of the Senate, and of the clerk of the House of Representatives, to send by the mail, the printed copies of the same message and documents, or any part thereof that may remain after Congress shall adjourn, and the same shall be conveyed free of postage as aforesaid, conformably to the directions of the members of each House of Congress respectively: any law to the contrary notwithstanding. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and April 13, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. Accounting officers of the treasury to settle the ac counts of Thomas Bar clay. CHAPTER XLV. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of BE it enacted by the Senate and House of commercial agent, commissioner of public accounts in Europe and was engaged in negotiating the treaty, concluded with the emperor of Morocco, in one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, they allow a salary at the rate of three thousand three hundred and thirty three and one third dollars per annum, exclusive of his expenses; and that in the adjustment of his account with the public which originated in consequence of his second mission, they credit him with the amount of goods purchased to take with him to Morocco according to the letters of David Humphreys, esq. (formerly minister from the United States to the court of Spain,) to the secretary of state, and the invoices and me. morandums transmitted by that minister to the government; and that they pay the ba lance, with interest, to the legal representa tives of the said Thomas Barclay, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 18, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. N CHAPTER XLVI. AN ACT to continue in force, for a further time, an act, entitled “An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction." BE E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction," passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, be, and the same hereby is continued in force for the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 19, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER XLVII. AN ACT to revive and continue in force" An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia." B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act which passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act declaring the assent of Congress, to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia," be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 20, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. B CHAPTER XLVIII. AN ACT concerning public contracts. E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, no member of Congress shall, directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other person whatsoever, in trust for him, or for his use or benefit, or on his account, undertake, execute, hold or enjoy, in the whole or in part, any contract or agreement hereafter to be made or entered into with any officer of the United States, in their behalf, or with any person authoris ed to make contracts on the part of the Unit No member of Congress public contract, under the authority of the U. S. to have any Penalty. *Proviso. this act not ed States; and if any member of Congress shall, directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other person whatsoever, in trust for him, or for his use or benefit, or on his account, enter into, accept of, agree for, undertake or execute any such contract or agreement, in the whole, or in part, every member so offending, shall, for every such offence, upon conviction thereof, before any court of the United States, or of the territories thereof, having cognizance of such offence, be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined three thousand dollars; and every such contract or agreement as aforesaid shall moreover be absolutely void and of no effect: Provided nevertheless, That in all cases where any sum or sums of money shall have been advanced on the part of the United States, in consideration of any such contract or agreement, the same shall be forthwith repaid; and in case of refusal or delay to repay the same, when demanded, by the proper officer of the department under whose authority such contract or agreement shall have been made or entered into, every person so refusing or delaying, together with his surety or sureties, shall be forthwith prosecuted at law for the recovery of any such sum or sums of money advanced as aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Provisions of nothing herein contained shall extend, or be to extend to construed to extend to any contract or agree. incorporated ment, made or entered into, or accepted, by any incorporated company, where such conexchange ne tract or agreement shall be made for the gegotiated by neral benefit of such incorporation or com pany; nor to the purchase or sale of bills of companies, or to bills of members of Congress. |