the constitution of the United States, or to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted and declared,Truth of the matter may be given in evidence.
The jury shall determine the law and the fact, under the court’s direction.
Limitation. That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, and no longer: Provided, that the expiration of the act shall not prevent or defeat a prosecution and punishment of any offence against the law, during the time it shall be in force.
Approved, July 14, 1798.
Statute Ⅱ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅤ.—An Act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States.
Section 1.Act of July 9, 1798, ch. 70.
A direct tax of two millions laid.
1802, ch. 12.
Apportionment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a direct tax of two millions of dollars shall be, and hereby is laid upon the United States, and apportioned to the states respectively, in the manner following:—
To the state of New Hampshire, seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and five dollars, thirty-six cents and two mills.
To the state of Massachusetts, two hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars, thirty-one cents and two mills.
To the state of Rhode Island, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and two dollars and eight cents.
To the state of Connecticut, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars, and two mills.
To the state of Vermont, forty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars eighteen cents and seven mills.
To the state of New York, one hundred and eighty-one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars, seventy cents and seven mills.
To the state of New Jersey, ninety-eight thousand three hundred and eighty-seven dollars, twenty-five cents, and three mills.
To the state of Pennsylvania, two hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars, seventy-two cents and seven mills.
To the state of Delaware, thirty thousand four hundred and thirty dollars, seventy-nine cents, and two mills.
To the state of Maryland, one hundred and fifty-two thousand five hundred and ninety-nine dollars, ninety-five cents, and four mills.
To the state of Virginia, three hundred and forty-five thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars, sixty-six cents, and five mills.
To the state of Kentucky, thirty-seven thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars, ninety-nine cents, and seven mills.
To the state of North Carolina, one hundred and ninety-three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars, ninety-six cents, and five mills.
To the state of Tennessee, eighteen thousand eight hundred and six dollars, thirty-eight cents, and three mills.
