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any such port or place, shall, on conviction for every such offence, forfeit a sum equal to twice the value of any such ship, merchandise, or articles of trade, and shall moreover be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable to be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months, and to be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Approved, July 6, 1812.

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July 6, 1812.

Chap. CXXX.An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act respecting alien enemies.”

Proviso in the act of July 6, 1798, ch. 66, sec. 1, not to extend to any treaty which has expired, or is not in force.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nothing in the proviso contained in the act, entitled “An act respecting alien enemies,” approved on the sixth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, shall be extended or construed to extend to any treaty, or to any article of any treaty, which shall have expired, or which shall not be in force, at the time when the proclamation of the President shall issue.

Approved, July 6, 1812.

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July 6, 1812.

Chap. CXXXI.An Act making additional appropriations for the Military Establishment and for the Indian Department for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

Specific appropriations.
Act of March 28, 1812, ch. 46.
Act of May 22, 1812, ch. 92.
Act of April 29, 1812, ch. 72.
May 16, 1812, ch. 86.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expenses incurred and to be incurred under the several acts, entitled “An act to establish a quartermaster’s department and for other purposes,” and an act to amend the same, “An act making further provision for the corps of engineers,” and “An act making further provision for the army of the United States,” for the Indian department and for satisfying certain outstanding claims, there be, and hereby is appropriated, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the sums already appropriated for the said objects respectively, the following sums, that is to say:

For the pay of the army, seventy-two thousand five hundred and ninety-six dollars.

For forage, four thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars.

For subsistence, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For clothing, three thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars.

For clerk hire and stationery, in the offices of the quartermaster general and commissary general of purchases, three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the salary of the commissary general of purchases and compensations of the deputy commissaries, six thousand five hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Indian department, comprising the employment of temporary agents, presents to the Indians, and transportation, twenty thousand dollars.

For the payment of such balances as have been or may be ascertained from actual settlements made by the accountant of the department of war, and which cannot be discharged out of any existing appropriations, five thousand dollars.

Approved, July 6, 1812.

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July 6, 1812.

Chap. CXXXII.An Act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the adjournment of