Public Law 5–II

Section 1.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall be, and the same hereby is appropriated towards defraying the expenses during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, of the quartermaster’s, and Indian departments, of the defensive protection of the frontiers, of bounties; and of the contingent charges of the war department; and a like sum towards defraying the expenses, during the said year, of the subsistence of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the army of the United States.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty-two thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated for paying and discharging such awards as have been, or may be made, pursuant to the seventh article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Great Britain, in favour of British subjects, whose property has been captured within the jurisdiction of the United States, or by vessels armed or fitted out therein.

Sec. 3.

And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid sums shall be

How to be paid.

paid and discharged out of any monies in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.