Chapter XXVIII. *for raising and adding another Regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and for making farther provision for the protection of the frontiers.*March 3, 1791
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Chap. XXVIII.— An Act *for raising and adding another Regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and for making farther provision for the protection of the frontiers.*March 3, 1791.Repealed 1795, ch. 44. Section 1. An additional regiment to be raised of 912 men,*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there shall be raised an additional regiment of infantry, which, exclusive of the commissioned officers, shall consist of nine hundred and twelve non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians.
Sec. 2. how organized.*And be it further enacted,* That the said regiment shall be organized in the same manner as the regiment of infantry described in 1790, ch. 10.the act, intituled “An act for regulating the military establishment of Their pay and allowances.the United States.” Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the troops aforesaid by this act to be raised, including the officers, shall receive the same pay and allowances, be subject to the same rules and regulations, and be engaged for the like term, and upon the same conditions, in all respects, excepting the bounty herein after mentioned, as are stipulated for the troops of the United States, in the before-mentioned act.
Sec. 4. Bounty for enlistment.*And be it further enacted,* That each non-commissioned officer, private and musician, who has enlisted or shall enlist pursuant to the act aforesaid, or who shall enlist pursuant to this act, shall be entitled to receive six dollars as a bounty. Sec. 5. What officers may be appointed,*And be it further enacted,* That in case the President of the United States should deem the employment of a major-general, brigadier-general, a quartermaster and chaplain, or either of them, essential to the public interest, that he be, and he hereby is empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the same accordingly. 223And a major-general so appointed may choose his aid-de-camp, and a brigadier-general, his brigade-major, from the captains or subalterns of the line. *Provided always*, That the major-general and brigadier-generaland how long continue in service. so to be appointed, shall respectively continue in pay during such term only, as the President of the United States in his discretion shall deem it requisite for the public service.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That in case a major-general,Pay and allowances to the officers. brigadier-general, quartermaster, aid-de-camp, brigade-major and chaplain should be appointed, their pay and allowances shall be, respectively, as herein mentioned : The major-general shall be entitled to one hundred and twenty-five dollars, monthly pay, twenty dollars allowance for forage monthly, and for daily subsistence fifteen rations, or money in lieu thereof at the contract price.
The brigadier-general shall be entitled to ninety-four dollars, monthly pay, with sixteen dollars allowance for forage monthly, and for daily subsistence twelve rations, or money in lieu thereof at the contract price. That the quartermaster shall be intitled to the same pay, rations and forage, as the lieutenant-colonel commandant of a regiment. That the aid-de-camp be entitled, including all allowances, to the same pay, rations and forage, as a major of a regiment. That the brigade-major be entitled, including all allowances, to the same pay, rations and forage, as a major of a regiment.
That the chaplain be entitled to fifty dollars per month, including pay, rations and forage. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That if, in the opinion of theAuthority to the President to employ militia cavalry, President, it will be conducive to the good of the service, to engage a body of militia to serve as cavalry, they furnishing their own horses, arms and provisions, it shall be lawful for him to offer such allowances to encourage their engaging in the service, for such time and on such terms, as he shall deem it expedient to prescribe.
Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That if the President should be ofand levies, in addition to, or in lieu of militia, opinion, that it will lie conducive to the public service, to employ troops inlisted under the denomination of levies, in addition to, or in place of the militia, which in virtue of the powers vested in him by law, he is authorized to call into the service of the United States, it shall be lawful for him to raise, for a term not exceeding six months (to be dischargedtheir term of service and number. sooner if the public service will permit) a corps, not exceeding two thousand non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians, with a suitable number of commissioned officers.
And in case it shall appear probable to the President, that the regiment directed to be raised by the aforesaid act and by this act, will not be completed in time to prosecute such military operations as exigencies may require, it shall be lawful for the President to make a substitute for the deficiency, by raising such farther number of levies, or by calling into the service of the United States such a body of militia as shall be equal thereto. Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That the President be, and heTo organize the levies and appoint officers. hereby is empowered to organize the said levies, and alone to appoint the commissioned officers thereof, in the manner he may judge proper.
Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* That the commissioned andMilitia and levies to be on the same footing as troops of U. States, non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians of the militia or said corps of levies, shall, during the time of their service, be subject to the rules and articles of war; and they shall be entitled to the same pay, rations and forage, and, in case of wounds or disability in the line of their duty, to the same compensation as the troops of the United States.
Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* That the non-commissionedand entitled to clothing, officers, privates and musicians of the said corps of levies, shall be entitled to receive such proportional quantity of clothing, as their time of service shall bear to the annual allowance of clothing to the troops of the United States, subject, however, to a proportional deduction from their pay. FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Resolution. 1791. 224 Sec. 12. and bounty,*And be it further enacted,* That each of the non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians of the said levies, shall be entitled to receive three dollars as a bounty.
Sec. 13. and engage surgeon’s mates.*And be it further enacted,* That in case the nature of the service, upon which the troops of the United States may be employed, should require a greater number of surgeon’s mates than are provided for in the before-mentioned act, the President of the United States may engage, from time to time, such additional number of surgeon’s mates, as he shall judge necessary. Sec. 14. Allowance to officers for recruiting.*And be it further enacted,* That the commissioned officers, who shall be employed to recruit men for the said regiments, shall be entitled to receive for every recruit who shall be duly enlisted and mustered, the sum of two dollars.
Section 15. Appropriation of monies for carrying this act into effect, and*And be it further enacted,* That for defraying the expense, for one year, of the additional regiment to be raised by virtue of this act; for defraying the expense, for a like term, of the officers mentioned in the seventh section of this act; for defraying the expense of the said militia-horse, militia-foot, and levies, which may be called into, or engaged for the service of the United States, pursuant to this act; for defraying the expense of such surgeon’s mates, as may be appointed pursuant to the fifteenth section of this act; for defraying the expense of recruiting the said two regiments; and for defraying the expense of any military posts which the President shall judge expedient and proper to establish, there be and hereby is appropriated a sum, not exceeding its amount;three hundred and twelve thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and twenty cents, to be paid out of the monies which, prior to the first day of January next, shall arise from the duties imposed upon spirits distilled within the United States, and from stills, by the act, intituled 1791, ch. 15.“An act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same;” together with the excess of duties which may arise from the duties imposed by the said act on imported spirits, 1790, ch. 39.beyond those which would have arisen by the act, intituled “An act making farther provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.
” And to the end that the public service may not be impeded for want of necessary means; Sec. 16. which may be borrowed if necessary.*Be it further enacted,* That it shall be lawful for the President to take on loan the whole sum by this act appropriated, or so much thereof as he may judge requisite, at an interest not exceeding six per centum per annum; and the fund established for the above-mentioned appropriation, is hereby pledged for the repayment of the principal and interest of any loan to be obtained in manner aforesaid; and in case of any deficiency in the said fund, the faith of the United States is hereby also pledged to make good such deficiency.
Approved, March 3, 1791. Resolution 1791-02-18 1 Stat. 224 I Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 1 3 public I. Resolved Feb. 18, 1791.Andrew Brown or any other printer under direction of the Secretary of State to print the laws.*by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Andrew Brown, or any other printer, be permitted, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to collate with, and correct by the original rolls, the laws, resolutions and treaties of the United States, to be by him printed.
And that a certificate of their having been so collated and corrected be annexed to the said edition. *Provided*, That such collation and correction be at the expense of the said Andrew Brown, or such other printer, and that the person or persons to be by him or them employed in that service, be approved by the Secretary of State. Approved, February 18, 1791. Resolution 1791-02-03 1 Stat. 225 II Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 1 3 public FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Resolutions. 1791. 225 II. Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United*March 2, 1791. *States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of theAcknowledgment of the tribute paid by the National Assembly of France to the memory of Benjamin Franklin. United States be requested to cause to be communicated to the National Assembly of France the peculiar sensibility of Congress to the tribute paid to the memory of Benjamin Franklin, by the enlightened and free representatives of a great nation, in their decree of the eleventh of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
Approved, March 2, 1791. Resolution 1791-03-03 1 Stat. 225 III Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 1 3 public III. Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the*March 3, 1791. *United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a mint shall beA Mint to be established. established under such regulations as shall be directed by law.
Resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he isAct of April 2, 1792. hereby authorized to cause to be engaged, such principal artists as shall be necessary to carry the preceding resolution into effect, and to stipulate the terms and conditions of their service, and also to cause to be procured such apparatus as shall be requisite for the same purpose. Approved, March 3, 1791. Resolution 1791-03-03 1 Stat. 225 IV Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 1 3 public IV. Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the*March 3, 1791. *United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President ofAn estimate of the lands not claimed by the Indians, or by citizens of the U. States, in North Carolina and in the north west territory, to be made.Act of April 12, 1792. the United States be, and he hereby is requested, to cause an estimate to be laid before Congress at their next session, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor granted to, nor claimed by any of the citizens of the United States, within the territory ceded to the United States, by the State of North Carolina, and within the territory of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio.
Approved, March 3, 1791. Resolution 1791-03-03 1 Stat. 225 V Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 1 3 public V. Whereas Congress did, by a resolution of the twenty-third day ofMarch 3, 1791. September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, recommendMarshal to hire temporary jails in states that have not complied with the former resolution of Congress. to the several states to pass laws making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their jails to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States; in order therefore to insure the administration of justice, Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in case any state shall not have complied with the. said recommendation, the marshal in such state, under the direction of the judge of the district, be authorized to hire a convenient place to serve as a temporary jail, and to make the necessary provision for the safe keeping of prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until permanent provision shall be made by law for that purpose; and the said marshal shall be allowed his reasonable expenses incurred for the above purposes, to be paid out of the treasury of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1791. 2 2 1 1791 1792 ACTS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of October,* 1791, *and ended on the ninth day of May,* 1792. George Washington, President, John Adams, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate, Richard Henry Lee, President of the Senate pro tempore, Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STATUTE I. Chapter I: granting farther Time for making Return of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants in the District of South Carolina. 1 Stat. 226 1791-11-08 Chapter I Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 2 1 public Chapter I.— An Act *granting farther Time for making Return of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants in the District of South Carolina.*Nov. 8, 1791. [Obsolete.]*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the* Time for making return extended to 1st March 1792.*United States of America in Congress assembled,* That it shall be lawful for the marshal of the district of South Carolina to complete and make return of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the said district, to the President of the United States, in the form and manner prescribed Act of March 1, 1790, ch. 2.by the act, intituled “An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” at any time on or before the first day of March next, any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, November 8, 1791.
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Chapter XXVIII
*for raising and adding another Regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and for making farther provision for the protection of the frontiers.*March 3, 1791
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