CHAPTER XXXVI An Act further extending the Time for receiving CHAPTER XXXVII. An Act making Provifion for the Payment of the Intereft on the Balances due to certain States, upon a final Settlement of the Accounts between the United States and the individual States. Sec. 1. B Allowance due to E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That intereft upon the balances reported to be due to certain states, by the commiffioners for fet- of interest tling accounts between the United States and on balance individual States, be allowed, from the laft day certain of December, one thousand seven hundred and ftates, &c. eighty-nine, and to be computed to the last day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, at the rate of four per centum per annum: And that the amount of fuch interest be placed to the credit of the state, to which the fame shall be found due, upon the books of the treafury of the United States, and fhall bear an intereft of three per centum per annum, from and after the faid laft day of De ćember, one thousand feven hundred and nine ty-four. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the interest on the faid balances, reported by the when and faid commiffioners, as aforefaid, which fhall be how to be funded agreeable to the terms of the act, inti paid. tled, "An act to provide more effectually for the fettlement of the accounts, between the United States and the individual states," together with the intereft on the amount placed to the credit of any fuch ftate, for arrearages of intereft on fuch balances, agreeable to the terms of this act, be paid quarter-yearly, after the faid last day of December, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-four; that is to fay one-fourth part thereof, on the last days of March, June, September and December, refpectively, in each year, at the offices of the commiffioners of loans, within fuch states as fhall be entitled to receive the fame; the first payment to be made on the laft day of March, what fund one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-five: And for the payment of the faid intereft, fo much of the duties arifing, yearly, on imports and tonnage, from and after the last day of December, one thousand feven hundred and ninety-four, as may be neceffary, and not heretofore otherwife appropriated, be, and the fame is hereby pledged and appropriated; and that the faith of the United States be, and the fame is hereby pledged to provide for any deficiency, that may happen, by fuch additional and permanent funds, as may be necessary therefor. Out of payable. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, APPROVED, May the thirty-firft, 1794: CHAPTER XXXVIII. An Act to compenfate Arthur St. Clair. CHAPTER XXXIX. An Act to authorize the Settlement of the Account of Lewis Dubois for his Services in the late Army of the United States. (PRIVATE) CHAPTER XL. An Act providing for the Payment of the Second Instalment due on a Loan made of the Bank of the United States. Sec. 1. B United inftalment out of foreign loans. E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United President of States of America, in Congress affembled, That states to the Prefident of the United States be, and he pay fecond hereby is authorized and empowered to apply to the bank two hundred thoufand dollars of the proceeds of foreign loans heretofore transferred to th United States, in payment of the fecond inftalment due to the bank of the United States, upon a loan of the faid bank, made pursuant to the eleventh fection of the act for incorpo- Annual rating the fubfcribers to the faid bank: And period for that the annual period for the payment of each payment of inftalment of the faid loan, fhall be deemed ment to be the laft day of December in each year. each inftal tion for Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a fufficient sum of the dividends, which have acAppropria- crued, or which fhall hereafter accrue, on the stock owned by the United States, in the bank of the United States, be, and the fame is hereby appropriated to the payment of the intereft, which has, or fhall become due, on the loan obtained as aforefaid. paying intereft on faid loan. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, pro tempore. APPROVED, June the fourth, 1794: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XLI. An Act to authorize the Prefident of the United CHAPTER XLII. An Act for extending the Benefit of a Drawback and Terms of Credit in certain Cafes, and for other Purposes. Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That in all cafes where the term allowed by law for the exportation of goods, wares or ed for be merchandize, with the benefit of a drawback Further of the duties thereupon, fhall have expired af- time allow ter the last day of January last paft, and pre- nefit of vious to the last day of July next, there fhall be drawback allowed further time for the exportation, with exported. the benefit aforefaid, until the said last day of July next. on goods cd on cer paid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on Further all bonds which may have been given for duties time allowon coffee, fugar and indigo imported into the tain bonds United States, and which fhall be unpaid at now unthe paffing of this act, all that time, from the laft day of January laft paft to the last day of May inftant, fhall be confidered as no part of the time allowed by law for the payment of the faid duties, but the importer fhall enjoy the fame term of credit as if the faid period had not intervened. Provided, That in every cafe where the extenfion of credit is claimed and granted under this act, new bonds fhall be giv- when new en for the duties on which fuch credit is ex- bonds fhall be given. tended, with one or more fureties to the fatiffaction of the collector of the district. required drawback. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in Evidence cafes where the certificates and evidence now for payrequired by law for authorizing the payment ment of of any drawback or allowance on any goods, wares or merchandize exported fince the first day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, or which may be hereafter exported, are not and cannot be obtained, the exporter or exporters of fuch goods, wares or merchandize fhall neverthelefs be permitted to offer fuch other proof as to the delivery thereof without the limits of the United States, as he or they may have, to the Comptroller of the Treafury, who fhall, if the fame proof fhall be fatisfactory to him, direct the payment of VOL. III. K |