becoming void, for the reafon aforefaid, to Duties cause to be remitted the duty or duties there- thereon to upon otherwise payable, according to this act. ted. be remit ecrs. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That Allowance every auctioneer, out of the proceeds of the to auctionduties, which he fhall retain and pay, as aforefaid, fhall be allowed a commiffion of one per centum, upon the amount thereof, for his trouble in and about the fame. make al Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it Prefident of fhall be lawful for the Prefident of the United U. States to States, and he is hereby empowered, to make lowance to fuch allowances for compenfations to the offi- officers of inspection, cers of infpection, employed in the collection under this of the duties aforefaid, and for incidental ex- a&. penfes, as he fhall judge reasonable, not exceeding in the whole, two and an half per centum of the total amount of the faid duties collected. falfely, &c. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if Penalty of any perfon fhall wilfully fwear or affirm falfe- fwearing ly, touching any matter herein before required to be verified by oath or affirmation, he shall fuffer the pains and penalties, which by law are prescribed for wilful and corrupt perjury; and, if an officer, fhall forfeit his office, and be incapable of afterwards holding any office under the United States. how fued Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That all fines, penalties and forfeitures, which fhall be Fines and incurred by force of this act, fhall and may be penalties fued for and recovered, in the name of the fer and reUnited States, or of the supervisor of the re- covered; venue, within whose district any fuch fine, penalty or forfeiture fhall have been incurred, by bill, plaint, or information; one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and VOL. III. R ed of. and difpof the other moiety thereof to the use of the perfon, who, if an officer of infpection, fhall first difcover, if other than an officer of inspection, fhall firft inform of the caufe, matter, or thing, whereby any fuch fine, penalty or forfeiture fhall have been incurred. And where the caufe of action or complaint fhall arife or accrue more than fifty miles diftant from the nearest place by law established for the holding of a diftrict-court, within the diftrict, in which the famé fhall arife or accrue, fuch fuit and recovery may be had, before any court of the state holden within the faid diftrict, having jurifdiction in like cafes. Limitation Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That of this act this act fhall continue and be in force, for the term of two years, and from thence, to the end of the next feffion of Congress, and no longer. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, APPROVED, June the ninth, 1794: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. R ESOLVED by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be propofed to the legislatures of the feveral ftates, as an amendment to the conftitution of the United States; which when ratified by three fourths of the faid legislatures, fhall be valid as part of the faid conftitution, viz: The judicial power of the United States fhall not be conftrued to extend to any fuit in law or equity, commenced or profecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or fubjects of any foreign ftate. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United States, and Prefident of the Senate. Atteft, JOHN BECKLEY, Clerk of the House of SAM. A. OTIS, Secretary of the Senate. |