For satisfying the claim of Clement Biddle, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars, sixty-three cents.
For erecting a lighthouse at old Point Comfort, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations, herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1801.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XXVIII.—An Act directing the mode of estimating certain foreign coins and currencies, and of making out invoices in certain cases.
Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, sec. 74.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 passing of this act, the foreign coins and currencies hereinafter mentioned, shall be estimated in the computation of duties, at the following rates; each sicca rupee of Bengal and each rupee of Bombay, at fifty cents; and each star pagoda of Madras, at one hundred and eighty-four cents; any thing in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the invoices of all goods, imported into the United States, and subject to a duty ad valorem, shall be made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importation shall be made, and shall contain a true statement of the actual cost of such goods, in such foreign currency or currencies, without any respect to the value of the coins of the United States,1799, ch. 22, sec. 36. or foreign coins, which now are, or shall be by law made current within the United States, in such foreign place or country.
Approved, March 3, 1801.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXIX.—An Act to augment the salaries of the district judges in the districts of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, respectively.
Salaries increased.
1789, ch. 18.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of the compensation at present allowed to the district judges for the districts of Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, and Maryland, respectively, there shall hereafter be allowed to the district judge for the district of Massachusetts, the yearly salary of sixteen hundred dollars; to the district judge for the district of New York, the yearly salary of sixteen hundred dollars; to the district judges for the district of New Jersey and Delaware, the yearly salaries of twelve hundred dollars each, and to the district judge for the district of Maryland, the yearly salary of sixteen hundred dollars, to be paid at the treasury of the United States in quarter-yearly payments.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the year one thousand eight hundred and one, there shall be appropriated the sum of eight hundred dollars, to satisfy the additional compensation hereby allowed to the district judges, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1801.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXX.—An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act making provision for the further accommodation of the household of the President of the United States.”
