-jr*}; ' • A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS KV JOHN h'F. NNO, No. 34, NOBTH FIFTH-STKRE f, IJHII.1 J HII. A Df.Ll'l! Ip. [No. 97 of Vol. IV.] LAW OF THE UNION. SJCOKII CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, At THE SECOND SESSION, and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday thi fit'th of November, one thousand fttfen hundred and ninety-two. AN ACT for extending the time for receiving on Loan that part of the Domeltic Debt of the United State*, wbieb sisy be Jwbfcribed prior to tfc« firft day of March, ooethoufand seven hundred and nineiy-three. BE it ena&ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cong re fs afTeinbled, That the term for receiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States, which shall not have been fubferibed, in pursuance of the a£t» intituled k4 An a& supplementary to tho f* making provision for the debt of the United States," be extended, from and after the firft day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, until the Jaft day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four inclusively, on the fame terms and conditions, as are contained in the acl, intituled 44 An a£t making provision for the debt of the United States : Provided, That the books for receiving the laid fubferiptions fhaU beopenetf only at the Treafiiry of the „-*rmted States. And be it further ena&ed, That such of the creditors of the United States, as have f:ibfcrib&d, frrrd lhaU ii<jC ftmfciibc la thrr said loan, fh'all nevertheless receive, during the year o:»e thousand /even hundred and nine ty three, a rate per centum on the amount of such of their demands, as shall have been regiftened, conformable to the dire&ions con tained in the said ast, on or before the last da> of June, one thousand seven hundred am ninety-four, equal to the interest, which wouli be payable to XhsJU*. fubfcribiijg creditor JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the tioufeoj Kept eft htUi ives JOHN LANGDON, Pusi dent pro tempore, oj the Senat Approved march 2, 1793- glo. Washington, President oj the United States. AN ACT fHpplememary to the aift, entitled, " An adl to provide more effectually for the colk<Sion> of the Duties impoled by law on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of Ships or Vessels." BE it ena&ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress afTembled, That there shall be in the State of Georgia, a diihift, to be called the diltrict of Hardwick, to com prehend all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, creeks and rivers, between the south point of Oflfabow island and the south point of Warsaw Island ; £h*t in the said diftridl the town of Hardwick shall be the only port of entry, and a colle&or for said diftrjft fha.ll be appointed t > reside at Hardwick, and the said colle&or ItxaTl be entitled to receive the like fees, and the fame yearly allowance which is paid to the collector of the diilrift of St. Marv's, in the said State. And be it further enacted, That so much of Lake Cliauipiain, with the (hores, bays and rivers connected therewith as lieth within tie State of New-York, (hall be one entire diftrift, to be called the diftrift of Champlain ; and the Prcndeiit of the United States, be, and hereby W authoiinedto appointfucli place within the said diftrkt to be the port of en fry and delivery within the fame as be may dtem exjJSdi^nt; and a collector for the said oiltritt flia!! for appointed to lefide at such place within fa~d diftridt as the President of t.ie United States shall diretf, who rtiall beat, lowed tne fume fees as are allowed the collec tor in t'ue diftrift of Vermont: Provided ne v'"rtJ,cThat the exception contained in the sixty-ninth feiftion of the ast abovenien ttoned, relative to the dlftrirt of Louifvil'e, . be, and hereby is extended to the diftriit ot Champlain. And be it further enacted, That from and alter the laftday of June Dext, the collcftors 10 tuc diftriA oi \ ermont and Champlain, in r -—T®^«7 a*WilJjlhe i*jen apM- e!««inPlJiiu; H»tt* accrue M 'ui the <Suß«ttiori of.-i^e l , dutiei ol inipofl and tonnage by the provi- ' Aons already made, lhall ieverallyhave and be entitled to receive the yearly film of qne hun ted dollars each. And be it further eila&ed, That from, and after the last day of June next, the allowance of one half per centum to the collectors of the <fiftri(sts» of Pennsylvania and of the city of NewYdrk, and the allowance of one per centum to the colletfors of thfe diftr'ffts of Boston and CharleftOwn, and cf Baltimore, on the amount of all the monies by them ref pe<ftively received, on amount of the duties of impnft and tonnage lhall cease, arid inftezxl thereof, from and after the said last day of June next, the colle&drs of the diftri<?ts of Pennsylvania, and of the city of New-York lhall be entitled to three eighths of one per centum, and the collectors of the,districts of Boston and Charleftown, and of Baltimore, shall be entitled to three fourths of one per centum, on all fach monies by them respec tively Teceited. And fee it further ena&ed, That from and after the fir® daybf January next no officer of the customs, or other person employed un der the authority of the United States, in the colle&ipn of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnag?of ftiips or velTe'.s, shall own, in whole or in part, any (hip or velfel, or a<£l as agent, attorney or consignee for the owner or owners of any (hip or veflel, or of any cargo or lading on board the fame : Nor shall any officer of the cus toms, or other person employed in the col leftidn df the duties as aforefaid, impdrr, or be concerned dirc<stly or indirectly in the im portation of any goods, wares or meichan dize into the United States, on penalty that every person so offending and being thereof convicted, fliall forfeit the sum of five hun dred dollars. And be it further ena<sted, That so much of the twelfth fe&ion of an'att,entituled, 44 An a«ft making alterations in the treafu; V and war departments," as reftrifted all officers of the United States employed in the collec tion of the duties i nipofed by law on jM>ods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of lhips or veiTeh, from ouyiifg or difpoftng of the funds or debts of the United States* or of any ft ate, or of any pubJi'c property of either, lie and the fame is hereby repealed ; so far as the fame prohibits them from disposing of their interest in the funds or debts of the United States, or of ai\y o'f the said States. And be it further ena&ed, That the Pre sident of the United States play, if he shall jucflge it conducive to the public interest, in crease the complement of mariners to the ie veral revenue cutters, so that the number do not exceed seven mariners to each cutter-; and that from, and after the firft day of April next, there be allowed, in lieu of the com pensations now established, to the maiter of each revenufc cutter, forty dollars per month, and the subsistence of a captain in the army of the United States ; to a firft mate, twen ty fix dollars per month ; to a second mate, twenty dollars per month ; to a. third mate, eighteen dollars per month ; to every mate, the subsistence of a lieutenant of the said ar my ; and to each mariner, not exceeding ten dollars per month, to be paid by the collec tors of the revenue, who ihall be designated for that purpole : And that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby author'ifed to contract for the supply of rations for the officers and men of the said cutters, on such terms, asfhall, from time to time, appear reaionable. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the Houje oj Representative j. JOHN LANGDON, Prejident bro tempore of the jfna4t. APPROVED MARCH 2, 1793' G£o. WASHINGTON, President of the United States. AN ACT for the relief of Simeon Thayer. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress aflembled, That Si meon Thayer, late a major in the ar.my of the United States who was disabled at the battle of Monmouth, be placed 011 the pension lift of the United States, and that he be al lowed the half pay of a major, from the firft day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one : provided he return into the treafury-office, a sum equivalent to the whole of his commutation ofhali pay. JONATHAN TRUiMBULL, Speaker of the Hotfe of Representatives. JOHN LANGDON, President prt temfore of the Senate. Arr&ovxD, ma»ch e, 1793. ST ■ G&st t/escdi. Saturday, May 4. 1795. GEO. WASHINGTON, Prejidcnt of the United Staid. 385 A**TDaEMK*T OF TKt: AW CONSTITUTION of FRANa. [cONC LUUED.] Admi/iifl rativt Bodies. THEftE (hall be in each department, an ad niiniitrative council 6f iß,niQmbers 3 with fubordintte ageiicies. The former ate to ci )n * trt>uf the revenue, and to cmrefpond with the executivfc governiflgnt. The tpferio.r adfnii -iiiftfations Sfe imt Ss yet organized. Th« admih'iftratofs are to be? elected in the", primary ali'emblies, and the Halt' renewed • .every two years. , , Executive Council. , I. Theexecufivp council of the- Republic shall be computed of fevep general agents or mitiiffersj and a secretary. 11. There, lhall'fc, .... I. A Bifnifter.'6f .2. A minfftertif if at. 3- A miniftef for foreign affairs. 4- .'A miniver of public contributions, j. A pitnifter of. the marine. 6. A miniiier of agricul tu re, cofiinicre awd ' ~. ?■ At nfinirter of works, aids, public eftab lilhments, and aits. 111. Each of the ministers foall alternately pre fide in the executive council, and the pre sident /hall be changed every fifteen days.— To this council it belongs to execute all the laws and all the decrees paifed by the legifta tive bodv. The ministers are to be chosen in the pri mary aflemhlies, and in the manner before prescribed. Eight firppleans or substitutes are to be chosen at the faine time. The members of the council to be chosen for two years. The half fliall be renewed eve r y year; but they may be re-elected. The executive council are accountable to, and cannot be members of the leg'flative bo dy. They have no controul over the Nati onal treasury, which is to be di retted by three commifliohers appointed for that purpose, and eletted in the fame manner. Two hundred members are to be chosen in the legislative body, of whom a jury of seven is to audit each account. l.sgiflat'pu: Body. The legislative body is to conlift of one chamber, and to be renewed annua 1 ly, by elec tions in the manner before mentioned. The number of deputies to be sent from eafch department is tio be newly 6xed every ten years, according to the increase or de crease of" the population. Thfe members of the legiflatiye body (hall not at any lime be prosecuted, impeached, -or tried for any thing which they may have laid or written in the f xercife of their hinmon's. No pfopofition shall pass into a law, unless it befit'ft proposed in the aflembly, then re ferred to a committee of thirteen, and after the interval of a fortnight, if the time (hould permit, re-debated in the aflembly. CenjforJhip of the People. Under this head it is proposed, that any citizen shall have the right of convoking the primary aflembly where he resides, to consider of the enadlment of a new, or the repeal of an existing law. If they agree to the prooo (Ttlirn, they are to address the people of oHier alTpmblies, and the wifli of the department thus collected, is to be transmitted to and decided upon by the member? of the legislative body. The citizens flia'l likewise have the right to demand an inquiry into the conduit of public functionaries, in cafe of* ol power and violation of the law, A Contention A convention is to be fummnned whenever any change is made in the legislative body. In the 20tb year after the passing of tlie con stitutional code, a convention lhall be called to revile and inlprovi. The convention cannot hold its fittings within S3 leagues at the legiflatit e body. It (hall be formed of 2 members from each de partment. Adminiflration of Jufiict. In the civil as well as the criminal code, the trial by Jury is to be established. The jurors as well a 5 judges are to be elected.— The former to be taken one from every hun dred citizens. The jury to coriflft of a di rector, a reporter, a national con.miflioner, and a number of juryman to be fpecified. The punilhment of death is aboliflied for all private offences. There are to be two juries, wliofe functions correspond with those of the grand and petty juries in the Englifli constitution. Judicial censors are to be appointed to tra vel at fixed periods, and to try all questions of appeal. A national jury, consisting of J jurors from each department, is to try all queltious of high treason. The arrest and detention of au individual are qualified by & number of minute regula tions, highly favorable to personal liberty. The liberty of tl.e p.efi is declared to be indefinite. $0 [Whole No. 4 j 9."! 13can <m *r.cs£ni~ rrally, on arcotuvt 1 of writing; p'r'oied or rfvih lifh d, except -hive been Vec'^Mized and declared by a jury. iiK. \9rierhet theie n any criminality in the wrirmg denounced Vllv, wlietiicr llie peiion prosecuted i;, jruilt if it. Public f-b uMu . jfc'e. The forces of rh'c RVptybMc- are placed jin llr the cont'ou} rif. the executive council — •The public fatr-e is declared to be effentrally obedient, as no armed body can deliberate- The commanders in chief are to have an nual and levocabie commissions from the exe cutive council. The commanders of the national guards lhall be elected annually by the citizens in each diftri<s>. Public Contributions, The public contributions ought never to exceed the exigencies of the state. There cannot be established any contribu tion, Which by its narure, or by its mode of* exafrron, be inju ious to*the free dispo sal of property, to the prog eT. of ami of comiuerce, to the circulation os-capi tals, or might produce tie violation «fthe rights recognized and declared b> the con&i tut on. The amount shall be fixed each year by the le<iirtative*body,and cannot exceed that term. They are to !>e published annually. Relation to Foreign Powers. The French will only take up arm l ? for the fake of their liberty. It renounce"; all r.ccef fion of territory, mile's by the wifli, freely expreflejf, of its inhabitants. The declaration of \\ ar fnalT be made f>y the leg'flative body ; treaties of peace, com merce and alliance, fliall be made by the exe cutive council, and ratified by the legislative body, etc. Presented by the members forming the committe of confiitution. Barrire, Sriffet, Cohdurctt, Dantdn. Genfomi', Petioti, Si:ycs, Thomas Palm, Vergriidud. Foreign Intelligence. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION. February 25. T ALIEN, in tlie name of the com mitt'ee of general f'afety, gave in a report on the troubles which prevail at pre'fent in the city of Ly ons. Ihe sentence pronounced a gainst Louis XVI. and his execution had, he raid, filled the A'riflucratt of Lyoiis with horror. Since that pe riod, the tree of liberty had been disgraced with insulting rnferipti 011s, and pamphlets had been pubi lifhed with threats against the, Nati onal Convention. 111 one of which were the following words : " Treni ble. Tyrants ! Remember that the base murderers of Chailes I. either all perished on the fcaflrild, or felt by the hands of real Englifhnier." He laid also ; the Aristocrats ex,- prefied great joy when they heard of the death of Le Pelletier ; and that they threatened, at the fame time, to set fire to Mom-Briton, a city of that department, and to the houses of two deputies who had vot ed for the dea h of Louis. After mentioning other facts, tending tc fliew the ferment which prevails a; Lyons, he added, that a counter re volution was ready to be effeified there ; that the central club of ast the popular societies in that city had been dispersed ; that their records had been burnt in the public fejoare ; that fire had been set to the tree of liberty, which would have been ion. fumed, had not the Sans Culottes braved the poinards which threaten ed them ; that the flatue of liberty and of J. J. Rofleau had been nailed to the sacred tree ; and that during this counter-revolutionary ceremo ny, the Ariflocrats had formed a dance around it, in which the ladies had made a conspicuous figure ; and that the gates of the arsenal and of the powder magazine were in the hands of the revolters. He con cluded with Hating,that every thing announced thegreatefl danger ; for the constituted authorities had writ
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