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Seventh Congrcfs of the United
States.
At Fi r st Session, begun arul held at
the City of Washington, in the Ter
ritory of Columbia, on Monday the
seventh of December, one thousand
eight hundred and one,
AN ACT tfl amend an aft to eftahl'Jh
the compensations of the officers employ
ed m the collection of the duties on im
ports and tonnage ; and for other pur.
poses,”
BE it enafted by the Senate and Honfe
of Reprefeulativcs of the United
States of America, in Congrcfs nffernbled,
That from and after the thirtieth day of
June, in the present year, there- shall be
paid, annually, to the collector of the
cuftomS ’ for the diftrift of Richmond, in
addition to the fees and emoluments other
wise allowed by law, the film of two hun
dred and fifty dollars.
See. 2. And be it further enafted,
That from and after the fa Id thirtieth
day of June, the salary heretofore allow
ed by law to the collector of the customs
for the diftrift of Percrfhurg be, and the
feme hereby is difeontinued.
Sec. 3. And be it further enafted ,
That from and after the laid thirtieth
day of Jane, whenever the annual emolu
ments of any colleflor of the customs, af
ter deducting therefrom the expenditures
incident to his office, shall amount to
more than five thousand dollars; or those
of a naval officer, after like deduction,
to more than, three thousand five hundred
dollars, or those of a surveyor, after a
like (ieduflion to more than three thousand
dollars, the furplas shall be accounted
for, and be paid by them, refpeftively,
to the Treafyry of the United States :
Provided always, that nothing in this
contained shall be conftraed to extend
to fines, forfeitures and penalties under
the revenue laws of the United States.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the Honfe of RepreTentatives .
ABRAHAM" BALDWIN, Prefi.
dvnt of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 30, 1802.
Th : JEFFERSON, Pr est dent of
the United States.
AN ACT to fnfpsnd, in part, the aft
enlttuled * f An aft regulating foreign
corns ; andfor other prtrpofes,"
BE it enacted by the- Senate and Honfe
of Reprejent (stive s of the United
States, of America , in Congress affemhlcd,
That so much of the acl entituied s< An
aft,for regulating foreign coins; and for
Other pur poles, ” as is contained within
the second feftion thereof, be, and the
fam« hereby is fulpended, for and during
the space of three years, from and after
the eivi of the present feffien of Congrcfs.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the Honfe of Representatives.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Prefi.
de-ni of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 30, 1802.
Th. JEFFERSON, Prefi dent of
the United States.
AN ACT to re vive and continue in force an
oft, intituled (f An aft for efiabl jhing
trading houses with the Indian tribes."
D E it enafted by the Senate and Hovfe
'of Repnfentatives of the United
States of America in Congrcfs Afemhlcdy
That the aft intituled <f An aft for eftab
liihing trading houses with the Indian
tribes,” approved on the eighteenth of
April one thousand seven hundred and
ninety fix, (hall be, and the fame is here
by revived and continued in force, until
the fourth day of March next, and no
longer.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the hloufe of Reprcfetttatvves,
ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Preft.
dent of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 30, 1802.
Th. JEFFERSON, Preftdenl
of the United States,
AN ACT to enable the people of the Ea
" fern divifiott of the territory north
ivef of the river Ohio to form a con
fit ut ion ami fate government, and for
the adnrjfjn of J'uch fate into the uni
on, on an ejual footing vuith the origi .
nnl fates , and fir other purpfes.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Rep refentatives •of the United
States of America, in Congre/s assembled ,
That the inhabitants of the Ealtem divi
sion of the territory north well of the
river Ohio, be, and they are hereby au
thorized to form for themfelvc? a conlli
tution and state government, and to as
sume such name as they (hall deem pro
per, and the said state, when formed,
(hall he admitted into the union, upon
the fame footing with the original states,
in all refpefts whatever.
Sec. 2. And he it further enabled,
That the said (rate shall conlift of all the
territory included within the following (
boundaries, to wit : bounded on the call
by tlte^cnnfylva ni a line, on the louth
by the Ohio river, to the mouth of the
great Miami river, on the weft by the
line drawn due north from the mouth of
the great Miami, aforefaid, and on the
north by an east and weft line, drawn
through the southerly extreme of Lake
Michigan, running cast after interfering
the due north line aforefaid, from the
mouth of the great Miami, until it (hail
interied! Lake Erie, or the territorial
lined- and thence with the fame t'hrough
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1 Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line, a
forefaiu ; Provided, that congrcfs (hall
be at liberty at any time hereafter, either
to attach all ihc territory lying east of
the line to be drawn due north from the
mouth of the Miami, aforefaid, to the
.territorial iiac, and north of an east and
weft line drawn through the southerly
extreme of Lake Michigan, running east
as aforefaid to Lake Erie, to the afore
faid state, or dispose of it othenvife, in
conformity to the fifth article of compart
between the original states, and the peo
ple and states to be formed in the territo
ry non h weft of the river Ohio-g
See. 3. And be it further enailed.
That all that part of the territory of the
United States, north weft of the river
Ohio, heretofore included in the eastern
division of said territory, and not includ
ed within the boundary herein preferihed
for the said state, is hereby attached to,
and made a part of the Indiana territory,
from and after the formation of the fail
ftnre, fubjeft nevenhelcfs to be hereafter
difpoled of by Congrcfs according to the
right refereed in the fifth article of the
. ordinance aforefaid, and the inhabitants
therein (hall be entitled to the fame pri
vileges and immunities, and fuhjert to
the lame rules and regulations, in all re
fperts whatever, with all other citizens
rcliding within the Indiana territory.
Sec. 4. And be it further enailed,
That all male citizens of the Unircd
States, who (hall have arrived at full age,
and redded within the territory at lead
one year previous to the day of elertion,
and ihaii have paid a territorial or coun
ty tax, and all persons having in other
refperts, the legal qualifications to vote
for reprefematives in the general aflembly
of the territory, be and they are hereby
authorifed to choose repfeienta lives to
form a convention, who fit all be appor*
tioned amongst Ac several counties with*
in the eastern division aforefaid, in a ra*
tie, of one representative to every twelve
hundred inhabitants of each county, ac
cording to the enumeration taken under
the authority of the United Statei, as
near as may be that is to fay, from the
county of Trumbull, two representatives;
from the county of Jcfrerfon, seven repre
sentatives, two of the seven to be elected
within w'hat is now known by the coun
ty of Belmont, taken from Jcfferfon and
Walhington counties ; from the county of
Walhington, four representatives; from,
the county of Ross, seven reprefentative*,
two of the seven to be eleded in what is
now known by Fairfield county, taken
from Ross and Washington counties ; from
the county of Adams, three representa
tives ; from the county of Hamilton,
twelve representatives, two of the twelve,
to he clewed in what is now known by
Clermont county, taken entirely from
Hamilton county ; and the eleftion tor
the representatives aforefaid, {hall take
place on the second Tuefday of Oftobcr
next, the time fixed by a law of the ter
ritory, entitled‘An Aid to afeertain
the number of free male inhabitants of the
age of twenty one, in the territory cf
the United States north-welt of the river
Ohio, and the elections of re
prefentativjwr die ? fame/ for electing
representatives ,\o th# general assembly,
and Ural! be'ntld atid conducted in the
fame manner as is provided by the afore
faid aft,/except % that%he qualifications of
elector# shall be asJieAi fpecified.
Sec. 5. Andje V \furthcr enacted,
I That the members convention,
thus duly elected, be, apd they are here
by authorifed to meet at Chilicoche, on
the fir it Monday in November next;
which convention, when met, (hall firlt
determine by a majority of the whole num
ber elected, whether it be or be not ex-
at that time to form a constituti
on and (late government for the people,
, within the said territory, and if it be de
termined to be expedient, the convention
(hall be, and hereby are authorifed to form
a constitution and state government, of if
it be deemed more expedient, the said
convention shall provide by ordinance for
electing representatives to forma conftltu
tion or frame of government; which said
representatives shall be chofon in fiich
manner, and in fitch proportion, and shall
meet at such time and place, as (hall be
preferibed by the said ordinance; and
shall form for the people of the said (late,
a constitution and date government; pro
vided the fame shall be republican, and
not repugnant to the ordinance of the
thirteenth of July, one thousand seven
hundred and cighty-feven, between the
original states and the people and states
of the territory north-welt of the river
Ohio- •
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled,
That until the next general census shall
he taken, the said state lhall be entitled to
one reprefen cative in the house ot repre
sentatives of the United States.
See. 7. And be tt further cnaAed ,
That the following propositions be, and
the fame are hereby offered to the con.
vention of the eastern state of the said
territory when formed, for their free ac.
ceptancc or rejection, which, if accept
ed by the convention, (hall be obligatory
upon the United States.
Ftrfi, That the feddion number fivteen
in every township, and where such ficti
on has been fold, granted or disposed of,
other lands- equivalent thereto, and molt
contiguous to the fame, shall be granted
to the inhabitants of such township, for
the use of schools.
'Second. That the fix miles reservation,
including die fait firings, commonly cal
led the Scion fidr springs, the fait springs
near the Mtvlcngum river, and in the
military tra t, with the feCcions cf land
which include the fame, Hvill be granted
to. the fold state, for the use of the people
thereof, the fame to be used undn rich
terms and conditions and regulation* as
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the legislature of the foid’ftate (hall du
ted ; provided the (aid legislature lhal|
never fell nor lease the fame for a longer
period than ten years.
Third . That one twentieth part of tho
nett proceeds of the lands lying within
the laid fiatc fold by Congress, from and
after the thirtieth day of June next, af
ter deducing all expcnces incident to the
fame, lhall 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 date
and through the fame, such roads to be
laid out under the authority of Cong refs,
with the confcnt of the fevcral dates
through which the roads (hall pals : Pro~
nj'ided always, That the three foregoing
pronofitions herein offered, are on the
conditions that the convention of the
said date drill provide, by an ordinance
irrevocable, without the consent of the -
United States, that every and each tract
ot land fold by Congress, from and after
the thirtieth day of June next, lhall be,
and remain exempt from any tax laid by
order, or under authority of the date,
whether for date, county, townlhip or
any other purpose whatever, for the term
of five years from and after the day of
sale.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the Hou/e of lieprefentatwes,
/.ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Prefix
\ dent of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April jo, 1802.
;! h. JEFFERSON, P rtf dent of tht
' \ United States .
AN ACT making an appropriation for
the of the Navy of the United
States, for the year one thousand eight
hundred and two.
BE it eunited by the Senate and Ihufe
of Reprefentatwes of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled. That
the following sums, including any fun»
which may have been, or might be expend
ed during the prefeat year, by virtue of
any former appropriation, be and the fame
i ate hereby 1 respectively appropriated to
defray the expenses- of tfye navy of the
i United States, during the year one thou
! sand eight and two, that is to
fay ; . ■
1* or the pay and subsidence of the off- ,
cers, the pay of the fcamen, provisions
i and repairs,, five hundred and eight thou-*
1 fond two hundred and dollars-
For medicines, instruments, and hospi
tal dores, ten thousand dollars.
For the purchase of ordnance and 0-
ther military stores, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For filaries ol fupeclivtendants of
yards, ftorefteepers and clerks, store rent,
hire- of laborers, &cr. twelve thousand
dollars. j. ,
For the purchase and expencC of trans.
portal km of timber, and other materials,,
including ordnance for the feventy.fouc
gun ships, one hundred and ninety thou
sand five hundred/and feveoty.five dol
lars. y ■
For the improvement of navy yards,’
docks, and wharves, fifty thousand doU
lars.
For contingencies, ten thousand dol
lars.
For the pay and subsidence, including
provisions, for thole on shore, and forage
for the daff of the marine corps, feventy
one thousand seven hundred and lifty-foqj*
dollars and forty cents.
For clothing for the fame, fifteen
thousand five hundred and nineteen dol
lars.
For military dores for the fame, oat
thousand two hundred and twenty-fout
dollars and sixty cents.
For the quarter-mailer’s department^,
comprising quarters for the officers, ami
barracks tor the men-at different llations*
fuel, llatibnury, camp utcnfiis, &c. fevea
thousand and sixty-one dollars.
For medicine, medical ferviccs, and
hofoital dores, Of-J Jhou/id v Aff;rs.
/For efihers travelling expenses, or-