infurrecti fident may, officers of the militia, as he fhall think proper. In cafe of And in cafe of an infurrection in any state, on against against the government thereof, it fhall be law- a ftate, Preful for the Prefident of the United States, on when 3P application of the legislature of fuch ftate, or plied to by of the executive, (when the legislature cannot egislature, be convened) to call forth fuch number of the &c. call out militia of any other ftate or states, as may be the militia applied for, as he may judge fufficient to fup- ftates. prefs fuch infurrection. the flate of other to call out combinati the United Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States fhall Prefident be oppofed, or the execution thereof obftruc- the milicia ted, in any ftate, by combinations too power to fupprefs ful to be fuppreffed by the ordinary courfe of ons againit judicial proceedings, or by the powers vefted the laws of in the marshals by this act, it fhall be lawful States. for the Prefident of the United States, to call forth the militia of fuch ftate, or of any other ftate or ftates, as may be neceffary to fupprefs fuch combinations, and to caufe the laws to be duly executed; and the ufe of militia fo to be called forth may be continued, if neceffary, until the expiration of thirty days after the commencement of the then next feflion of Congrefs. tion. Sec. 3. Provided always, and be it further Toiffe enacted, That whenever it may be neceffary, proclainain the judgment of the Prefident, to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the Prefident fhall forthwith, by procla mation, command fuch infurgents to difperfe, and retire peaceably to their refpective abode, within a limited time. Sec. 4. service.to And be it further enacted, That the Militia, militia employed in the fervice of the United when in States, fhall be fubject to the fame rules and be fubject articles of war, as the troops of the United to the arti cles of war. Term of fervice not to exceed &c. States: And that no officer, non-commission. ed officer, or private of the militia, fhall be 3 months, compelled to ferve more than three months, after his arrival at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, nor more than in due rotation with every other able-bodied man of the fame rank in the battalion to which he belongs. Penalty on not obeyorders of the Prefi ing the dent in the cafes be ted. Courtsmartial. Fines affef Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every officer, non-commiffioned officer, or private of the militia, who fhall fail to obey the orders of the Prefident of the United States, in any of the cafes before recited, fhall forfeit a fum not exceeding one year's pay, and not less than one month's pay, to be determined and adjudged by a court-martial; and fuch officer fhall, moreover, be liable to be cafhiered by fentence of a court-martial, and be incapacitated from holding a commiffion in the militia, for a term not exceeding twelve months, at the difcretion of the faid court: And fuch non-commiffioned officers and privates fhall be liable to be imprifoned, by a like fentence, on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them, for one calendar month, for every five dollars of fuch fine. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That courts-martial for the trial of militia fhall be composed of militia officers only. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all fines to be affeffed, as aforefaid, fhall be certified by the prefiding officer of the court-marfed how to tial, before whom the fame fhall be affeffed, to be levied. the marshal of the diftrict, in which the delinquent fhall refide, or to one of his deputies, and alfo to the supervisor of the revenue of the fame district, who fhall record the faid certificate in a book to be kept for that pur be levied.. pofe. The faid marshal, or his deputy, fhall Fines affefforthwith proceed to levy the faid fines with fed, how to cofts, by diftrefs and fale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent; which costs and the manner of proceeding, with refpect to the fale of the goods diftrained, fhall be agreeable to the laws of the ftate, in which the fame fhall be, in other cafes of diftrefs. And where any non-commiffioned officer or private fhall be adjudged to fuffer imprisonment, there being no goods or chattels to be found, whereof to levy the faid fines, the marshal of the district, or his deputy, may commit fuch delinquent to gaol, during the term, for which he fhall be fo adjudged to imprisonment, or until the fine fhall be paid, in the fame manner, as other perfons condemned to fine and imprisonment, at the fuit of the United States, may be committed. pay over Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Marshal to marshals and their deputies fhall pay all fuch fines colfines by them levied, to the fupervifor of the leated. revenue, in the district in which they are collected, within two months after they shall have received the fame, deducting therefrom, five per centum, as a compenfation for their trouble; and in cafe of failure, the fame fhall be recoverable by action of debt or information, in any court of the United States, of the diftrict in which fuch fines fhall be levied, having cognizance thereof, to be fued for, profecuted, and recovered, in the name of the fupervisor of the diftrict, with intereft and cofts. of the dif Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Marhals marfhals of the several districts, and their de- tricts to puties, fhall have the fame powers in execu- have the ting the laws of the United States, as fheriffs ers in exe fame pow laws of U. States as uting the and their deputies, in the feveral ftates, have by law, in executing the laws of the respective ftates. fheriff in the fates. repealed. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That Former act the act, intitled, "An act to provide for calling forth the militia, to execute the laws of the Union, fupprefs infurrections, and repel invafions, paffed the fecond day of May, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-two, fhall be, and the fame is hereby repealed. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, APPROVED, February the 28th, 1795: CHAPTER CII. An Act to continue in Force, for a limited Time, the Acts therein mentioned. (EXPIRED.) CHAPTER CIII. An Ad for the Relief of Robert Barton and others. (PRIVATE.) CHAPTER CIV. An Act for the Relief of William Seymour. B Seymour to fion of 20 E it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- William prefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That in lieu of his have a penprefent rate of penfion, William Seymour be dollars per placed on the penfion lift, at the rate of twen- month. ty dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of March, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-five. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, APPROVED, March the fecond, 1795: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER CV. An Act relative to Ceffions of Jurifdiction in Places where Light-Houfes, Beacons, Buoys and public Piers have been, or may hereafter be erected and fixed. Sec. 1. BE E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That where ceffions have been, or hereafter may be made, by any flate, of the jurisdiction of places, where light-houses, beacons, buoys or public piers have been erected and fixed, or VOL. III. B 2 |