turned. The several marshals and secreta- Rates of com ries shall receive as follows; The marshal of pensation. the district of Maine, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of NewHampshire, two hundred and fifty dollars the marshal of the district of Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Rhode-Island, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of Connecticut, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Vermont, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of New-York, four hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New-Jersey, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Pennsylvania, four hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Delaware, one hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Maryland, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Virginia, five hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Kentucky, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of North Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of South-Carolina, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Columbia, fifty dollars; the marshal for the district of Georgia, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of East Tennessee, onc hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of West Tennessee, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the Ohio district, two hundred dollars; the secretary of the Mississippi territory, two hundred dollars; the secretary of the Indiana territory, one hundred dollars; the secretary of the Michigan territory, one hundred dollars; the secretary of the Illinois territory, K

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one hundred dollars; the secretary of the territory of Orleans, one hundred and fifty dollars; the secretary of the territory of Louisiana, one hundred dollars.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Who shall be every person whose usual place of abode shall be in any family on the aforesaid first Monday of August next, shall be returned, as of such family; and the name of every person who shall be an inhabitant of any district or territory without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the schedule, which is allotted for the heads of families, in that division where he or she shall be, on the said first Monday of August next; and every person occasionally absent at the time of enumeration, as belonging to that place in which he or she usually resides in the United States.

milies, &c. to

the members

of their fami

lies.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That Heads of fa- each and every free person more than sixteen render to the years of age, whether heads of families or assistants of not, belonging to any family within any dithe Marshals vision, district, or territory, made or estaan account of blished within the United States, shall be, and hereby is obliged to render to such assistant of the division, if required, a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of all and every person belonging to such family respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered in an action of debt, by such assistant, the one half for his own use, and the other half to the use of the United States.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every assistant previous to making

his return to the marshal or secretary, (as
the case may be) shall cause a correct copy,
signed by himself, of the schedule contain-
ing the number of inhabitants within his di-
vision, to be set up at two of the most
public places within the same, there to re-
main for the inspection of all concerned; for
each of which copies the said assistant shall
be entitled to receive two dollars, provided
proof of the schedule having been so set up
and suffered to remain, shall be transmitted
to the marshal or secretary, (as the case may.
be) with the return of the number of per-
sons; and in case any assistant shall fail to
make such proof to the marshal or secretary,
as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compensa-
tion by this act allowed him.

Schedule of inhabitants to be set up in public places ants in their divisions or

the number of

by the assist

districts.

Penalty.

State to send ants regulations and in

to the assist.

structions pursuant to

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of state shall be and hereby is Secretary of authorised and required to transmit to the marshals of the several states, and to the secretaries aforesaid, regulations and instructions pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect, and also, the forms contained therein of the schedule to be returned, and proper interrogatories to be administered by the several persons to be employed therein.

this act.

Where there

vernor toper

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That in case there shall be no secretary in either is no Secreta of the territories of the United States, the ry in a Terriduties directed by this act to be performed tory the Goby the secretary may be performed by the form the du governor of such territory, who shall receive ties prescribed by this the same compensation to which the secre- act. tary would be entitled for the performance of

said duties, and be subject to the same pe

nalties.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEO: CLINTON,

Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate.

America, in Congress assembled, That the Terms of the sessions of the district court for the district district court of Ohio, by law appointed to be holden at at Chilicothe Chilicothe, in the said district, on the first

changed.

Mondays in February, June and October, shall hereafter be holden at Chilicothe, on the second Mondays of September and January annually.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Returns, &c. all writs, process, and recognizances which &c. to corres- may have been made returnable, and all pond with the suits, causes, process and proceedings, change. which may have been continued to the first Monday of June next, shall be and hereby are made returnable and continued over to the session of said court, which shall be holden on the second Monday of September next, and shall be as valid and proceeded on

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in the same manner, at said September session of said court, as if such writs, process, recognizances, suits, causes and proceedings had been originally made returnable to, and continued to said September session of said court.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO: CLINTON,

Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.

March 26, 1810.

APPROVED,

JAMES MADISON.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

AN ACT to prevent the issuing of sea letters except to certain vessels.

BF it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of

America, in Congress assembled, That from

may be grant

and after the thirtieth of June next, no sea To what vesletter or other document certifying or pro- sels sea letving any ship or vessel to be the property of ters, &c. &c. a citizen or citizens of the United States, ed. shall be issued except to ships or vessels duly registered, or enrolled and licensed as ships or vessels of the United States, or to vessels which at that time shall be wholly owned by citizens of the United States, and furnished with or entitled to sea letters or other custom house documents, any law or laws heretofore passed to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided nevertheless, That Proviso.