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CHAPTER II.

An Act for the Relief of David Cook and Tho

Section 1.

mas Campbell.

E it enacted by the Senate and

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United States of America, in Congress affembled, That David Cook, a captain of artillery in the late war, and who, being shot through the body at the battle of Monmouth, is rendered incapable to obtain his livelihood by labor, shall be placed on the pension-lift of the United States, and shall be entitled to one-third of his monthly pay, as a captain of artillery: Provided, That he return into the treafury-office, a fum equivalent to two-thirds of his commutation of half-pay, being the proportion of his penfion to the amount of his commutation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Thomas Campbell be placed on the penfion-lift, and that the half-pay of a captain of infantry T. Camp- be allowed to the faid Thomas Campbell, who has been fo injured by repeated wounds in the service of his country, that he is unable to fupport himfelf by labor: Provided, That he return into the treasury-office a fum equivalent to the whole of his commutation of half-pay.

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.

JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United
States, and Prefident of the Senate.

APPROVED, December fixteenth, 1791:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Prefident of the United States.

CHAPTER III.

An Act making Appropriations for the Support
of Government for the Year one thousand feven
hundred and ninety-two.

Section 1.

E it enacted by the Senate and

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of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That for the service of the year one thousand Specificapseven hundred and ninety-two, and the fup- proprio port of the civil list of the United States, in- 1792. cluding the incidental and contingent expenses of the feveral departments and offices thereof, there shall be appropriated a fum of money not exceeding three hundred and twenty-nine thoufand, fix hundred and fifty-three dollars, and Civil lift. fifty-fix cents; that is to say,

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For the compenfations granted by law to the compenfe Prefident of the United States, the Vice-Prefi- president dent, Chief Justice, Associate Judges, and Attorney General, fifty-three thousand dollars. judges and

and vice. prefident,

attorney

For the like compenfations to the District general; Judges, nineteen thousand eight hundred dol- district lars. judges;

of Senate

For the like compenfations to the members members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and House and the officers and attendants of the two of RepreHouses, estimated on a fessions of fix months officers and continuance, and including the travelling ex- attendants; penses of the members, one hundred and twen

ty-nine thousand, seven hundred and thirty
dollars.

sentatives,

Secretary and officers

For the like compenfations to the Secretary of the treaand officers of the several departments of the fury, clerks Treasury of the United States, including clerks dants, and and attendants, and the falaries of the refpec- loan offt

and atten

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tive loan-officers, fixty thousand three hundred dollars.

For the like compenfations to the Secretary chons to fe and officers of the department of State, fix cretary of

fate and

officers,

Secretary

thousand three hundred dollars.

For the like compenfations to the Secretary of war and and officers of the department of War, nine

fficers,

Loard com

cerks, &c.

thousand fix hundred dollars.

For the like compenfations to the members nitioners of the Board of Commiffioners, for the fettlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual states, including clerks and attendants, thirteen thousand one hundred dollars.

Governors, judges and

For the like compenfations to the Goverther offi- nors, Judges and other officers of the Western cers of W. Territory of the United States, including conteoritory. tingencies, eleven thousand dollars.

For the payment of the annual grant to B. Stcuben. Baron Steuben, pursuant to an act of Congrefs, two thousand five hundred dollars.

penfrons.

Incidental

civil lift,

of Congrefs

For the payment of fundry penfions granted by the late government, two thousand feven hundred and fixty-seven dollars, and seventythree cents.

For defraying all other incidental and conexpenfes of tingent expenses of the civil list establishment, &c. and the including firewood, stationary, together with two houses the printing work, and all other contingent &c. expenfes of the two Houses of Congress, rent and office-expenfes of the three feveral departments, namely, Treasury, State, War, and of the General Board of Commissioners, twentyone thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars, and eighty-three cents.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the

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