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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.
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[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