sioners to

plus of the

fund to be applied for the

tion of the

debt of the

demands aris

The commis- of the said commissioners to cause to be applied the surplus of cause the sur- such fund as may at any time exist, after satisfying the purposes aforesaid, towards the further and final redemption, by payment or purchase, of the present debt of the United States, including final redemp- loans for the reimbursement thereof, temporary loans heretofore obtained from the bank of the United States, and those demands United States, 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: ProvidProviso; de- ed, 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.

ing under treaty, &c.

mands arising

under treaty,

may, at any time, be reimbursed, out of

the sinking fund, or other moneys, &c.

The commis

sioners of the

sinking fund may borrow,

on the credit

of the United States, in

America or abroad, &c.

A sum equiv

alent to that

laid out in the

debt, &c.

$4. 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 to be thus borrowed, or reloaned, shall be laid out by the commissioners of the sinking fund, in to be borrow the purchase or redemption of such parts of the present debt of ed, &c. to be the United States, and other demands against them, as the compurchase, &c. missioners of the sinking fund may lawfully pay, agreeably to of the present the provisions hereinbefore made, and as the said commissioners shall, in their judgment, deem most expedient, so as to effect the payment annually, of seven millions three hundred thousand dollars, towards the final discharge of the whole debt, agreeably Proviso: the to such provision: Provided, That the United States shall have a United States right to reimburse any loan thus made within six years after the date of the same, and that the rate of interest thereupon shall not exceed five per centum per annum, nor the charges thereupon the rate of five per centum on the capital borrowed: And provided always, That the power herein given, shall not be construed to repeal, diminish, or affect, the power given to the said commissioners by the tenth section of the act, entitled "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt," to borrow certain sums for the discharge of the instalments of the capital, or principal, of the public debt, in the manner, and on the terms, prescribed by the said section; nor the power given to them by an act, entitled "An act making provision for the payment of certain debts of the United States," to borrow certain sums, and to sell the shares of the bank of the United States, belonging to the United States, in the manner, on the terms, and for the purposes, authorized by the said act: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive any act or

may reim

burse any loan thus made within

six years, &c.

Proviso; the

power herein

given not to repeal, dimin

ish, or affect

the power, &c.

Vol. i. p. 446.

Proviso;

nothing herein

to revive any act, &c.

part of an act, authorizing the loan of money, and which hath heretofore expired.

any part of

of the Dutch

debt, &c.

sioners may

U. S. as agent

5. That, for the purpose of more effectually securing the The commisreimbursement of the Dutch debt, the commissioners of the sink- sioners of the sinking fund, ing fund may, and they hereby are, empowered, with the appro- &c. may conbation of the president of the United States, to contract, either tract, &c. for the payment with the bank of the United States, or with any other public in- in Holland of stitution, or with individuals, for the payment in Holland, of the the whole or whole, or any part, of the principal of the said Dutch debt, and the principal 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 em- The commisploy either the said bank, or any other public institution, or any employ the individual or individuals, as agent or agents, for the purpose of bank of the purchasing bills of exchange, or any other kind of remittances, for, &c. for the purpose of discharging the interest and principal of said debt, and to allow to such agent or agents a compensation not Compensation exceeding one fourth of one per cent. on the remittances thus exceeding purchased or procured by them, under the direction of the said 1-4th of one commissioners. And as much of the duties on tonnage and Duties on tonmerchandise as may be necessary for that purpose, is hereby nage and merchandise apappropriated towards paying the extra allowance or commission propriated to resulting from such transaction, or transactions, and also to pay pay commis. any deficiency arising from any loss incurred upon any remittance purchased or procured under the direction of the said commissioners, for the purpose of discharging the principal and interest of the said debt.

to agent not

per cent.

sion, &c.

sinking fund

Europe.

6. That the commissioners of the sinking fund be, and they The commishereby are, empowered, with the approbation of the president of sioners of the the United States, to employ, if they shall deem it necessary, an may employ agent in Europe, for the purpose of transacting any business re- an agent in lative 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 Compensathree thousand dollars a year, to be paid out of any moneys in tion of the the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

agent in Eu

rope.

this act to af

former act,

7. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to Nothing in repeal, alter, or affect, any of the provisions of any former act, fect the provi pledging the faith of the United States to the payment of the in- sions of any terest, or principal, of the public debt; and that all such pay- &c. ments shall continue to be made at the time heretofore prescribed by law, and the surplus only of the appropriations made by The surplus this act, beyond the sums payable by virtue of the provisions of only of approany former act, shall be applicable to the reimbursement, re- this act, be demption, or purchase, of the public debt, in the manner provid- plicable, &c. ed by this act.

priations by

yond, &c. ap

8. That all the restrictions and regulations heretofore estab- The restrictions and reglished by law, for regulating the execution of the duties enjoin- ulations hereed upon the commissioners of the sinking fund, shall apply to, tofore estaband be in as full force for, the execution of the analogous duties be in force for, enjoined by this act, as if they were herein particularly repeated &c. and re-enacted: Provided, however, That the particular annual Proviso; the account of all sales of stock, of loans, and of payments, by them count, &c. to VOL. II.

89

annual ac

be laid before

congress.

Vol. i. p. 406.

Repealed. Vol. ii. p. 1007.

The secretary

and clerk of

the house,

2,000 dolls. in lieu, &c.

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.]

CHAP. [35.] An act to regulate and fix the compensations of the officers of the senate and house of representatives.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the officers of the senate and of the senate, house of representatives hereinafter mentioned, shall be, and hereby are, entitled to receive, in lieu of their compensations as fixed by law, 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.

Principal clerks 1,300 dolls. each, &c.

The sergeant

at arms, &c. to receive

§ 2. That the sergeant at arms of the senate, who also performs the duty of doorkeeper, and the sergeant at arms of the 800 dolls. per house of representatives, shall be, and hereby are, entitled to receive eight hundred dollars per annum,

ann. each.

The door

keeper of the house to receive 500

ceive 50. per the assistant doorkeepers

450 dolls. each, &c.

The compen

each.

3. That the doorkeeper of the house of representatives shåll 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.

4. That the compensations to the secretary of the senate, ed by this act and clerk of the house of representatives, and to their clerks, and to commence to the other officers herein named, shall commence with the pre1st Jan. 1802. sent year. [Approved, April 29, 1802.]

Repealed. Vol. iv. p. 9224.

Persons who,

after the 1st

of Jan. 1803,

seek to ob

tain copy

of the record,

serted at full

length in the

CHAP. [36.] 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 arts of designing, engraving, and etching, historical and other prints.

1. 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 right agreea- seek to obtain a copy right of the same agreeable to the rules bly to the rules prescrib- prescribed by law, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of ed by law, to the act, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, cause a copy by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors &c. to be in- 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 a 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, or in the page immediately following the title, of every such book or books; and if a map or chart, shall cause the following words to be impressed on the face thereof, viz.: "Entered according to 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

title page, &c. Vol. i. p.

94.

If a map or chart, the

words men

tioned to be

impressed on the face.

venting, en

[here insert the author's or proprietor's name, and the state in which he resides.] § 2. That, from and after the first day of January next, every Citizens or reperson, being a citizen of the United States, or resident within sidents, inthe same, who shall invent and design, engrave, etch, or work, graving, &c. or, from his own works and inventions, shall cause to be design- other prints, to historical or ed and engraved, etched, or worked, any historical or other print have the sole or prints, shall have the sole right and liberty of printing, re- lishing and liberty of pubprinting, publishing, and vending, such print or prints, for the vending, &c. term of fourteen years from the recording the title thereof in the &c. clerk's office, as prescribed by law for maps, charts, book, or books: Provided, he shall perform all the requisites in relation to Proviso; the inventor, &c. such print or prints, as are directed in relation to maps, charts, to perform the book, or books, in the third and fourth sections of the act to requisites in which this is a supplement, and shall, moreover, cause the same sections of the entry to be truly engraved on such plate, with the name of the act mentioned, proprietor, and printed on every such print or prints, as hereinbefore required to be made on maps or charts.

etch

for 14 years,

the 3d and 4th

&c.

other

engraving,

&c. the inven

tions of others,

without the

writing, signed

presence

witnesses, to

found in their

3. That if any printseller, or other person whatsoever, from Printsellers, or and after the said first day of January next, within the time li- persons, mited by this act, shall engrave, etch, or work, as aforesaid, or etching, workin any other manner copy or sell, or cause to be engraved, ing, or selling, ed, copied, or sold, in the whole or in part, by varying, adding to, or diminishing from, the main design, or shall print, reprint, consent of proor import for sale, or cause to be printed, reprinted, or imported prietors, in for sale, any such print or prints, or any parts thereof, without in the the consent of the proprietor or proprietors thereof, first had and of two credible obtained, in writing, signed by him or them, respectively, in the forfeit the presence of two or more credible witnesses; or, knowing the plates and sheets, &c. same to be so printed or reprinted, without the consent of the and one dollar proprietor or proprietors, shall publish, sell, or expose to sale, or for every print otherwise, or in any other manner, dispose of any such print or custody, &c. 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 A moiety of who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof to and the forfeiture for the use of the United States, to be recovered in any court who shall sue, having competent jurisdiction thereof.

to any person

&c.

have not a co

any book, map,

4. That if any person or persons, from and after the passing Persons who of this act, shall print or publish any map, chart, book or books, py right, &c. print or prints, who have not legally acquired the copy right of impressing on such map, chart, book or books, print or prints, and shall, con- &c. that the trary to the true intent and meaning of this act, insert therein, same has been or impress thereon, that the same has been entered according to forfeit 100 act of congress, or words purporting the same, or purporting

entered, &c. to

dolls.

A moiety of the forfeiture to the person

that the copy right 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, who shall sue, 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 hereinbefore given, the action be commenced within two years from the time the cause of action may have arisen. [Approved, April 29, 1802.]

&c.

Vol. i. p. 664. CHAP. [37.] An act to amend "An act to establish the compensations of the officers employed in the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage; and for other purposes."

250 dolls. additional com

pensation to

1. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the thirtieth day of June, in the present year, there shall be paid, annually, to the the collector at collector of the customs for the district of Richmond, in addition Discontinued. to the fees and emoluments otherwise allowed by law, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.

Richmond.

the collector at

The salary to 2. That, from and after the said thirtieth day of June, the Petersburg salary heretofore allowed by law to the collector of the customs discontinued. for the district of Petersburg be, and the same hereby is, discon

annual emolu

customs, naval

veyor, after deducting, &c.

amount to

tinued.

Whenever the 3. That, from and after the said thirtieth day of June, whenments of any ever the annual emoluments of any collector of the customs, afcollector of the ter deducting therefrom the expenditures incident to his office, officer, or sur 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 deduction, to more than three thousand dollars, the surplus shall be accounted for, and be paid by them, respectively, to the treasuof 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.]

more than, &c. the sur

plus to be ac

counted for, &c.

no

Proviso; thing in this

act to extend to fines, &c.

Obsolete.

Vol. i. p. 282. vol. ii. p. 1006. The 2d sec. of

ulating foreign coins suspen ded, &c.

ry

CHAP. [38.] An act to suspend, in part, the act, entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That so much of the act, entitled "An the act for reg- act for regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes," as is contained within the second section thereof, be, and the same hereby is, suspended for and during the space of three years, from and after the end of the present session of congress. [Approved, April 30, 1802.]

Obsolete.

Vol. i. p. 414. vol. ii. 887, vol. iii. 1844.

The act men

tioned revived and continued

CHAP. [39.] An act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes."

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved on the eighteenth of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyuntil the 4th of six, shall be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in March, 1803. force until the fourth day of March next, and no longer. [Approved, April 30, 1802.]