on board private armed vessels, s. xv. 246, 247; embargo and non-expor- tation laws not to affect letters of marque, &c. s. xvi. 247; two per cent. to be retained as a fund for widows and orphans of the slain, and for wounded and disabled persons, &c. s. xvii. 247, 248-- -Priz- es condemned, to be sold by marshals within six- ty days thereafter, on conditions to be prescrib- ed by owners of the cap- turing privateer, ch. CLV s. i. 350; credit not to ex- ceed 90 days, ib.; own- ers to approve promissory notes and endorsers, ib.; marshals to pay over pro- ceeds to owners and pri- vateersmen, s. ii. 350, 351; marshals entitled to a net commission of one per cent. s. iii. 351; but in no one case to ex- ceed $250, ib.; marshal to file accounts of sales, &c. within 15 days, on oath, with the clerk of the dis- trict court under penalty of $500, s. iv. 352; cap- tured vessels and cargoes not libelled, and not attach- ed by an adverse claimant, nor on behalf of the Unit- ed States, may be remove from one port to another, 5. v. 352, 353.-The
two per cent. reserved in the hands of collectors and consuls by the act of June, 1812, to be paid into the Treasury, ch. CLXIV s. i. 370; to continue a fund as already provided, ib.; the Secretary of the Navy to put disabled privateers- men on the navy pension list, s. ii. 870, 371; rates of pensions to officer and men, s. ii. 370, 371; com- manding officers to enter the names and rank of per- sons wounded, &c. in his journal, s. iii. 371; the collectors to transmit a transcript of such entries. to the Secretary of the Navy, s. iv. 371, 272.
LEWIS, WINSLOW, the Secretary of the Treasury,
under the direction of the Presi- dent, authorised to purchase his patent-right to the new and im- proved method of lighting light houses, ch. XXXIV s. i. 63, 64.
LIBRARY, of Congress, a joint committee of three mem- bers of each House, empowered to expend the appropriation for the support of it. See appropriation.
LOANS,-President authorised to borrow not exceeding $11,000,000, ch. XLI s. i. 72, 73; interest not to exceed 6 per cent. ib.; may be reimbursed in twelve years after January 1st, 1813, ib.; certifi- cates of stock to be constituted, s. ii. 73; to be transferrable, ib.; certificates of stock may be sold under the power to borrow, but not under par, ib.; funds, pledged for repayment of the loan, s. iii. 73, 74; banks in the District of Columbia may subscribe to it, &c. s. iv. 74, 75.-Agents may be appointed by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, with the approbation of the President, to sell stock in the loan of eleven millions, ch. CXXXVI 312; commission allowed to the agents, 312, 313.The President author. ised to borrow $16,000,000, ch. CLXIII s. i. 367; may be reimbursed in twelve years from the 1st of January, 1814, s. i. 368; the Presi- dent may authorise certificates of the stock to be sold, ib.; the President to cause to be laid be- fore Congress an account of all the monies ob- tained by selling stock, and the rate of sale, s. ii. 368; the Secretary of the Treasury may, with the President's approbation, employ agents to sell stock or obtain loans, s. iii. 368; commis- sion allowed to agents, ib.; surplus funds of the annual appropriation of $8,000,000 for the pay- ment of the public debt, pledged for the redemp- tion of the loau, s. iv. 369; duty of the commis- sioners of the sinking fund in relation thereto, ib.; the faith of the United States pledged to es- tablish sufficient revenues to redeem the loan and pay the interest, s. iv. 369; banks in the District of Columbia may lend money thus to be borrowed, s. v. 370.
LOUISIANA, admitted (April 30th, 1812) a state into the Union, ch. L. s. i. 96; boundaries of the state defined, preamble, 95; state enti- tled to one representative in Congress, s. ii. 96; laws of the United States to be in force there, s. ii. 97; extent of its judicial district, s. iii. 97; salary of the district judge $3,000 per annum, payable quarter yearly at the Treasury of the United States, ib.; attorney to receive $600 per annum, besides fees, s. iv. 97; marshal to receive $200 annually for ex- tra services, s.iv. 98.-Limits of the state enlarged, ch. LVII s. i. 109, 110; provision to be made for the representa- tion in the legislature of the part incorpo- rated, s. ii. 110; subject to the revision of Congress, ib.; judicial proceedings in
the district court of the territory of Or- leans transferred, &c. ch. XCIII s. i.. 199; dockets, &c. to become dockets, &c. of the district court of Louisiana, s. ii. 199; certain acts repealed, s. iii. 199,
MILITIA,-President to call upon the executives of the several states and territories for their quotas of (100,000) militia, ch. LV s. i. 105; Presi- dent to ascertain the proportion, and how, ib.; to be officered by the states and territo- ries, s. ii. 105; President to apportion the ge- neral officers among the states and territo- ries, ib.; commissioned officers, when called into actual service, to receive the same pay, &c. as officers of the army, ib.; to serve six months after arriving at the place of rendez- vous, s. iii. 105; non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates to be paid, &c. as provided by law, ib.; the President may call out the whole or any part of the detached militia, s. iv. 106; to be subject to the penal- ties of act of the 28th of February, 1795, ib.; President to select any portion for actual service, ib.; not subject to corporeal punish- ment, s. v. 106; modes of punishment, s: vi. 106; stoppage of pay and rations, con- finement and drumming, substituted for whipping, s. vii. 106, 107; act to continue in force till 10th of April, 1814, s. ix. 107.- Militia fines to be certified to the comptroller of the Treasury, ch. CLX s. i. 362, 363; mar- shals to pay fines collected, deducting 5 per cent. into the United States' Treasury within two months, s. ii. 363; the comptrollerto noti- fy district attorneys to proceed against mar- shals failing to pay, ib, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, entitled to the same pay, &c. when called out, as regu lars, s. iii. 263, 264...
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. See army.
MILITARY FORCE, additional. See army.
MINIFIE, CHARLES, the comptroller of the Treasu ry to settle his account, ch. LXXIV 143.
MINT, to be continued at Philadelphia, ch. CXL 336. MISSISSIPPI Territory, the boundaries thereof enlarg ed, LXXXIV 175. River Mississippi.
MISSOURI,-territory of Louisiana denominated Mis. souri, ch. XCV s. i. 201; new organization of government, ib.; powers of the govern- or, s. ii. 201; removeable by the President, ib.; appointment of secretary and his duty, s. iii. 201, 202; his commission revocable by the President, ib.; powers of the legisla- tute, s. iv. 202; no legislative act effectual without the governor's approbation, ib.;. constitution of the legislative council, s. v. 202, 203; President and Senate to appoint and commission members, ib.; constitution of the House of Representatives, s. vi. 203, 204; one representative for every 500 free white male inhabitants, ib.; qualifica- tions of representatives; ib.; how vacancies are supplied, ib.; qualifications of electors, ib.; the governor in the first instance to lay out counties and superintend elections, s. vii. 204, 205; the general assembly to re- gulate elections afterwards, ib.; time of meeting of the general assembly, s. viii. 205; rules of proceeding of each branch, ib.; privilege of the members, s. viii. 205, 206; qualifications necessary to persons holding office in the territory, s. ix. 206; and of persons entitled to vote for mem- bers of the general assembly and delegates to Congress, ib.; judicial power of the territory, s. x. 206; superior court, ib.; sessions, s. x. 207; clerks to be appointed by the courts and commissioned by the
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