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D. Cook allowed a pension,

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T. Campbell.

CHAPTER II.

An Act for the Relief of David Cook and Tho mas Campbell.

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E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That David Cook, a captain of artillery in the late war, and who, being fhot through the body at the battle of Monmouth, is rendered incapable to obtain his livelihood by labor, fhall be placed on the penfion-lift of the United States, and fhall be entitled to one-third of his monthly pay, as a captain of artillery: Provided, That he return into the treasury-office, a fum equivalent to two-thirds of his commutation of half-pay, being the proportion of his penfion to the amount of his commutation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Thomas Campbell be placed on the penfion-lift, and that the half-pay of a captain of infantry be allowed to the faid Thomas Campbell, who has been fo injured by repeated wounds in the fervice of his country, that he is unable to fupport himself by labor: Provided, That he return into the treafury-office a fum equivalent to the whole of his commutation of half-pay.

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker
of the House of Reprefentatives.

JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United
States, and Prefident of the Senate.
APPROVED, December fixteenth, 1791:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Prefident of the United States.

CHAPTER III.

An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thoufand seven hundred and ninety-two.

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Section 1. E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That for the fervice of the year one thousand Specific ap seven hundred and ninety-two, and the fup- ions for port of the civil lift of the United States, including the incidental and contingent expenfes of the feveral departinents and offices thereof, there fhall be appropriated a fum of money not exceeding three hundred and twenty-nine thou fand, fix hundred and fifty-three dollars, and Civil lift. fifty-fix cents; that is to fay,

Compenfa

For the compenfations granted by law to the tions to the President of the United States, the Vice-Prefi- prefident dent, Chief Juftice, Affociate Judges, and At- and viceprefident, torney General, fifty-three thoufand dollars. judges and

attorney

For the like compenfations to the District general; Judges, nineteen thoufand eight hundred dol- diftria lars.

judges;

of Senate

For the like compenfations to the members members of the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives, and Houfe and the officers and attendants of the two of Repre Houses, estimated on a feffions of fix months officers and fentatives, continuance, and including the travelling ex- attendants penses of the members, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand, feven hundred and thirty dollars.

Secretary and officers

and atten

For the like compenfations to the Secretary of the treaand officers of the feveral departments of the fury, clerks Treasury of the United States, including clerks dants, and and attendants, and the falaries of the refpec- loan off

cers.

Compenfa-' tions to fe

tive loan-officers, fixty thousand three hundred dollars.

For the like compenfations to the Secretary retary of and officers of the department of State, fix thoufand three hundred dollars.

flate and

cliters,

Secretary

For the like compenfations to the Secretary of war and and officers of the department of War, nine thousand fix hundred dollars.

officers,

Board com

millioners,

For the like compenfations to the members Berks, &c. of the Board of Commiffioners, for the fettlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual ftates, including clerks and attendants, thirteen thoufand one hundred dollars.

Governors, judges and

For the like compenfations to the Goverother off nors, Judges and other officers of the Western cers of W. Territory of the United States, including contingencies, eleven thousand dollars.

teoritory.

For the payment of the annual grant to, B. Steuben. Baron Steuben, purfuant to an act of Congress, two thoufand five hundred dollars.

penfions.

Incidental

civil lift,

For the payment of fundry penfions granted by the late government, two thousand feven hundred and fixty-feven dollars, and feventythree cents.

For defraying all other incidental and conexpenfes of tingent expenfes of the civil lift establishment, &c. and the including firewood, ftationary, together with two houfes the printing work, and all other contingent of Congrefs &c. expenfes of the two Houses of Congress, rent and office-expenses of the three several departments, namely, Treafury, State, War, and of the General Board of Commiffioners, twentyone thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars, and eighty-three cents.

Sec: 2. And be it further enacted, That the

compenfation to the door-keepers of the two To the door Houfes, for fervices which have been hereto- keepers. fore rendered, or may be rendered in the recefs of Congrefs for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and certified by the Prefident of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives, in manner required by law, for like fervices during feffions, fhall be difcharged out of the money herein before appropriated for the contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congrefs.

dated

claims, de

civil lift,

of courts,

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for discharging certain liquidated claims upon the For liqui United States, for making good deficiencies in ormer appropriations for the fupport of the ficiencies in civil lift-establishment, and for aiding the fund payment of appropriated for the payment of certain officers officers &c. of the courts, jurors and witneffes, and for the & ten cutestablishment of ten cutters, there shall be appropriated a fum of money not exceeding one hundred and ninety-feven thoufand, one hundred and nineteen dollars, and forty-nine cents; that is to fay,

ters.

For discharging a balance due on a liquidated claim of his most Christian Majefty against Balance the United States, for fupplies during the late due his war, nine thousand and twenty dollars, and majesty. fixty-eight cents.

chriftian

Claim of

For payment of the principal and intereft on a liquidated claim of Oliver Pollock, late com- o. Poock. mercial agent of the United States, at NewOrleans, for fupplies of clothing, arms and military ftores, during the late war, one hundred and eight thoufand, fix hundred and five dollars, and two cents: Provided, That the faid monies be not paid to the faid Oliver PolVOL. II.

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For making good deficiencies in the laft propriations for the compenfations to fundry officers of the civil lift-establishment, five thoufand four hundred and seventy-one dollars.

For defraying fundry authorized expenses to the commiffioners of loans in the several states, twenty-one thousand dollars.

For defraying a balance of certain liquidated and contingent expenses in the treasury-department, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For defraying the additional expenses of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, nineteen thoufand feven hundred and feventy-two dollars and feventy-nine cents.

For making good a deficiency in former appropriations, to difcharge the expenfes to clerks, jurors and witneffes in the courts of the United States, five thousand dollars.

For the maintenance and repair of lighthouses, beacons, pics, ftakes and buoys, fixteen thousand dollars.

For the expenfe of keeping prifoners committed under the authority of the United States, four thousand dollars.

For the expense of clerks and books in arranging the public fecurities, two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.

For the purchase of hydrometers for the ufe of the officers in the execution of the laws of revenue, one thousand dollars.

For the farther expenfe of building and equipping ten cutters, two thousand dollars.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for

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