Senate at their next meeting for their advice and consent.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent general of military supplies emplyed by shall be authorised to employ a sufficient him. number of clerks: Provided, That their an- Proviso. nual compensation shall not exceed in the whole seven thousand dollars; and the sum of eight thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for paying the said compensation and that of the superintendent aforesaid, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

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Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby empowered, as he may deem it expedient, either to appoint for the time being special commissary or commissaries for the purpose of supplying by purchase or contract, and of issuing, or to authorise any officer or officers in the quarter master general's department, to supply and issue as aforesaid the whole or any part of the subsistence of the army, in all cases where, either from the want of contractors, or from any deficiency on their part, or from any other contingency, such measure may be proper and necessary in order to insure the subsistence of the army or of any part thereof; and such special commissaries shall each, whilst employed, be entitled to the pay and emoluments of a deputy quarter master general.

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Assistant President of the United States be, and he is commissaries hereby authorised to appoint not exceeding ed. six assistant commissaries, to be attached to such army, or to reside at such places respectively as the Secretary for the War De

partment may direct, for the purpose of receiving from the commissary general of purchases, or from his deputies, and of distributing to the regimental quarter masters, and to such officers as may by the Secretary aforesaid be designated, the clothing and other supplies purchased by the commissary general aforesaid, or his deputies, and destined for the use of the troops belonging to the army, or in the vicinity of the place to which such assistant commissaries may respectively be attached. And said assistant commissaries shall, whilst employed, be entitled to the pay and emoluments of a deputy quarter master general.

H. CLAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1813.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CXCI.

AN ACT for the relief of Lewis Chacherie.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby authorised and required to pay to Lewis Chacherie the additional sum of fourteen hundred dollars, in consideration of his services as translator of the French and Spanish lan

guages, to the board of commissioners for the western land district of the territory of Orleans, now state of Louisiana, which shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

H. CLAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. H. CRAWFORD,

President of the Senate, pro tempo

March 3, 1813.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CXCII.

AN ACT to authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new certificates of registry.

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BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall New certif Be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury gistry to be to cause to be provided blank certificates of provided. registry, and such other papers as may be necessary, executed in such manner, and with such marks as he may direct; and from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, no certificate of registry shall be issued, except such as shall have been provided and marked as aforesaid; and the ships or vessels of the United States, which shall have been duly registered as such, shall be entitled to new certifigates of registry gratis) in exchange for their

Specific appropriation.

old certificates of registry. And it shall be the duty of the respective collectors, on departure of any such ship or vessel, after the said thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred fourteen, from any district to which such ship or vessel shall belong, to issue a new certificate accordingly, and to retain and deface the former certificate.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry this act into effect.

H. CLAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. H. CRAWFORD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1813.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CXCIII.

AN ACT rewarding the officers and crew of the frigate Constitution, and the officers and crew of the Wasp.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised to have distributed, as prize money, to Captain Isaac Hull, of the frigate Constitu

tion, his officers and crew, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, for the capture and destruction of the British frigate Gucrriere: and the like sum, in like manner, to Captain William Bainbridge, his officers and crew, for the cap-. ture and destruction of the British frigate Java: and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, in like manner, to Captain Jacob Jones, of the sloop of war Wasp, his officers and crew, for the capture of the British sloop of war Frolics and that the sum of one hundred and twentyfive thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid.

H. CLAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. H. CRAWFORD,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

March 3, 1813.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER CXCIV.

AN ACT for the better organization of the general staff of the army of the United States.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the adjutant general's, inspector general's, and quarter master general's departments shall consist of