virtue of this act, expreffing the particular fer. vices for which they are paid. to grant 4 Barbary. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in Pref.dent cafe it be found neceffary for the intereft of the autherized United States, that a conful or confuls be ap- falary to pointed to refide on the coaft of Barbary, the contin Prefident be authorized to allow an annual falary, not exceeding two thoufand dollars to each perfon fo to be appointed: Provided, That fuch falary be not allowed to more than one conful for any one of the ftates on the faid coaft. ties to be cretary of Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That every Confuls to conful and vice conful fhall, before they enter give bond on the execution of their trufts, or if already with furein the execution of the fame, within one year approved from the paffing of this act, or if refident in by the feAfia, within two years, give bond with fuch fate; fureties as fhall be approved by the Secretary of State, in a fum of not lefs than two thoufand nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful difcharge of the duties of his office according to law, and alfo for truly accounting for all monies, goods and effects which may come into his poffeffion by virtue of this act: and the faid bond fhall belodged in the office of the Secretary of the lodged. Treafury. where to be foreigu Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That to Provifion prevent the mariners and feamen, employed in for mariveffels belonging to citizens of the United ners left in States, in cafe of fhipwreck, ficknefs or cap- ports. tivity, from fuffering in foreign ports, it fhall be the duty of the confuls and vice confuls refpectively, from time to time to provide for them in the molt reasonable manner, at the expenfe of the United States, fubject to fuch inftruc 1 1 Duty of tions as the Secretary of State fhall give, and not exceeding an allowance of twelve cents to a man per diem; and all masters and commanders of veffels belonging to citizens of the United States, and bound to fome port of the fame, are hereby required and enjoined to take fuch mariners or feamen on board of their fhips or veffels, at the request of the faid confuls or vice confuls refpectively, and to transport them to the port, in the United States to which fuch fhips or veffels may be bound free of cofts or charge; but that the faid mariners or feamen fhall, if able, be bound to do duty on board fuch fhips or veffels according to their feveral abilities: Provided, That no master or captain of any ship or veffel, fhall be obliged to take a greater number than two men to every one hundred tons burthen of the faid fhip or veffel, on any one voyage: and if any fuch captain or master shall refuse the fame on the request or order of the conful or vice conful, fuch captain or master shall forfeit and pay the fum of thirty dollars for each mariner or feaman fo refufed, to be recovered for the benefit of the United States by the faid conful or viceconful in his own name, in any court of competent jurifdiction. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That mafters of where a fhip or veffel belonging to citizens of vellels re- the United States is fold in a foreign port or fpecting charged place, the master, unlefs the crew are liable mean by their contract or do confent to be difcharneglecting ged there, fhall fend them back to the ftate feamen and * where they entered on board, or furnish them with means fufficient for their return, to be afcertained by the conful or vice conful of the United States, having jurifdiction of the port or place. And in cafe of the mafters refufal, the faid conful or vice conful may (if the laws of the land permit it) caufe his fhip, goods and perfon to be arrefted and held until he fhall comply with his duty herein. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Powers de specification of certain powers and duties, in this act, to be exercifed or performed by the confuls and vice confuls of the United States, fhall not be conftrued to the exclufion of others refulting from the nature of their appointments, or any treaty or convention under which they may act. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United APPROVED, April fourteenth, 1792: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XXV. An Act authorizing the Grant and Conveyance of certain Lands to the Ohio Company of Affociates. Sec. I. B E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America in Congress affembled, Certain That a certain contract expreffed in an inden- tract of ture executed on the twenty feventh day of land conOctober, in the year one thousand feven hun- tracted for dred and eighty feven, between the then board of treasury for the United States of America, in 1787 of the one part, and Manafeli Cutler, and Winthrop Sergeant, as agents for the directors of the Ohio Company of affociates, of the other part, fo far as the fame refpects the following defcribed tract of land; that is to fay: "Beginning at a ftation where the western boundary line of the feventh range of townfhips, laid out by the authority of the United States in Congrefs affembled, interfects the river Ohio; thence extending along that river fouth-wefterly to a place where the western boundary line of the fifteenth range of townfhips, when laid out agreeably to the land ordinance paffed the twentieth day of May, one thousand feven hundred and eighty five, would touch the faid river; thence running northerly on the faid western bounds of the faid fifteenth range of townships, 'till a line drawn due east to the western boundary line of the faid feventh range of townships, will comprehend, with the other lines of this tract, feven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land, befides the several lots and parcels of land in the faid contract referved or appropriated to particular purposes; thence running eaft to the western boundary line of the faid feventh range of townships, and thence along the faid line to the place of beConfirmed, ginning," be and the fame is hereby confirmed: and Prefi And that the Prefident of the United States be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to iffue letters patent in the name and under the feal of the United States, thereby granting and conveying to Rufus Putnam, Manaíleli Cutler, Robert Oliver, and Griffin Green, and to their heirs and affigns, in fee simple, the faid defcribed tract of land, with the refervations in the said indenture expreffed, in truft for the perfons compofing the faid Ohio Company of dent of U.S. to grant letters pa tent in the name of Rufus Put ham, &c. affociates, according to their feveral rights and interefts, and for their heirs and affigns, as tenants in common. f tract to Rufus Put am, &c. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the To grant Prefident be and he hereby is further autho- one other rized and empowered, by letters-patent as aforefaid, to grant and convey to the faid Rufus Putnam, Manaffeh Cutler, Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, and to their heirs and af figns, in truft, for the ufes above expressed, one other tract of two hundred and fourteen thousand, two hundred and eighty-five acres of land. Provided, That the faid Rufus Putnam, Manaffeh Cutler, Robert Oliyer and conditions. Griffin Green, or either of them, fhall deliver to the Secretary of the Treafury within fix months, warrants which iffued for army bounty-rights fufficient for that purpose, according to the provision of a refolve of Congrefs of the twenty third day of July, one thoufand feven hundred and eighty-feven. on certain one other tract to Ru Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the To grant President be and he hereby is further autho- och rized and empowered by letters-patent as afore- fus Putfaid, to grant and convey to the faid Rufus nam, &c. Putnam, Manaffeh Cutler, Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, and to their heirs and affigns, in fee fimple, in truft for the ufes abové expreffed, a farther quantity of one hundred thoufand acres of land. Provided always neverthelefs, That the faid grant of one hundred thoufand acres fhall be made on the exprefs condition of becoming void, for fuch part thereof, prefs conas the faid company fhall not have, within five dition. years from the paffing of this act, conveyed in fee fimple, as a bounty and free of expense, in tracts of one hundred acres, to each male perVOL. II, I On an ex |