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reposed in him; and the paymaster of the army, the military agents, the purveyor of public supplies, the pursers of the navy, and the agents appointed by virtue of the preceding section, shall, whenever practicable, keep the public monies in their hands, in some incorporated bank, to be designated for the purpose by the President of the United States, and shall make monthly returns in such form as may be prescribed by the treasury department, of the monies received and expended during the preceding month, and of the unexpended balance in ther hands.

To keep the public mo &c. &c.

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made, &c. &c.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all purchases and contracts for supplies or Purchases & services which are or may, according to law, contracts, be made by or under the direction of either how to be the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war, or the secretary of the navy, shall be made either by open purchase, or by previously advertising for proposals respecting the same: And an annual statement of all such contracts and purchases, and also of the expenditure of the monies appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the contingent expenses of the navy of the United States, and for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for, and paid at the treasury, shall be laid before Congress at the beginning of each year, by the secretary of the proper de. partment.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JNO: MILLEDGE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1809.

APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

CHAPTER XCVI.

AN ACT making a further appropriation towards com pleting the two wings of the Capitol at the City of Washington, and for other purposes.

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E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, that is to say:

For improvements and repairs of the House Specific ap of Representatives, six thousand dollars:

propriations.

For completing the work in the interior of the North Wing, comprising the Senate Chamber, Court Room, &c. &c. twenty thousand dollars:

For completing the stair case, and providing temporary and adequate accommodations for the Library, in the room now used for that purpose, and in the one in which the Senate now sit, five thousand dollars:

For improvements and repairs of the President's house and square, including a carriage house, twelve thousand dollars:

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money hereby appropri ated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

JNO: MILLEDGE,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1809.
APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

CHAPTER XCVII.

AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled “ An ari to amend the charter of Georgetown.'

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Boundari following shall, and are hereby declared to be the limits of Georgetown, in the district of Columbia, any law or regulation to the contrary notwitstanding, that is to say: beginning in the middle of College street, as laid down and designated in Fenwick's map of the said town, at or near to the bank of the river Potomac; thence by a straight line drawn northernly through the middle of said street to the middle of First street; thence by a line drawn through the middle of First street to a point directly opposite to the termination of the eastern line of the lots now enclosed as the property of the College; thence northernly by the eastern line of said enclosure as far as the same extends; thence in the same north. ernly direction to the middle of Fourth street; thence eastwardly by a line drawn along the middle of Fourth street to a point at the distance of one hundred and twenty feet westward from the west side of Fayette street; thence northernly by a line drawn parallel to Fayette street at the said distance of one hundred and twenty feet westward from the west side threof, until it intersects a boundary line of Beatty and Hawkins' addition to George. town; thence westwardly by said boundary line as far as it extends; thence by the courses and distances of the several other boundary lines of Beatty and Hawkins' addi's tion aforesaid, that is to say: westwardly

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northwardly, eastwardly and southwardly, to a point opposite to the middle of Road street, and opposite or nearly opposite to the middle of Eighth street; thence eastwardly by a line drawn through the middle of Road street, as it now runs, and as far as it extends; thence eastwardly by a line drawn parallel to Back street, and continued in the same direction to the middle of Rock creek; thence by the middle of the same creek and the middle of the Potomac river to a point directly opposite to the middle of College street aforesaid; thence to the place of beginning.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Corporation the corporation of Georgetown be, and they are hereby authorised and directed to cause a survey to a complete and accurate survey to be made of the said town agreeably to the courses and limits prescribed in the preceding section of this act, and to establish and fix, from time to time, permanent boundaries at such places as they may deem necessary and proper for perpetuating the boundaries of the said town, and after the said survey shall have been so made, and approved by the corporation, the same shall be admitted to record in the clerk's office for the county of Washington in the district of Columbia.

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ed in the Clerk's office

of Washing ton county

Rights and powers for

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the rights, powers and privileges hereto. fore granted to the said corporation by the merly grant general assembly of Maryland, and by the act to which this is a supplement, and which

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poration, to be exercised Ly them.

are at this time claimed and exercised by them, shall be and remain in full force and effect, and may and shall be exercised and enjoyed by them within the bounds and li mits set forth and described in the first section of this act.

of the town

may lay out

&c.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have power to lay Corporation out, open, extend and regulate streets, lanes and alleys, within the limits of the town, as streets, &c before described, under the following regulations, that is to say: the mayor of the town Regulations. shall summon twelve freeholders, inhabitants of the town, not directly interested in the premises, who, being first sworn to assess and value what damages would be sustained by any person or persons by reason of the opening or extending any street, lane or alley, (taking all benefits and inconveniences into consideration) shall proceed to assess. what damages would be sustained by any person or persons whomsoever, by reason of such opening or extension of the street, and shall also declare to what amount in money each individual benefited thereby shall contribute and pay towards compensating the person or persons injured by reason of such opening and extension: and the names of the person or persons so benefited, and the sums which they shall respectively be obliged to pay, shall be returned under their hands and seals to the clerk of the corporation, to be filed and kept in his office; and the person or persons benefited by opening or extending any street, and assessed as aforesaid, shall respectively pay the sums of money so charg ed and assessed to them, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the time limited for the payment thereof until paid; and the sums of money assessed and charged in manner aforesaid to each individual benefited in manner aforesaid, shall be a lien upon and bind all the property so benefited to the full amount thereof: Provides

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