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UNITED STATES,

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of October, 1791, and ended on the ninth day of May, 1792.

George Washington, President, John Adams, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate, Richard Henry Lee, President of the Senate pro tempore, Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

STATUTE Ⅰ.

Nov. 8, 1791.

[Obsolete.]

Chapter I.—An Act granting farther Time for making Return of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants in the District of South Carolina.

Time for making return extended to 1st March 1792.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the marshal of the district of South Carolina to complete and make return of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the said district, to the President of the United States, in the form and manner prescribed by the act, Act of March 1, 1790, ch. 2.intituled “An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” at any time on or before the first day of March next, any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, March 3, 1791.

Statute Ⅰ.

Dec. 23, 1791.

Chap. III.—An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Specific appropriations for 1792. That for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and the support of the civil list of the United States, including the incidental and contingent expenses of the several departments and offices thereof, there shall be appropriated a sum of moneyCivil list. not exceeding three hundred and twenty-nine thousand, six hundred and fifty-three dollars, and fifty-six cents; that is to say:

Compensations to the President and Vice President, judges and attorney-general;
District judges;For the compensations granted by law to the President of the United States, the Vice President, Chief Justice, Associate Judges, and Attorney General, fifty-three thousand dollars.

For the like compensations to the District Judges, nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars.

Members of Senate and H. of representatives, officers and attendants;For the like compensations to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the officers and attendants of the two Houses, estimated on a session of six months continuance, and including the travelling expenses of the members, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand, seven hundred and thirty dollars.

Secretary and officers of the treasury, clerks and attendants, and loan officers.For the like compensations to the Secretary and officers of the several departments of the Treasury of the United States, including clerks and attendants, and the salaries of the respective loan officers, sixty thousand three hundred dollars.

Compensations to Secretary of State and officers.For the like compensations to the Secretary and officers of the department of State, six thousand three hundred dollars.

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