scribed by law, for such vessels respectively, as may now be within the United States, within ninety days from the passing of this act; and for others, within the same time after their first arrival within the United States.
Approved, March 10, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. Ⅶ.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of the Military establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
Appropriation for the expense of the military establishment.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the military establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
Out of what funds payable.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum shall be paid and discharged out of the funds following, to wit: First, the balance which may remain unexpended of the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, reserved by the act Ante, p. 138.“making provision for the debt of the United States,” after satisfying the appropriations made in the present session, for the support of government: Secondly, the surplus of revenue and income beyond the appropriations heretofore charged thereupon, to the end of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
Approved, March 12, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. Ⅷ.—An Act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers who have been wounded or disabled in the actual service of the United States.
Provision for persons wounded or disabled in the militia, and for volunteers in the like case.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every commissioned, non-commissioned officer, private or musician, who has been wounded or disabled, while in the line of his duty, in actual service, 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 disabled, while in the line of his duty, in actual service, as aforesaid, shall be placed on the list of invalids of the United States, at such rate of pay, and under such regulations, as shall be directed by the President of the United States for the time being: Provided,Extent of compensation to be allowed. the rate of compensation for such wounds and disabilities shall never exceed for the highest disabilities, half the monthly pay received by any commissioned officer, at the time of being so wounded or disabled; and that the rate of compensation to non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians, shall never exceed five dollars per month; and that all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled, to receive only a sum in proportion to the highest disability: And provided,What persons this provision extends to. that these provisions shall not be construed to extend to any person wounded or disabled, before the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, nor to any person wounded or disabled since that time, who has made application for a pension, under any existing law of the United States, and has heen denied, or admitted on the pension list: Application to be made within one year after the end of the session.And provided, that all applications herein shall be made within one year after the end of the present session of Congress.
Approved, March 23, 1796.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. Ⅹ.—An Act making certain provisions in regard to the Circuit Court, for the district of North Carolina.
