveyor does or act, commence and be held on the several days may belong, the receipts given by the collector hereinafter expressed, instead of the times hereto- for such lists, together with all the records of the fore established by law, that is to say at Eden-lists, valuations, and enumerations, which he has ton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on every last Monday of March, third Monday of June, and last Monday of November; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamlico, on every first Monday of April, fourth Monday of June, and first Monday of December; and at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on every second Monday of April, first Monday of July, and second Monday of December.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, writs, process, pleadings, and other proceedings, commenced, instituted, depending, or existing, in the district courts of the district of New Jersey and North Carolina, at the time of the passing of this act, shall be continued in man

received or shall receive, or which doth or shall exist in his office, under authority of the act first mentioned; and it shall be the duty of such supervisor or inspector to receive such receipts, records, and papers, and safely to preserve the same.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act entitled "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves," as makes it the duty of the surveyors of the revenue to record the transfers of lands or dwelling-houses included in the said valuations, and to view and apportion the value of such land or dwelling-houses as shall be divided by sale or partition, and to value and assess new dwelling-houses and lands which are exempted,

Acts of Congress.

From Clarkesburg to Marietta.
From Romney to Morganton or Clarkesburg.
From Alexandria, by Thomas's ferry, to Pis-

but which shall cease to be exempted from taxa-
tion by the laws of the State where the same
shall be situated, and to cancel or reduce the
valuation of dwelling-houses which may be dam-cataway, in Maryland.
aged or destroyed by fire or other accidents, shall
be and the same is hereby repealed.

From Halifax Court-house to Danville.
From Bowling Green, by Broaddus's mill, S.
Harrison's, and Dunkirk, to New Kent Court-

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to enlarge the powers of the sur-house. veyors of the revenue," passed on the thirteenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, February 27, 1801.

An Act further to alter and to establish certain post

roads.

The post road from Jerusalem to Hicks's ford shall pass by the Cross-keys, and from the Crosskeys to Murfreesborough.

From Petersburg, by Sussex Court-house, to Southampton Court-house.

From Jamestown to Farmville.

The mail from Mecklenberg Court-house, in Virginia, to Christianville, shall be carried by

Be it enacted, &c., That the following post roads Marshall's and Wilson's store. be discontinued:

In the Northwestern Territory-From Cincin

From Lancaster to New Holland, in Pennsyl-nati to Detroit.

vania.

From Greenville, in Tennessee, by the Warm Springs, to Buncomb Court-house.

From Elizabeth City, in North Carolina, by New Lebanon, to Northwest river bridge.

From Upper Marlborough to Piscataway. From Henderson Court-house to Muhlenberg Court-house.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following be established as post roads:

In Maine-From Standish to Fryburg. In New Hampshire-From Amherst, by Francistown, Washington, and Claremont, to Windsor,

in Vermont.

In Vermont-From Bennington to Brattleborough.

From Newbury, by Bradford, Corinth, Washington, and Barre, to Montpelier.

In Massachusetts-From Leominister, through Westminister, Templeton, and Athol, to Greenfield. From Worcester, by Mendon, to Providence, and from Worcester to Lancaster.

In Rhode Island-From Providence, by Rehoboth and Attleborough, to Taunton, Massachu

setts.

In New York-From Albany, by Duanesburg and Durlock, to Cherry Valley.

From Poughkeepsie, by Sharon, to Litchfield. In Delaware-From Georgetown, by Concord and the village of Laurel, to Salisbury.

In Maryland-From Annapolis to Easton, by Young Haddaways.

From Annapolis to Centreville, by Kent Island. From the City of Washington to Piscataway. From Elkton, by Warwick and Bridgetown, to Greensborough, in Caroline county.

From the City of Washington, by Brookville and W. Hobbs's, in Frederick county, to Taney

town.

From the City of Washington to Wiley's tavern, in Fairfax county, Virginia.

In Pennsylvania-From Pittsburgh, by Georgetown and Canfield, to Warren, in the Northwestern Territory.

From Berwick to Wilkesbarre.

In Virginia-From Richmond to Charles City Court-house.

In Indiana Territory-From Vincennes, by Kaskaskias, to Kahokia."

In Kentucky-From Harding Court-house to. Breckenridge Court-house, to Henderson Courthouse, Eddy Grove, and Eddyville, to Fort Massac.

From Breckenridge Court-house, by Hartford and Vienna, to Muhlenberg Court-house.

In Tennessee-From Knoxville, by Sevierville,
Newport and the Warm Springs, to Buncomb
Court-house.

Oresville.
From Newport, by Cheek's cross roads, to

In the Mississippi Territory-From Natchez to the southern boundary line of the United States.

In North Carolina-The post road from Raleigh to Chatham Court-house shall pass through Haywoodsborough.

The post road from Raleigh to Newbern shall pass through Green county.

From Elizabeth City to Indiantown and Tull's creek to Northwest river bridge.

The post road from Winton to Windsor shall pass through Pitch landing and Colerain.

From Louisburg, by Nash Court-house, to Tar

borough.

From Charlotte Court-house to York Courthouse, in South Carolina.

From Charlotte to Camden, in South Carolina. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all letters and packets from John Adams, now President of the United States, after the expiration of his term in office, and during his life, shall be received and conveyed by post free of postage.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be construed to affect any existing con

tracts.

Approved, March 3, 1801.

An Act for erecting light-houses on New Point Comfort, and on Smith's Point, in the State of Virginia, and on Faulkner's Island, in Long Island Sound, in the State of Connecticut, and for placing buoys in Narraganset Bay.

Be it enacted, &c., That as soon as a cession shall be made by the State of Virginia to the United

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