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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums herein specifically appropri ated shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO: CLINTON,

Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.

February 10, 1808.

APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

Causes, &c.

CHAPTER XIX.

AN ACT to revive and continue certain causes and proceedings in the district court of the district of Columbia.

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E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all causes, suits, actions, writs, process and Court of the proceedings, which were pending in the dis

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trict court of the district of Columbia at the time appointed by law for holding a session thereof, on the first Tuesday of October last past, or which were returnable to the session of the said court which ought to have been hollen on the first Tuesday of October, shall be, and the same are hereby revived, reinstated and continued over to the next stated session of the said court, to be holden on the first Tuesday of April next, in the same manner and condition, and the same further proceedings may be had therein, as if a session of the said court had been, on the

said first Tuesday of October, holden ac cording to law, and as if a regular continuance of all the said causes, suits, actions, writs, process and proceedings had been duly entered upon the records of the said

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AN ACT making appropriations for carrying into ef fect certain Indian treaties.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of

Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Choctaw nation of Indians, concluded at Pooshapukanuk, in the Choctaw country, on the sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and five, the following sums be, and the same hereby are appropriated, in conformity with the stipulations contained in the said treaty, that is to say:

To the said Choctaw nation fifty thousand Specific ap five hundred dollars, and the further annual propriationg sum of three thousand dollars:

To each of the three great Medal Mingoes, Pukshunnubbee, Mingo Hoomastubbee and

Pooshamattaha, five hundred dollars, and a further annual sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to each of the said Mingoes during his continuance in office.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Ottoway, Chippeway, Wyandotte and Pottawatamie nations of Indians, concluded at Detroit on the seventeenth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, the following sums be, and the same hereby are appropriated, in conformity with the sti pulations contained in the said treaty, that is to say:

Ten thousand dollars to be paid to the said nations in the following proportions:

To the Ottoway nation three thousandă three hundred and thirty-three dollars thirtythree cents and four mills:

To the Chippeway nation three thousand three hundred thirty three dollars, thirtythree cents and four mills:

To the Wyandotte nation one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars, sixty-six cents and six mills:

To the Pottawatamie nation one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars sixty-six cents, and six mills: and the further annual sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, to be paid to the said nations in the following proportions:

To the Ottoways eight hundred dollars: To the Chippeways eight hundred dollars:

To the Wyandottes four hundred dollars: and to such of the Pottawatamies as now reside on the river Huron of Lake Erie, the

river Raisin, and in the vicinity of the said rivers, four hundred dollars:

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several sums appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO: CLINTON,

Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.

February 19, 1808.
APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

CHAPTER XXI.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of certain expenses incurred in the enquiry into the conduct of John Smith, a Senator from the state of Ohio.

E it enacted by the Senate and House of

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America, in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby directed to audit and settle ing aims the accounts of all persons who may have U.. for exclaims against the United States, for ex- pences authopenses incurred in the enquiry into the con enquiry into duct of John Smith, a Senator of the United the conduct States, from the state of Ohio, as an alledged (Senator) to associate of Aaron Burr; which expenses be settled and may have been authorized by the committee of enquiry, or by order of the Senate: Pro- Provise. vided, That the said accounts shall have

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been first certified by the chairman of the committee, or by the Secretary of the Senate.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That to every witness before the said committee of Per diem al enquiry, or before the Senate upon the said enquiry, there shall be allowed and paid for every day's attendance thereon, the sum of three dollars. And to defray the said expenses, there is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid from any monies in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

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J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,

GEO: CLINTON,

Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.

February 19, 1808.

APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

Additional
compensation
to the Mar-
shals of N.

Carolina and
N. Jersey.

CHAPTER XXII.

AN ACT making additional compensation to the Marshals for the Districts of North Carolina and New Jersey.

E it enacted by the Senate and House of

America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the last day of March next, there shall be paid annually to the Marshal for the district of North Carolina, the sum of four hundred dollars; to the Marshal for the district of New Jersey, the sum of two hun

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