pensation for his services, in lieu of the compensation heretofore allowed.
Privilege of franking.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all letters and packets to or from the Accountant of the department of War, shall be conveyed by post, free of postage, under such restrictions as are provided by law, in like cases.
Approved, May 27, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Expired.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅢ.—An Act respecting the Mint.
Act of Jan. 14, 1793, ch. 2.
Act of April 24, 1800, ch. 34.
Appropriation for the purchase of copper.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appropriated for the purchase of copper for the further coinage of cents and half cents, a sum equal to the amount of the cents and half cents which shall have been coined at the mint, and delivered to the treasurer of the United States, subsequent to the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, which sum shall be payable out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Part of gold and silver bullion to be retained.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, there shall be retained from every deposit in the mint, of gold or silver bullion below the standard of the United States, such sum as shall be equivalent to the expense incurred in refining the same, and an accurate account of such expense on every deposit shall be kept, and of the sums retained on account of the same, which shall be accounted for by the treasurer of the mint, to the treasurer of the United States.
Limitation.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for the term of two years from the passing thereof, and from thence until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter holden, and no longer.
Approved, May 27, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅣ.—An Act altering the Sessions of the Circuit Courts in the Districts of Vermont and Rhode Island; and for other purposes.
Time and place of holding the district court of Vermont.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of June next, the circuit court, for the district of Vermont, shall be held at Rutland and Windsor, alternately, beginning with the former,1802, ch. 31. on the seventh day of November, and on the twelfth day of May, annually: Provided, when either of those days shall be Sunday, the court shall be held on the day following.
Fall session of the circuit court of Rhode Island.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fall session of the circuit court, for the district of Rhode Island, shall be held on the nineteenth day of November, with the exception for Sunday, as is provided in the preceding section.
Times of holding the district court of Rhode Island.
1804, ch. 31.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the district court for the district last aforesaid, instead of the several days heretofore prescribed, shall be held annually, on the first Tuesday of August, the third Tuesday of November, the first Tuesday of February, and the second Tuesday of May.
