United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 53
Chap. LIII.—An Act vesting in the state of Pennsylvania the right of the United States to all fines assessed for the non-performance of militia duty during the late war with Great Britain.
All the right of the United States to fines assessed on citizens of Pennsylvania for non-performance of militia duty, &c., vested in that state.
Moneys in the hands of marshals, &c., to be paid to the treasurer of the state.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right which the United States have to the fines assessed upon the citizens of the state of Pennsylvania, for the non-performance of militia duty during the late war with Great Britain, shall be, and the same hereby is, vested in the said state.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all moneys in the hands of those who now are, or heretofore have been, marshals or deputy marshals, which may have been collected from the fines aforesaid, after deducting the expense of assessing and collecting, shall be paid by them, respectively, to the treasurer of the said state.
Fines to be recovered as the state legislature may prescribe.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said fines shall be recovered by the said state under such regulations, provisions, and restrictions, as shall be prescribed by the legislature thereof.
If Pennsylvania accepts of the provisions of this act, that state is to account, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said state, provided it shall accept of the provisions of this act, shall account to the United States for the sum of three thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty-six cents, if that amount of the said fines shall be collected, it being the expenses of three courts martial, held in the said state, for the trial of said delinquents, of which Colonel Thomas C. Miller, Colonel James Wood, and Colonel Thomas Moore, were, respectively, presidents.
Approved, May 4, 1822.