tion. Commission Compensa and the sum of two thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the said compensation, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated-And the said Commissioner shall have the same privilege with the Comptroller of the Treasury, of sending and receiving letters and packages and also final certificates and patents for land free of postage. er to have the privilege of franking. Clerks to be employed. Proviso. Sec 12. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Land Office shall be authorised to employ a sufficient number of clerks: Provided, That their annual compensation shall not exceed in the whole, seven thousand dollars; and the said compensation shall be paid in the following manner during the year one thousand eight hun. dred and twelve; that is to say: Three thousand eight hundred dollars shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for the com pensation of clerks, during said year, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury; one thousand four hundred dollars shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for the com pensation of clerks, during said year, in the office of the Secretary of State: and three hundred dollars shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for the compensation of clerks, during said year, in the office of the Secretary of War. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate, pro-tempore. April 25, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER LXIX. AN Act to revive and continue in force “An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war, and other purposes." d for Former act force. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled, "An act to provide for persons revived and who were disabled by known wounds receiv- continued in ed in the revolutionary war," passed on the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for and during the space of six years from the passage of this act, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer. paying inva &c. &c. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Agents for the agents for the payment of invalid pen- d pensions sioners of the United States, shall in future to give bonds, be required to give bond with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Secretary for the Department of War, in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them re spectively. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. April 25, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER LXX. AN ACT authorising the departure of ships and vessels from the ports and harbors of the Untied States, in certain cases. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any ship or vessel which heretofore has been, or which hereafter may be chartered and laden on account of the government of the United States, shall be permitted to depart from the ports and harbors of the United States, and the territories thereof, any thing in any for mer law to the contrary notwithstanding. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. April 27, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. District court to con sist of two judges. CHAPTER LXXI. AN ACT authorising the appointment of an additional Fudge of the District Court, for the Dis trict of New York. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States America, in Congress assembled, That the district court in the New York district shall consist of two judges, to wit, of the present judge of said district so long as he shall con tinue in office, and such other district judge or judges, as may from time to time be appointed, who shall reside in said district, and severally exercise like powers, as may be exercised by the present judge of said district, and receive the same compensation whereto he is entitled on to be the Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the senior judge of the district, when present, Senior shall preside in said district court, and when judge's opini ever the judges shall differ in opinion in any judgment cause, the order or judgment of court in of the courts every such case, shall be made and rendered in conformity with the opinion of the presid ing judge. And said court may be held, and the business thereof proceeded with, by may consti One judge one judge in the absence of the other. And tute the the senior judge of the district for the time in the being, is hereby designated, and is to be sence of the deemed the district judge, who, together sist in formwith one of the justices of the supreme court ing the ciris to compose the circuit court of the United States in said district; but in the absence of said senior judge from said court, his place may be supplied by the other judge of the district. cour. aithd other, to as cuit court. holding the Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Times and there shall be held annually four additional places of sessions of the district court for the district of district New York; to wit, at Utica, on the first court. Tuesdays of April and October; at Geneva on the third Tuesday of September; and at Salem on the third Tuesday of October. A A clerk to be clerk shall be appointed by the district judges appointed, to of said district, who shall reside at Utica, Utica. and attend said court at the places aforesaid, and do all the duties of said office of clerk, which may accrue at or from the sessions of the court at said places, both in and out of T court, and be allowed the same fees a nd compensation as is allowed by law to cler ks of the district courts. The said judges may allot themselves as they shall think fit for the purpose of their holding separately the several stated and special courts to be held by virtue of this or any other act for the dis trict of New York. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. April 29, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. A company of bombar diers, sap pers and mi ners to be CHAPTER LXXII. AN ACT making further provision for the Corps of Engineers. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be added to the corps of engineers, two cap tains, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, with the usual pay and emoluments. according to their grades respectively, and one paymaster, to be taken from the subal. ters of Engineers, with the pay and emolu ments of a regimental paymaster; and that there be attached to the said corps, either from the troops now in service, or by new enlistments, as the President of the United States may direct, four sergeants, four corporals, one teacher of music, four musicians, nineteen artificers and sixty two men, which |