whatever, by the name and title of the State of Tennessee. That until the next general census, the said state of Tennessee shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of Representatives of the United States; and in all other respects, as far as they may be applicable, the laws of the United States shall extend to,1802, ch. 1. and have force in the state of Tennessee, in the same manner, as if that state had originally been one of the United States.
Approved, June 1, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅬⅧ.—An Act making an appropriation to satisfy certain Demands attending the late Insurrection; and to increase the compensation to Jurors and Witnesses in the Courts of the United States.
Appropriation for defraying expenses on trial of persons concerned in the late insurrection.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a sum, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, out of any monies not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the discharge of certain incidental demands, occasioned by the trial of persons for crimes and offences during the late insurrection, for the payment of which no special provision has been made by law.
Additional compensation to jurors, &c.
1792, ch. 36.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the compensation now allowed by law to jurors and witnesses, attending in the courts of the United States, there shall be allowed and paid to each grand and petit juror, for his attendance, fifty cents per day; and to each witness, for like attendance, fifty cents per day.
Appropriation for clerks of courts and jurors.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars, out of any monies not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for defraying the expense of clerks of courts, jurors and witnesses, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, in aid of the fund arising from fines, forfeitures and penalties, and of the appropriations already made for that purpose.
Approved, June 1, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅬⅨ.—An Act limiting the time for the allowance of Drawback on the Exportation of Domestic distilled Spirits, and allowing a Drawback upon such Spirits exported in vessels of less than thirty tons, by the Mississippi.
Drawbacks in what cases allowed.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 July next, no drawback shall be allowed on any of the spirits distilled in the United States, which shall not be exported, pursuant to regulations heretofore enacted, and in force, within twelve months from the time when such spirits were distilled, to be ascertained by the dates of the certificates which may and ought to accompany the said spirits, at the time of exportation.
56 section of certain act suspended with regard to the Ohio and Mississippi.
1791, ch. 15.
Repealed 1802, ch. 19.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the restriction in the fifty-sixth section of the act, intituled “An act, repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also, upon spirits distilled in the United States, and for appropriating the same,” shall, from and after the first day of July next, be suspended, and cease to operate for the space of one year, so far as the said restriction respects any distilled spirits which may be exported from the district of Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, or from any district which may be hereafter established on the rivers Mississippi or Ohio, or the branches thereof.
