Report of the the public land at West Point, in the state of commission New York, with the adjoining proprietor, coners adopted and approved formably to an act to authorise the Secretary of. at War to ascertain and settle, by the appointment of commissioners, the exterior line of the public land at West Point with the adjoining proprietor, be and the same is hereby approved. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 5, 1813. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. President may direct a mail to be carried from the head quarters of CHAPTER CLI. AN ACT authorising the President of the United 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, during the existence of the war in which the United States are engaged, or of any war in which they may be engaged, shall be, and is hereby authorised any army of to direct the postmaster general to send a mail between the head quarters of any army States to the of the United States, and such post office as he may think proper; and the route or road on which the same shall be conveyed, shall, to all intents and purposes be an established post road, so long as the mail shall be sent on the United nearest post. the same, conformably to the authority here by given. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 14, 1813. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER CLII. AN ACT providing for navy pensions in certain cases. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any officer of the navy or marines shall be killed or die, by reason of a wound received in the line of his duty, leaving a widow, or if no widow, a child or children, under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, which allowance shall continue for and during the term of five years: but in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the said term of five years, the half pay for the remainder shall go to the child or children of the said deceased officer: Provided, That such half pay shall cease on the death of such child or children: and the money required for this purpose shall be paid out of the navy pension Officers of the navy and marines to be placed, in cer tain cases, on the navy pension list. fund, under the direction of the commissioners of that fund. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 20, 1813. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON, Specific ap CHAPTER CLIII. AN ACT making certain partial appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one million of dollars be, and the same is propriations. hereby appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the military establishment of the United States, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen; and that the sum of one million of doilars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the navy during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be appropriated for the purposes herein recited, that is to say: Towards defraying the compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, fifty thousand dollars; Towards defraying the contingent expenses Specific ap of the House of Representatives, during the propriations. year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, ten thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations, herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of any monies in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 20, 1813. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER CLIV. AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled "An act for the more perfect organization of the army of the United States." army of the BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President One addition of the United States be, and he is hereby au- appointed for al major to be thorised, by and with the advice and consent each regi of the Senate, to appoint one additional ma- ment of the jor to the first regiment of light dragoons, the United regiment of light artillery, each regiment of in- States, fantry, and the rifle regiment, in the army of the United States, who shall receive the like pay, rations, forage, and other em luments, as officers of the same grade and corps of the present military establishment. tenant to each compa. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That A third lieu there be appointed, in manner aforesaid, one third lieutenant to each troop or company, in the army of the United States, who, if of cavalry or light dragoons, shall receive the monthly pay of thirty dollars, and of other corps, twenty-three dollars, and be allowed the same forage, rations, and other emoluments, as second lieutenants of the same corps to which they belong. An addition al serjeant to be also allow ed. An addition be made to recruits. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed to each troop or company, in the army of the United States, one additional serjeant, who shall receive the like pay, clothing, rations, and other emoluments, as serjeants of the present military establishment. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in order to complete the present military estaal advance to blishment to the full number authorised by law, with the greatest possible despatch, there shall be paid to each effective able bodied man, who shall be duly enlisted into the service of the United States, after the first day of February next, to serve for the term of five years, or during the war, an advance of twenty-four dollars, on account of his pay, in addition to the existing bounty, one half of such advance to be paid at the enlistment of the recruit, and the other half when he shall be mustered and have joined some military corps of the United States, for service; and a bounty of one hundred and sixty acres of land, as heretofore established by law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the commissioned officers who shall be employed in the recruiting service, shall be entitled to receive for every effective able bodied man, who shall be duly enlisted after the first day of February next, by them, for the term of five |