Act for registering vessels, and to regulate coasting trade declared in force.
Act of Sept. 1, 1789, ch. 11.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the act, intituled “An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes,” shall, after the expiration of five days from the passing of this act, have the like force and operation within the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as elsewhere within the United States, and as if the several clauses thereof were repeated and re-enacted in this present act.
Approved, June 14, 1790.
Statute ⅠⅠ.June 23, 1790.
Chap. XXI.—An act for giving effect to an act intituled “An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States,” within the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Judicial act of Sep. 24, 1789, declared in force as to R. Island.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, intituled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,” shall have the like force and effect, within the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as elsewhere within the United States.
District court, its sessions,Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state shall be one district, to be called Rhode Island district: and there shall be a district court therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the district, and be called a district judge, and shall hold annually four sessions; the first to commence on the first Monday in August next, and the other three sessions progressively on the like Monday of every third calendar month afterwards. The stated district court shall be heldwhere held. alternately at the towns of Newport and Providence, beginning at the first.
Annexed to eastern circuit.
Circuit courts, their sessions,Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said district shall be, and the same is hereby annexed to the eastern circuit: and there shall be held annually in the said district two circuit courts; the first session of the circuit court shall commence on the fourth day of December next, the second session on the fourth day of June next, and the subsequent sessions on the like days of every December and June afterwards, except when any of the days shall happen on a Sunday, and then the session shall commence on the day following. And the sessions of the said circuit courts shall be heldwhere held. alternately at the said towns of Newport and Providence, beginning at the last.
Salary of the Judge.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the judge of the said district, the yearly compensation of eight hundred dollars, to commence from his appointment, and to be paid at the treasury of the United States, in quarterly payments.
Approved, June 23, 1790.
Statute ⅠⅠ.July 1, 1790.
Chap. XXII.—An Act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.
Act of March 20, 1794, ch. 7.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States shall be, and he hereby is authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars annually,President authorized to draw $40,000. to be paid out of the monies arising from the duties on imports and tonnage, for the support of such persons as he shall commission to serve the United States in foreign parts, and for the expense incident to the business in which they may be employed: Provided, That exclusive of an outfit,for outfit;
and salaries of ministers plenipotentiary, and which shall in no case exceed the amount of one year’s full salary to the minister plenipotentiary or charge des affaires to whom the same may be allowed, the President shall not allow to any minister plenipotentiary a greater sum than at the rate of
