Acts of Congress. faithfully and punctually to comply with such engagement. to be thus borrowed, or reloaned, shall be laid out by the commissioners of the sinking fund. in SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all re- the purchase or redemption of such parts of the imbursements of the capital or principal of the present debt of the United States, and other depresent debt of the United States, including future mands against them, as the commissioners of the loans which may be made for reimbursing or re- sinking fund may lawfully pay, agreeably to the deeming any instalments, or parts of the same, and provisions herein before made, and as the said all payments on account of the interest and charges commissioners shall, in their judgment, deem most accruing upon the said debt, shall be made under expedient, so as to effect the payment, annually, the superintendence of the commissioners of the of seven millions three hundred thousand dollars sinking fund. And it shall be the duty of the said towards the final discharge of the whole debt, commissioners to cause to be applied and paid out agreeably to such provision: Provided, That the of the said fund, yearly and every year, at the United States shall have a right to reimburse any Treasury of the United States, the several and re- loan thus made within six years after the date of spective sums following, to wit: first, such sum the same, and that the rate of interest thereupon and sums as, by virtue of any act or acts, they have shall not exceed five per centum per annum, nor heretofore been directed to apply and to pay; sec- the charges thereon the rate of five per centum ondly, such sum and sums as may be annnally on the capital borrowed: And provided, always, wanted to discharge the annual interest and That the power herein given shall not be construcharges accruing on any other part of the present ed to repeal, diminish, or affect the power given debt of the United States, including the interest to the said commissioners, by the tenth section of and charges which may accrue on future loans the act, entitled "An act making further provision which may be made for reimbursing or redeeming for the support of public credit, and for the reany instalments or parts of the principal of the demption of the public debt, to borrow certain said debt; thirdly, such sum and sums as may an- sums for the discharge of the instalments of the nually be required to discharge any instalment or capital, or principal, of the public debt, in the part of the principal of the present debt of the manner and on the terms prescribed by the said United States, and of any future loans which may section; nor the power given to them by an act, be made for reimbursing or discharging the same, entitled "An act making provision for the paywhich shall be actually due and demandable, and ment of certain debts of the United States," to which shall not, by virtue of this or any other act, borrow certain sums and to sell the shares of the be renewed or prolonged, or reimbursed, out of the Bank of the United States, belonging to the Uniproceeds of a new loan: and, also, it shall be the ted States, in the manner, on the terms, and for duty of the said commissioners to cause to be ap- the purposes authorized by the said act: And proplied the surplus of such fund as may at any time vided, further, That nothing herein contained exist, after satisfying the purposes aforesaid, to- shall be construed to revive any act, or part of an wards the further and final redemption, by pay- act, authorizing the loan of money, and which ment or purchase, of the present debt of the Uni- hath heretofore expired. ted States, including loans for the reimbursement thereof, temporary loans heretofore obtained from the Bank of the United States, and those demands against the United States, under any treaty or convention with a foreign Power, for the payment of which the faith of the United States has been, or may hereafter be, pledged by Congress: Provided, however, That the whole or any part of such demands, arising under a treaty or convention with a foreign Power, and of such temporary loans, may, at any time, be reimbursed, either out of the sinking fund, or, if the situation of the Treasury will permit, out of any other moneys which have been, or may hereafter be, appropriated to that purpose. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the sinking fund be, and they hereby are, empowered, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to borrow on the credit of the United States, either in America, or abroad, by obtaining a prolongation of former loans, or otherwise, the sums requisite for the payment of the instalments or parts of principal of the Dutch debt, which become due in the years one thousand eight hundred and three, one thousand eight hundred and four, one thousand eight hundred and five, and one thousand eight hundred and six; and that a sum equivalent to that SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of more effectually securing the reimbursement of the Dutch debt, the commissioners of the sinking fund may and they hereby are empowered, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to contract either with the Bank of the United States, or with any other public institution, or with individuals, for the payment, in Holland, of the whole, or any part, of the principal of the said Dutch debt, and of the interest and charges accruing on the same, as the said demands become due, on such terms as the said commissioners shall think most advantageous to the United States; or to employ either the said bank, or any other public institution, or any individual or individuals, as agent or agents, for the purpose of purchasing bills of exchange, or any other kind of remittances, for the purpose of discharging the interest and principal of said debt; and to allow to such agent or agents a compensation not exceeding one-fourth of one per cent., on the remittance thus purchased or procured by them under the direction of the said commissioners; and as much of the duties on tonnage and merchandise as may be necessary for that purpose is hereby appropriated towards paying the extra allowance or commission resulting from such transaction, or transactions, and also to pay any defi Acts of Congress. ciency arising from any loss incurred upon any mentioned, shall be, and hereby are, entitled to reremittance purchased or procured under the direc-ceive, in lieu of their compensations as fixed by law, tion of the said commissioners, for the purpose of discharging the principal and interest of the said debt. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the sinking fund be, and they hereby are, empowered, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to employ, if they shall deem it necessary, an agent in Europe for the purpose of transacting any business relative to the discharge of the Dutch debt, and to the loans authorized by this, or any other act, for the purpose of discharging the same, and also to allow him a compensation not exceeding three thousand dollars a year, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to repeal, alter, or affect any of the provisions of any former act pledging the faith of the United States to the payment of the interest, or principal of the public debt; and that all such payments shall continue to be made at the time heretofore prescribed by law; and the surplus only of the appropriations made by this act, beyond the sums payable by virtue of the provisions of any former act, shall be applicable to the reimbursement, redemption, or purchase of the public debt in the manner provided by this act. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all the restrictions and regulations heretofore established by law, for regulating the execution of the duties enjoined upon the commissioners of the sinking fund, shall apply to and be in as full force for the execution of the analogous duties enjoined by this act, as if they were herein particularly repeated and re-enacted: Provided, however, That the ticular annual account of all sales of stock, of loans, and of payments, by them made, shall, hereafter, be laid before Congress on the first week of February in each year; and so much of any former act as directed such account to be laid before Congress within fourteen days after their meeting, is hereby repealed. Approved, April 29, 1802. par Be it enacted, &c., That the widows, if any such there be, and, in case there be no widow, the child or children of the officers, seamen, and marines, who were in the service of the United States, and lost in the ship Insurgent and brigantine Pickering, shall be entitled to, and receive, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to four months' pay of their respective husbands or fathers, as aforesaid. Approved, April 29, 1802. An act to regulate and fix the compensation of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. Be it enacted, &c., That the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, hereinafter 7th CON.-43 the following sums; that is to say: The Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, two thousand dollars each; their principal clerks, one thousand three hundred dollars each; and each of their engrossing clerks, one thousand dollars per annum. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, who also performs the duty of Doorkeeper, and the Sergeant-atArms of the House of Representatives shall, be, and hereby are, entitled to receive eight hundred dollars per annum, each. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall be, and hereby is, entitled to receive five hundred dollars per annum, and two dollars per day, during each session of Congress; and the Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate and House of Representatives, four hundred and fifty dollars per annum, each; and two dollars each, per day, during each session of Congress. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the compensations to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and to their clerks, and to the other officers herein named, shall commence with the present year. Approved, April 29, 1802. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the art of designing, engraving, and etching, historical and other prints. Be it enacted, &c., That every person who shall, from and after the first day of January next, claim to be the author or proprietor of any maps, charts, book or books, and shall thereafter seek to obtain a copyright of the same, agreeable to the rules prescribed by law, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of the act, entitled "An act for for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned," he shall, in addition to the requisites enjoined in the third and fourth sections of said act, if a book or books, give information by causing the copy of the record, which, by said act, he is required to publish in one or more of the newspapers, to be inserted at full length in the title page every such book or books; and if a map or chart, or in the page immediately following the title of shall cause the following words to be impressed on the face thereof, viz: "Entered according to the act of Congress, the- day of —, 18—[here insert the date when the same was deposited in the office,] by A. B. of the State of —, [here insert the author's or proprietor's name, and the State in which he resides.] SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of January next, every person being a citizen of the United States, or resident within the same, who shall invent and design, en Acts of Congress. grave, etch or work, or, from his own works and inventions, shall cause to be designed and engraved, etched or worked, any historical or other print or prints, shall have the sole right and liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, and vending such print or prints, for the term of fourteen years from the recording the title thereof in the clerk's office, as prescribed by law for maps, charts, book or books: Provided, he shall perform all the requisites in relation to such print or prints, as are directed in relation to maps, charts, book or books, in the third and fourth sections of the act to which this is a supplement, and shall moreover cause the same entry to be truly engraved on such plate, with the name of the proprietor, and printed on every such print or prints as is herein before required to be made on maps or charts. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any printseller or other person whatsoever, from and after the said first day of January next, within the time limited by this act, shall engrave, etch, or work, as aforesaid, or in any other manner copy or sell, or cause to be engraved, etched, copied or scld, in the whole or in part, by varying, adding to, or diminishing from the main design, or shall print, reprint, or import for sale, or cause to be printed, reprinted, or imported for sale, any such print or prints, or any parts thereof, without the consent of the proprietor or proprietors thereof, first had and obtained, in writing, signed by him or them respectively, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses; or, knowing the same to be so printed or reprinted, without the consent of the proprietor or proprietors, shall publish, sell, or expose to sale or otherwise, or in any other manner dispose of any such print or prints, without such consent first had and obtained, as aforesaid, then such offender or offenders shall forfeit the plate or plates on which such print or prints are or shall be copied, and all and every sheet or sheets (being part of, or whereon, such print or prints are or shall be copied or printed) to the proprietor or proprietors of such original print or prints, who shall forthwith destroy the same; and further, that every such offender or offenders shall forfeit one dollar for every print which shall be found in his, her, or their custody; either printed, published, or exposed to sale, or otherwise disposed of, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act; the one moiety thereof to any person who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof to and for the use of the United States, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, from and after the passing of this act, shall print or publish any map, chart, book or books, print or prints, who have not legally acquired the copyright of such map, chart, book or books, print or prints, and shall, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, insert therein, or impress thereon that the same has been entered according to act of Congrsss, or words purporting the same, or purporting that the copyright thereof has been acquired; every person so offending, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, one moiety thereof to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof to, and for the use of the United States, to be recovered by action of debt in any court of record in the United States having cognizance thereof. Provided always, That in every case for forfeitures herein before given, the action be commenced within two years from the time the cause of action may have arisen. Approved, April 29, 1802. An Act to amend "An act to establish the compensation of the officers employed in the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage; and for other purposes." Be it enacted, &c., That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, in the present year, there shall be paid, annually, to the collector of the customs for the district of Richmond, in addition to the fees and emoluments otherwise allowed by law, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from from and after the said thirtieth day of June, the salary heretofore allowed by law to the collector of the customs for the district of Petersburg be, and the same hereby is, discontinued. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the said thirtieth day of June, whenever the annual emoluments of any collector of the customs, after deducting therefrom the expenditures incident to his office, shall amount to more than five thousand dollars; or those of a naval officer, after a like deduction, to more than three thousand five hundred dollars; or those of a surveyor, after a like deduction, to more than three thousand dollars, the surplus shall be accounted for, and be paid by them, respectively, to the Treasury of the United States. Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to extend to fines, forfeitures, and penalties, under the revenue laws of the United States. Approved, April 30, 1802. An Act to suspend, in part, the act, entitled "An act regulating foreign coins; and for other purposes." Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act entitled, "An act for regulating foreign coins; and for other purposes," as is contained within the second section thereof, be, and the same is hereby suspended, for and during the space of three years, from and after the end of the present session of Congress. Approved, April 30, 1802. An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled "An Act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes." Be it enacted, &c., That the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes," approved April 18, 1796, shall be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force, until the fourth day of March next, and no longer. Approved, April 30, 1802. Acts of Congress. An Act to enable the people of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States; and for other pur poses. Be it enacted, &c., That the inhabitants of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects whatever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio river, to the mouth of the Great Miami river, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line, drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line, aforesaid: Provided, That Congress shall be at liberty at any time hereafter, either to attach all the territory lying east of the line to be drawn due north from the mouth of the Miami, aforesaid, to the territorial line, and north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east as aforesaid to Lake Erie, to the aforesaid State, or dispose of it otherwise, in conformity to the fifth article of compact between the original States, and the people and States to be formed in the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio. division aforesaid, in a ratio of one representative to every twelve hundred inhabitants of each county, according to the enumeration taken under the authority of the United States, as near as may be, that is to say: from the county of Trumbull, two representatives; from the county of Jefferson, seven representatives, two of the seven to be elected within what is now known by the county of Belmont, taken from Jefferson and Washington, counties; from the county of Washington, four representatives; from the county of Ross, seven representatives, two of the seven to be elected in what is now known by Fairfield county, taken from Ross and Washington counties; from the county of Adams, three representatives; from the county of Hamilton, twelve representatives, two of the twelve to be elected in what is now known by Clermont county, taken entirely from Hamilton county; and the elections for the representatives aforesaid, shall take place on the second Tuesday of October next, the time fixed by a law of the Territory, entitled, "An act to ascertain the number of free male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one, in the Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio, and to regulate the elections of representatives for the same," for electing representatives to the General Assembly, and shall be held and conducted in the same manner as is provided by the aforesaid act, except that the qualifications of electors shall be as herein specified. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the members of the convention, thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet at Chilicothe on the first Monday in November next; which convention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be or be not expedient at that time to form a constitution and State government for the people, within the said Territory, and if it be deterSEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that mined to be expedient, the convention shall be, and part of the Territory of the United States North- hereby are, authorized to form a constitution and west of the river Ohio, heretofore included in the State government, or, if it be deemed more exeastern division of said Territory, and not included pedient, the said convention shall provide by ordiwithin the boundary herein prescribed for the said nance for electing representatives to form a conState, is hereby attached to, and made a part of stitution or frame of government; which said rethe Indiana Territory, from and after the forma- presentatives shall be chosen in such manner, and tion of the said State, subject nevertheless to be in such proportion, and shall meet at such time hereafter disposed of by Congress, according to and place, as shall be prescribed by the said ordithe right reserved in the fifth article of the ordi-nance; and shall form for the people of the said nance aforesaid, and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and subject to the same rules and regulations, in all respects whatever, with all other citizens residing within the Indiana Territory. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all male citizens of the United States, who shall have arrived at full age, and resided within the said Territory at least one year previous to the day of election, and shall have paid a Territorial or county tax, and all persons having in other respects, the legal qualifications to vote for representatives in the General Assembly of the Territory, be, and they are hereby, authorized to choose representatives to form a convention, who shall be apportioned amongst the several counties within the eastern State a constitution and State government: Provided, The same shall be republican, and not repugnant to the ordinance of the thirteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, between the original States and the people and States of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, until the next general census shall be taken, the said State shall be entitled to one representative in the House of Representatives of the United States. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the convention of the eastern State of the said Territory, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted by the Acts of Congress. convention, shall be obligatory upon the United States: First, That the section number sixteen, in every township, and where such section has been sold, granted, or disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted to the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools. Second, That the six miles reservation, including the salt springs, commonly called the Sciota salt springs, the salt springs near the Muskingum river, and in the military tract, with the sections of land which include the same, shall be granted to the said State for the use of the people thereof, the same to be used under such terms, and conditions, and regulations, as the Legislature of the said State shall direct: Provided, The said Legislature shall never sell nor lease the same for a longer period than ten years. Third, That one-twentieth part of the net proceeds of the lands lying within the said State, sold by Congress, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be applied to the laying out and making public roads, leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass: Provided always, That the three foregoing propositions herein offered, are on the conditions that the convention of the said State shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable, without the consent of the United States, that every and each tract of land sold by Congress, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, shall be and remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under authority of the State, whether for State, county, township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale. Approved, April 30, 1802. An Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners in the City of Washington, and for other purposes. Be it enacted. &c., That, from and after the first day of June next, the offices of the commissioners appointed in virtue of an act passed on the sixteenth day of July, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to establish the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States," shall cease and determine; and the said commissioners shall deliver up unto such person as the President shall appoint. in virtue of this act, all plans, draughts, books, records, accounts, deeds, grants, contracts, bonds, obligations, securities, and other evidences of debt in their possession, which relate to the city of Washington, and the affairs heretofore under their superintendence or care. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of the city of Washington, which have heretofore been under the care and superintendence of the said commissioners, shall hereafter be under the direction of a superintendent, to be appointed by, and be under the control of, the President of the United States; and the said superintendent is hereby invested with all powers, and shall hereafter perform all duties which the said commissioners are now vested with, or are required to perform by, or in virtue of, any act of Congress, or any act of the General Assembly of Maryland, or any deed or deeds of trust from the original proprietors of the lots in the said city, or in any other manner whatsoever. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall forth with settle, with the accounting officers of the Treasury, their accounts for all moneys received and expended by them in their capacity as commissioners, and shall immediately thereafter pay to the said superintendent any balance which may be found against them upon such settlement. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall pay all the debts heretofore contracted by the commissioners, in their capacity as such, the payments of which are not hereinafter specially provided for, out of any moneys received by him arising out of the city funds. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall, under the direction of the President of the United States, sell so many of those lots in the city of Washington which are pledged for the repayment of a loan of two hundred thousand dollars, made by the State of Maryland, in the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the commissioners, for the use of the said city, as may be sufficient to pay the interest already accrued on the said loan, and the interest and instalments thereof, as they may respectively become due: Provided, That if, in the opinion of the President of the United States, the sale of a sufficient number of the said lots, to meet the objects aforesaid, cannot be made without an unwarrantable sacrifice of the property, then so much money as may be necessary to provide for the deficiency is hereby appropriated, and shall United States not otherwise appropriated. be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall, prior to the first day of November next, sell, under the directions of the President of the United States, all lots in the said city, which were sold antecedent to the sixth day of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and which the said commissioners are authorized by law to resell, in consequence of a failure on the part of the purchasers to comply with their contracts; and the moneys arising thereupon shall be applied, on or before the first day of November next, to the payment of the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and the interest thereon, to the State of Maryland, which said sum was formerly loaned by the said State to the commissioners for the use of the city of Washington: Provided, That, if a sufficient sum to meet the objects last aforesaid, shall not be produced by the sale of the whole of the lots aforesaid, then so much money as may be necessary to provide for the deficiency is hereby appropriated, and shall |