For pay and subsistence of the marine Specific ap corps, eighteen thousand five hundred dol. propriations. lars: For cloathing for the same, ten thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars, and forty-two cents: For medicines and hospital stores, one thousand, two hundred and sixty-three dollars, and forty cents: For ordnance and military stores, three hundred and ten thousand, five hundred and fifty-four dollars, and sixty cents: For timber for the navy, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums herein specifically appropriated, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and November 24, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER II. AN ACT allowing an additional compensation to the secretaries of the Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and Michigan territories. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That each of the secretaries of the Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and Michigan territo. ries, appointed under the authority of the United States, be entitled to the annual sum of one thousand dollars, in lieu of his present compensation, to commence on the first day of January next. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and December 5, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER III. AN ACT to change the name af the district of Bidde ford and Pepperelborough, in Massachusetts, to that of Saco. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the district, at present called the district of Biddeford and Pepperelborough, in Massachusetts, shall in future be called the district of Saco, and that the collector, of the said district, be permitted to reside in Saco or Biddeford, and that all the provisions of the several acts of Congress, that relate to Sea Letter strued to prevent the departure of any foreign ship or vessel, either in ballast, or with the goods, wares and merchandise on board of such foreign ship or vessel, when notified of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Registered or during the continuance of this act, no regisvessels not to tered, or sea letter vessel, having on board proceed from goods, wares and merchandise, shall be alanother in the lowed to depart from one port of the United U. 9. without States to any other within the same, unless giving bonds, the master, owner, consignee or factor of one port to &c. &c. such vessel shall first give bond, with one or more sureties to the collector of the district from which she is bound to depart, in a sum of double the value of the vessel and cargo, that the said goods, wares, or merchandise shall be relanded in some port of the United States, dangers of the seas excepted, which bond, and also a certificate from the collector where the same may be relanded, shall by the collector respectively be transmitted to the secretary of the treasury. All armException of ed vessels possessing public commissions public armed from any foreign power, are not to be considered as liable to the embargo laid by this vessels. act. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. December 22, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. (9) CHAPTER VI. AN ACT to extend certain privileges as therein mentioned to Anthony Boucherie. E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That two years residence as required by an act, intituled "An act to extend the privilege of obtain ing patents for useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein mentioned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the right of patentees," shall not be required of Anthony Boucherie, to enable him to obtain a patent for any discovery he has made in the art of manufacturing sugar, but that he shall obtain a patent therefor, on his conforming to the other requisitions of said act. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and January 7, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER VII. AN ACT supplementary to an act, intituled " An act for fortifying the ports and harbors of the United States, and for building gun-boats." B E it enacted by the Senate and House of America, in Congress assembled, That the President au- President of the United States is hereby auhave fortifica- thorised to cause such of the fortifications tions repaired heretofore built or commenced, as he may thorised to ad built. Appropria tion. deem necessary to be repaired or completed, and such other fortifications and works to be erected as will afford more effectual protection to our ports and harbors, and preserve therein the respect due to the constituted authorities of the nation, and that the sum of one million of dollars, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for that purpose, out of any money in the treasury not other. wise appropriated. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice-President of the United States, and January 8, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER VIII. AN ACT supplementary to the act, intituled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States." E it enacted by the Senate and House of of America, in Congress assembled, That during the continuance of the act to which this act |