Times and places of holding the district court at Utica, Geneva and Salem.
A clerk to be appointed to reside at Utica.
Act of Feb. 28, 1799, ch. 19.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be held annually four additional sessions of the district court for the district of New York, to wit: at Utica, on the first Tuesday of April and October; at Geneva, on the third Tuesday of September; and at Salem on the third Tuesday of October. A clerk shall be appointed by the district judges of said district, who shall reside at Utica, and attend said court at the places aforesaid, and do all the duties of said office of clerk, which may accrue at or from the sessions of the court at said places, both in and out of court, and be allowed the same fees and compensation as by law is allowed to clerks of the district courts. The said judges may allot themselves as they shall think fit for the purpose of their holding separately the several stated and special courts to be held by virtue of this or any other act for the district of New York.
Approved, April 29, 1812.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXXII.—An Act making further provision for the Corps of Engineers.
Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 78.
A company of bombardiers, sappers and miners to be formed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be added to the corps of engineers, two captains, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, with the usual pay and emoluments, according to their grades respectively, and one paymaster, to be taken from the subalterns of engineers, with the pay and emoluments of a regimental paymaster; and that there be attached to the said corps, either from the troops now in service, or by new enlistments, as the President of the United States may direct, four sergeants, four corporals, one teacher of music, four musicians, nineteen artificers and sixty-two men, which non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and men, together with the artificers and men already belonging to the corps of engineers, shall be formed into a company, to be styled a company of bombardiers, sappers and miners, and be officered from the corps of engineers,To be officered from the corps of engineers.
The same pay and emoluments as allowed in the regiment of artillerists.
Military academy how constituted.
Act of March 16, 1802, ch. 9, sec. 28.
Professor of natural philosophy.
Professor of mathematics.
Professor of engineering.
Assistant professor. according as the commanding officer of that corps may, with the approbation of the President of the United States, direct; and the said non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and men, shall be allowed the same pay and emoluments as are allowed to the non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and men in the regiment of artillerists.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the military academy shall consist of the corps of engineers, and the following professors, in addition to the teachers of the French language and drawing already provided, viz: one professor of natural and experimental philosophy, with the pay and emoluments of lieutenant colonel, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments as shall equal those of a lieutenant colonel; one professor of mathematics, with the pay and emoluments of a major, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments, as shall equal those of a major; one professor of the art of engineering in all its branches with the pay and emoluments of a major, if not an officer of the cops, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments as shall equal those of a major; each of the foregoing professors to have an assistant professor, which assistant professor shall be taken from the most prominent characters of the officers or cadets, and receive the pay and emoluments of captains, and no other pay or emoluments while performing these duties:Proviso. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall entitle the academical staff, as such, to any command in the army separate from the academy.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the cadets heretofore appointed in the service of the United States, whether of artillery, cavalry,