States in Congrefs affembled; and fuch of the faid books, records and papers, as may appertain to the treasury department, or war department, fhall be delivered over to the principal officers in the faid departments refpectively, as the Prefident of the United States fhall direct. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United States, and Prefident of the Senate. Approved, September the 15th, 1789: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States CHAPTER XV. . An Act to fufpend Part of an Act, entitled, " An Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties impofed by Law on the Tonnage of Ships or Veffels, and on Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, imported into the United States," and for other Purposes. (EXPIRED.) CHAPTER XVII. An Act for allowing Compenfation to the Members of the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States, and to the Officers of both Houfes. (EXPIRED.) T CHAPTER XVIII. An Act for allowing certain Compenfation to the Judges of the Supreme and other Courts, and to the Attorney-General of the United States. Salaries of tice, juftices peme court and diftrict judges. Section 1. DE it enacted by the Senate and B Houfe of Reprefentatives of the chief juf United States of America in Congress affembled, of the fuThat there fhall be allowed to the judges of the fupreme and other courts of the United States, the yearly compenfations herein after mentioned, to wit; to the chief justice, four thousand dollars; to each of the juftices of the fupreme court, three thoufand five hundred dollars; to the judge of the district of Maine, one thousand dollars; to the judge of the district of NewHampshire, one thousand dollars; to the judge of the district of Maffachusetts, twelve hundred dollars; to the judge of the diftrict of Connecticut, one thousand dollars; to the judge of the district of New-York, fifteen hundred dollars; to the judge of the diftrict of New-Jersey, one thousand dollars; to the judge of the district of Pennfylvania, fixteen hundred dollars; to the judge of the diftrict of Delaware, eight hundred dollars; to the judge of the district of Maryland, fifteen hundred dollars; to the judge of the district of Virginia, eighteen hundred dol lars; to the judge of the district of Kentucky, one thousand dollars; to the judge of the district of South-Carolina, eighteen hundred dollars; to the judge of the district of Georgia, fifteen hundred dollars; and to the attorney-general of the United States, fifteen hundred dollars; which compenfations fhall commence from their of, and how refpective appointments, and be paid at the treafury of the United States in quarterly pay Com. mencement payable. ments. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United States, and Prefident of the Senate. Approved, September the 23d, 1789: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. Vice-Prefi CHAPTER XIX. An Act for allowing a Compenfation to the Pre fident and Vice-President of the United States. Section 1. E it enacted by the Senate and Prefident & United States of America in Congress affembled, Houfe of Reprefentatives of the dent of the That there fhall be allowed to the President of U. States, the United States, at the rate of twenty-five compenfation to,com- thousand dollars, with the ufe of the furniture and other effects, now in his poffeffion, belonging to the United States; and to the Vice-Prefident, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, in full compenfation for their refpective fervices, to commence with the time of their entering on the duties of their offices ref mencement of, and how. payable. pectively, and to continue fo long as they fhall FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, Approved, September the 24th, 1789 : GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XX. An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the Section 1. B United States. Supreme E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America in Congress affembled, court, chief That the fupreme court of the United States juftice, five fhall confift of a chief juftice and five affociate affociates. juftices, any four of whom fhall be a quorum, and fhall hold annually at the feat of government two feffions, the one commencing the firft Two feffiMonday of February, and the other the firft ly. Monday of Auguft. That the affociate juftices fhall have precedence according to the date of their commiffions, or when the commiffions of two or more of them bear date on the fame day, according to their respective ages. ons annual Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Thirteen United States fhall be, and they hereby are di- diftrists vided into thirteen diftricts, to be limited and called as follows, to wit; one to confist of that part of the state of Maffachufetts which lies eafterly of the state of New-Hampfhire, and to be called Main Diftrict; one to confift of the ftate of New-Hampshire, and to be called NewHampshire District; one to confift of the remaining part of the state of Maffachusetts, and to be called Maffachusetts Diftrict; one to confift of the ftate of Connecticut, and to be called Connecticut District; one to confift of the state of New-York, and to be called NewYork District; one to confift of the state of New-Jerfey, and to be called New-Jersey Diftrict; one to confist of the state of PennsylvaTheir divi- nia, and to be called Pennsylvania District; one to confift of the ftate of Delaware, and to be called Delaware District; one to confift of the state of Maryland, and to be called Maryland District; one to confift of the ftate of Virginia, except that part called the District of Kentucky, and to be called Virginia District; one to confift of the remaining part of the state of Virginia, and to be called Kentucky District; one to confift of the ftate of South-Carolina, and to be called the South-Carolina District: and one to confift of the state of Georgia, and to be called Georgia District. fions. court in ons annual Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be a court called a District Court, in each of A district the aforementioned districts, to confist of one each district judge, who fhall refide in the district for which he is appointed, and fhall be called a District Judge, and fhall hold annually four feffions, the Four feffi- first of which to commence as follows, to wit; ly in a dif- in the districts of New-York and of New-Jersey on the first, in the district of Pennsylvania on the fecond, in the diftrict of Connecticut on the third, and in the district of Delaware on the fourth Tuesdays of November next; in the diftricts of Maffachusetts, of Main, and of Maryland, on the firft; in the diftrict of Georgia, trict; and when held. |