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SATURDAY, Ofober i 7 , I7 g 9 .] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE of the STATE. FREEDOM of <ht PRESS, and tria l bT]v R Y (ha|l renuia invio ”~ c^,uiim o/ AUGUSTA; Printed by IO H N F. <5 MT'x w t> ~ „• • " ~ T“* 1 ~ v ' • • ■ • • ••' - • ■■. . 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 . '• * •’ *' ’W V 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. .... ... —• . / 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. * [Vol. m. No. CLIX.J