Detachment of militia under General Morgan.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense of six months pay and subsistence of a detachment of militia under the command of major general Morgan, pursuant to an act of the present session, there be appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand six hundred and eighty-two dollars; that is to say: For the general staff, four thousand one hundred and thirty-four dollars: For major Brooke’s battalion, nineteen thousand eight hundred and forty-eight dollars: For major Lynn’s battalion, twenty-one thousand three hundred dollars: For cavalry, twenty-three thousand four hundred dollars: For subsistence, twenty-four thousand dollars: For forage for officers and cavalry, eight thousand dollars.
Surplus of appropriation to the naval department.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the surplus which may remain unexpended of the sum of six hundred and eighty-eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-two cents, which was appropriated for the use of the naval department, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, by an act passed the ninth day of June last,1794, ch. 63. shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the use of the said naval department, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five.
Military pensions, and contingent purposes of government.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated the several sums following, to wit: For the payment of military pensions, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, eighty-five thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and four cents; and a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars for the contingent purposes of government, subject to the disposition of the President of the United States.
Out of what funds these appropriations are payable.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of the funds following, to wit: First the surplus of the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, reserved by the act “making provision for the debt of the United States,”1790, ch. 34. and which will accrue during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five: Secondly, the surplus of revenue and income beyond the appropriations heretofore charged thereupon, to the end of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five: And thirdly, the surplus which shall remain unexpended of the monies appropriated to the use of the war department for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.
President may borrow to the amount of these appropriations.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be empowered to borrow, on behalf of the United States, of the Bank of the United States, which is hereby authorized to lend the same, or of any other body or bodies politic, person or persons, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole, the sums herein appropriated, and to be applied to the purposes aforesaid, and to be reimbursed as well interest as principal out of the funds aforesaid.
Approved, March 3, 1795.
Statute Ⅱ.
Chap. ⅩⅬⅦ.—An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act establishing a Mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States.”[1]
Additional officer of the mint by the name of the melter and refiner.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That for the better conducting of the business of the mint of the United States there shall be all additional officer appointed therein by the name of the melter and refiner, whose duty shall be to take charge of all copper, and silver or gold bullion delivered out by the treasurer of the mint after it has been assayed,His duty. agreeably to the rules and customs of the mint already directed and established, or
- ↑ See note to act of April 2, 1792, chap. 16.
