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SATURDAY, Ofober i 7 , I7 g 9 .]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
AND
GAZETTE of the STATE.
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AUGUSTA; Printed by IO H N F. <5 MT'x w t> ~ „• • " ~ T“*
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Jin ACT Jo provide for the government of the
Territory North Weft of the river Ohio.
HEREAS in order that the Ordinance
V <. of the United States in Congress af
embled, for the government of the territory
*oi th weft of the river Ohio may continue to
have full effetf, it is requisite that certain pro
vision lhould be made lb as to adapt the fame
to the present Constitution of the United
States; . ...
Be /* enabled by the Senate and House of Re
ftefe 7 atives of the United States of America
in Congress ajfembled , That in ail cases in
which by the. said Ordinance, any informa
tion ts to be given, or communication made
by the Governor of the said territory, to the
United States in Congress aflembled, or to
any of their officers, it shall |>e the duty of
the said Governor to. give such information,
and to make such communication to the Pre
fiien of the United States; aud the Pieli
dent (hall nominate, and by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, shall appoiut
all officers which by the said ordinance were
to hive been appointed by the United States
in Congress aiiemoled, and all officers so ap
pointed lhail be commiftioned by him ; and in
all cafe-* wneie the United States in Congrels
all'cmbled, might, by the said .Ordinance, re
voke any commdfion or remove,from any of
fice, the Preiideut is hereby declared to have
the fame powers of revocation or removal.
And be u fun her enacted , That in cases of
the death, removal, telignation, or neceilary
absence of the Governor of the said territory*
the Secretary thereof fliall be, and he is here
by auihonfed and required to execute ail the
powers, and perform all the duties of the
Governor, during the vacancy, occafioncd by
the reinov il, refutation, or neceilary absence
of the said Governor.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the Hou/e of R^p^ejemativet.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefodtnt of the
United States , and Prejident of the Senate .
Approved, Aaguft 7, 1789.
GEORGE WASINGTON, President
of the United States .
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An ACT for fettling atcounts between the Unit
ed States and individualJiates•
BE it ena&ed by the Senate and House of
' Reprejentahves of the United States of
’America in Congress ajfembled, That . the Pre-,
fideut of the United States .be, and he hereby
is empowered to nominate,-and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,„tp ap- .•
point such persons as he may think proper, for
Applying any vacancy that now is, or here
after may take fflace, in the Board of Com
xniftioners, eitabliftied by an ordinance of the
Jate CongreL, of the 7th of xMay, 1787, to
carry into effe& the said ordinance aud reso
lution of Congiefs, for the fettlcment of ac
counts between the United States and indivi
dual rtaes.
And be it further enabled, That the said
Board of Commiflionera be, and they hereby
•re empowered, to appoint a chief ejetk, and
such other clerks as the duties of their oifice
may require ; and that the pay of said chief
cleik be doo dollars per annum, aud of each
other clerk 400 dollar* per annum.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBF.HG,
Speaker $f the Htu/e ts R pre/eatatmh
JOHN ADAMd, htrPrtfdeut */ tht
Unwed Stajt } an 4 of the Stnntt*
GEORGIA
Approved— Augujl j, 1789.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prtfdent
0/the United Statn. '
An ACT to tjlablijh an Executive Department,
to be denominated— The Depart meut of War.
BE it enatted by the Senate and House of
Reprejentatives of the United States of
America in Congrejs as embled, Tha there ffiall
be an Executive Department, 10 he denomi
nated, the Department es War; and that
■ there lhall be a principal officer therein, to be
called the Secietary fur,the of
War, who lhall perform and execute such du
ties as lhall from time to time be enjoined on,
or entrusted to him by the Piefident of the
United States, agreeable to the Courtitution,
relative to military conmiiffions,. ur to the
land, or naval fortes, thips, or warlike (lores
of the, United States, or to such other matters
refpefting military or naval, .affairs, as the
Pi eh dent of the United States shall allien to
the said department, or relative to the grant
ing of lauds to persons entitled thereto, for
military services rendered to the United States,
or relative to Indian affairs ; and furthermoie,
That the laid principal officer, lhall conduct
the bufiuefs of the said department in such
manner, as the Piefident of the United States
lhall from time to time order or inrtrud.
Ana be it further matted, That there lhall
be in the said department an infeiioc officer,
to be appointed by the said ptimipal officer,
to be employed therein as he fliall litem pro
per, and to be called the Chief Clerk in the
-Department of War; and who, whenever
the said. principal officer fliall be removed
from office by .the President of the United
States, or in any other case of vacancy, shall
doting such vacancy, have the charge and
cuflody of all records, books and papers, ap
pertaining to the said department.
And be it further matted , That the said
principal officer, and every other perfonto be
appointed or employed in the said depart
ment, lhall, before he enters on the execution
of this office or employment, take an oath
or affirmation well and faithfully to execute
the trull committed to him.
And be itJurther matted, That the Secre
tary for the Depanmem of War, to be ap
pointed in consequence of this Aft, lhall forth
with after his appointment'} be entitled to
have the cultody and charge of all records,
books and papers, in the office vs Secietary
for the Department of War, hereiU-ce efla
blilhed by the Uuited States in Coagiefs rwT
fcmbled. „•
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,
Speaker oj the lloujt of Repre/entuuves.
JOHN ADAMS, i Yice-Prefdmt of the
United States,and President of the lunate.
Approved, August 7, 1789.- ..
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President
cf the United States.
An ACTfor the tjiabhjhmmt and support of
Light •itou / es, Beacons, Buoys, and public
Piers.
BE it enabled by the Senate and Uoufe of
Representatives es the United Stam of
America in Congre/e qfmbltd, 1 h»t all ex*
pence* which dull accrue from and after the
riitcfuth day of Augurt one ihnuland frven
hundred and eighty*nine, in rhe neceiUiy
fupfwrt, MiiuuuuMtt icparra wi all ,
light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers,
eicded, placed or funk, before the passing of
this Aft, at the entrance of, or within any
bay, inlet, harbour or port of the United
States, for rendering the navigation thereof
easy and fafe, lhall be defrayed out of the
Treasury of the United States;. Provided
nevertbelejs , That none of the said expencea
lhall continue to be so defrayed by the United
States, after the expiration of one year Jiont
the day aforefaid, unless such light-houses,
beacons, buoys and public piers, lhall in the
mean time be reded to and verted in the Unit- .
ed States, by the flateor Hates refpedtvely in
which the fame may be, together with the
lands and tenements thereunto belonging, to*,
gether with the jmifdidion of the fame.
An'd be it Jurther enabled , That a light-,
house fliall be irfeded near the entrance of the
Chesapeake Bay, at such place, when ceded •
to the United States in manner aforefaid, as
the President of the United States lhall direst. .*
And be it further enatted, That it lhall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Tteafury to
provide by coin rads which fliall be approved
by the Piefident of the United States, for
building a jight-houfe near the entrance of
Chelapeake Bay, and for re-building, when
necertary, and keeping in good repair, the
ljght-houfes, beacons, buoys and public piers,
ip the several. Hates, and for furnilhing the
fame with all necessary supplies, and also to
agree for the salaries, wage* or hire of any
person or persons appointed by the President,
for the fuperintcndance and care of the fame. .
And be it further enatted , That all pilot* in
the bays, inlets, livers, harbours and port#
ot the United States, lhall continue to be re
gulated in conformity with the cxifting law#
of the Hates refpedively, wherein such pilot#
may be, or with such laws as the Hates may
refpedively hereafter enad fur the purpose,
until further legiilativeprovifionfliall be made
by Congtefs.
FK I- DERICK A. MUHLENBERG*
Speaker tj the Iloujeof Reprejtn'ativeim
JOHN ADAMS, Etci-Prefident of the
UnitedStaies, and President of the Senate .
Approved Augujl 7, 1789.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President
of the United S ates.
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PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS.
In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of
the UNITED STATES.
(Continuedfr cm No. 156.^
v Friday , July I7*
THE House met purfuajit to adjournment.
The bill for efiablifhing an Ordinance
of the late C'ongreG refpeding the govern
ment of the Wefteni territory, was read a
fecund time, and ordered to be referred to a
committee of the vvKde.
The hill to authorikCommiHt o,, er> to fet
tle the accounts bciw een tkc United States and
individual States, agree.'bfy to an Oidtnauce
of the late Gong refs, was also read a lecoud
time, aud ordered to be conmuted tu a com
mittee of the whole.
The House then, agreeably *° f be order of .
the day, itfolvcd iifelf into * committee of
the whole, on the hill iffpeOint the teguta*
lion vs light• houfe* and pilot*,
Ml. ttwtfdtuwi tu ti e Chair.
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