oath was not taken, at the time of exportation: Provided, That every other requifite has been complied with, relative thereto, which, by law, is required to entitle him to the fame. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United APPROVED, March the tenth, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER VII. An Act making a partial Appropriation for the Sec. 1. of the mili E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That ation for Appropria the fum of five hundred thousand dollars be, the expenfe and the fame is hereby appropriated towards tary eftabdefraying the expenfes of the military eftab. liiment. lifhment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fix. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the faid fum fhall be paid and discharged out of the funds following, to wit: First, the balance which may remain unexpended of the fum VOL. III. I 2 Out of of fix hundred thousand dollars, referved by what funds the act "making provifion for the debt of payable. the United States," after fatisfying the appropriations made in the present feffion, for the fupport of government: Secondly, The furplus of revenue and income beyond the appropriations heretofore charged thereupon, to the end of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fix. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United APPROVED, March twelfth, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. Provifion or difabled CHAPTER VIII. An Act for the Relief of certain Officers and Soldiers who have been wounded or difabled in the actual Service of the United States. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of Ameri for perfons ca, in Congress affembled, That every comwounded miffioned, non-commiffioned officer, private in the mili. or musician, who has been wounded or diftia, and for abled, while in the line of his duty, in actual fervice, called out by authority of any law of the United States, while he belonged to the militia; or any volunteer not belonging to the militia, who has been wounded or difabled, while in the line of his duty, in actual volunteers in the like safe. tion to be fervice, as aforefaid, fhall be placed on the JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United APPROVED, March the 23d, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. provifion tion to be end of the feffion. duties, on certain proofs. CHAPTER IX. An Act for the Relief of Joze Roiz Silva. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of Ame J. R. Silva, rica, in Congress affembled, That the collector refunded a of the diftrict of New-York be, and he is furplus of hereby authorized, at any time within fixty producing days after the paffing of this act, to receive from Joze Roiz Silva, of the city of New York, merchant, invoices and other proofs refpecting the value of a cargo of wines imported by him into the faid district, in or, about the month of June, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-three, in the brig Mary, William Hopper, mafter. from the island of Graciofa; and if it fhall appear to the fatisfaction of the faid collector, that the faid cargo, or any part thereof, was fubject to a iefs duty than that charged to, and paid by the faid Joze Roiz Silva therefor, then, and in fuch cafe, the faid collector is hereby required to allow or refund to the faid Joze Roiz Silva fuch excefs or fum as fhall appear to have been overcharged and paid on the fame, in like manner, as if fuch invoices and proofs had been produced in due time. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United APPROVED, March the 23d, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. An Act making certain Provifions in Regard to the circuit Court, for the District of NorthCarolina. W HEREAS, a fufficient quorum of judges did not attend to hold the circuit court, for the diftrict of North-Carolina, for the purpose of doing business in June term, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-five; and no judge attended to hold the faid court in November term, in the fame year; in confequence whereof, certain provifions are now become neceffary and expedient to prevent a failure of juftice in the faid court: Diftrict Judge of N. certain attend the court at Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That it fhall and may be lawful, for the district judge of the state of North-Carolina, to direct the clerk of the faid court, to issue fuch process for the purpose of caufing perfons to Carolina be fummoned to ferve as jurymen at the may order faid court, at the term to commence the process for first day of June next, as has been be- a jury to fore iffued by the clerk of the faid court circuit for the like purpose returnable to June the next term, one thousand feven hundred and nine- June term, ty-five; that the perfons ordered by the faid procefs to be fummoned for the faid purpose, fhall be ordered to be fummoned in the fame proportion and from the fame counties, as thofe perfons who were ordered to be fummoned for the like purpose by process retur nable at June term, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-five: Provided, that it shall appear expedient to the faid diftrict judge, that a different time of notice fhall be prefcribed, than that hitherto prefcribed, he may |