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army accounts, which are not foreclosed by
the acts of limitation of the late Congrefs,
and he shall report from time to time, all fuch
fettlements as have been made by him, for the
inspection and revision of the Comptroller of
the Treasury. The compenfation of the faid
accountant shall be a yearly falary of one thou- Salary.
and two hundred dollars.

of the U, S.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Duty of the Treasurer of the United States fhall difburfe Treasurer all fuch monies as fhall have been previoufly herein. ordered for the ufe of the department of war by warrants from the treasury; which difburfements fhall be made pursuant to warrants, from the Secretary at War, counterfigned by the

accountant.

of the

troops, his

Sec. 3. And be it be further enacled, That Paymafter there be a paymaster to refide near the head quarters of the troops of the United States. duty. That it fhall be the duty of the said paymafter, to receive from the treasurer all the monies. which fhall be entrusted to him for the purpofe of paying the pay, the arrears of pay, fubfiftence or forage, due to the troops of the United States. That he fhall receive the pay abftracts of the paymafters of the feveral regiments or corps, and compare the fame with the returns or mufter rolls which fhall accom

pany the faid pay abftracts. That he fhall certify accurately to the commanding officer, the fums due to the respective corps, which fhall have been examined as aforefaid, who fhalt thereon iffue his warrant on the faid deputypaymafter, for the payment accordingly. That copies of all reports to the commanding officer, and the warrants thereon, fhall be duly tranfmitted to the office of the accountant of the war department, in order to be there ex

To give

bond.

amined and finally adjusted at the treasury. That the faid paymaster fhall give bond in the fum of twenty thousand dollars, with two fufficient fureties, for the faithful difcharge of his duty, and he fhall take an oath faithfully to exHis falary. ecute the duties of his office. That the compensation to the said paymaster shall be fixty. dollars monthly, with the fame rations and forage as a major.

Affignment of pay by a

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no

foldier al affignment of pay made after the first day of

ter 1st June June next, by a non-commiflioned officer or private, shall be vaild.

next not

valid.

Contracts

ing the

army to be

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all for fupply- purchases and contracts for fupplying the army with provifions, clothing, fupplies in the quarmadeunder ter-mafter's department, military flores, Indian the Secre- goods, and all other fupplies or articles for the Treatury. ufe of the department of war, be made by or under the direction of the treasury depart

tary of the

To direct

the collec

ties, &c.

Affiftant

Secretary

fioner of

ment.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the tion of du- Secretary of the Treafury fhall direct the fuperintendance of the collection of the duties on impoft and tonnage as he fhall judge beft. That the present office of Affistant to the Secretary of the Treafury, be abolished, and that abolithed & inftead thereof there be an officer in the deCommif- partment of the Treafury, to be denominated the Reve- Commiffioner of the Revenue, who fhall be charged with fuperintending, under the direc tion of the head of the department, the collection of the other revenues of the United States, His duty and fhall execute fuch other fervices, being conformable to the conftitution of the department, as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. That the compenfation of the

nue fubftituted.

faid Commiffioner fhall be a falary of one thou- Salary. fand nine hundred dollars per annum.

And pow

tor and At

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in every cafe of an account or claim not finally ers, with adjusted, upon which the present Comptroller the Audiof the Treafury, as Auditor, may have deci- torney Geded, it fhall be the duty of the Commiffioner neral. of the Revenue, and of the Auditor of the Treafury, finally to adjuft the fame, and in cafe of difagreement between the faid Commiflioner and Auditor, the decifion of the Attorney General fhall be final.

dent on

heads of

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in Power of cafe of the death, abfence from the feat of the Prefigovernment, or fickness of the Secretary of death, State, Secretary of the Treafury, or of the Se- of the cretary of the War Department, or of any the three officer of either of the faid departments whofe departappointment is not in the head thereof, where- ments. by they cannot perform the duties of their faid refpective offices, it fhall be lawful for the Prefident of the United States, in cafe he shall think it necessary, to authorize any person or perfons at his difcretion to perform the duties of the faid refpective offices until a fucceffor be appointed, or until fuch abfence or inability by ficknefs fhall cease,

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts whatfoever. fhall be prefcribed by the deparment of the Treasury,

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the compenfations allowed to the Comptroller, Auditor, Treasurer, and Regifter of the Treafury, by the "act for eftablishing the falaries of the executive officers of goVOL. II.

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Barney Ge- vernment, their affiftants and clerks," and to the Attorney General by the " A&t for allowing certain compenfations to the judges of the fupreme and other courts, and to the Attorney General of the United States," the faid officers refpectively fhall be allowed the following yearly fums, viz. the Comptroller four hundred dollars; the Auditor four hundred dollars; the Treasurer four hundred dollars; the Regifter five hundred dollars; the Attorney General four hundred dollars.

of the

Treasury

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary Secretary of the Treafury be authorized to have two principal clerks, each of whom to have a falary of eight hundred dollars per annum; and that the falary of the chief clerk of the department of war, be at the rate of eight hundred dollars per year.

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Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That Restriction the reftriction on the clerks of the departclerks as to ment of the treasury, so far as refpects the carcarrying rying on of any trade or bufinefs, other than abolished; in the funds, or debts of the United States or and that as of any ftate, or in any kind of public properextended ty, be abolished, and that fuch reftriction, so to all reve far as refpects the funds or debts of the United cers, &c. States, or of any state, or any public property of either, be extended to the commiffioner of the revenue, to the feveral commiffioners of loans, and to all perfons employed in their respective offices, and to all officers of the United States concerned in the collection or difbursement of the revenues thereof, under the penalties prePrivilege of fcribed in the eighth fection of the act, intitled, franking “An act to establish the treasury department,' to commit and the provifions relative to the officers in the fioner of treafury department, contained in the “ A& to establish the poft office and post roads,"

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Thall be and hereby are extended and applied
to the commiffioner of the revenue.

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.

RICHARD HENRY LEE, Prefident pro
tempore of the Senate.

APPROVED, May eighth, 1792:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Prefident of the United States.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

An Act fupplementary to the Act making Provifion for the Debt of the United States.

Sec. I.

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on loan the

bed domeftic debt of

E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That the term for receiving on loan that part Terms for of the domeftic debt of the United States, receiving which hath not been fubfcribed purfuant to unfubfcrithe terms propofed in the act, intitled, act making provifion for the debt of the Uni- U. States ted States," shall be, and it is hereby extend- extended. ed, on the fame terms, as in and by the faid act is provided, to the first day of March next; and books, for receiving fuch farther fubfcrip- Subfcriptions, fhall be opened at the treafury of the to be open United States, and by the commiffioners of ed. Joans, in each of the faid ftates, on the first day of June next, which fhall continue open" until the faid first day of March next incluLively; for which purpofe, the faid commif

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