any foreign port or place, except in casks or veffels of the capacity of ninety gallons and upwards. quantity Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That no Drawbacki drawback of the duty on diftilled fpirits which on what fhall be exported after the last day of June allowed. next, shall be allowed upon any quantity less than one hundred gallons. After June Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That after the last day of June next, no diftilled fpi- next how rits fhall be brought into the United States, be imporfpirits fall from any foreign port or place, in any cask or ted. veffel, which fhall have been marked pursuant to any law of the United States concerning distilled spirits, on pain of forfeiture of the spirits fo brought, and of the fhip or veffel in which they fhall be brought. try of ftills. Certain Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That if Penalty on the owner or poffeffor of any ftill or ftills fhall neglecting neglect to make entry thereof, within the time to make enand in the manner prescribed by the fecond fection of this act, fuch owner or poffeffor shall forfeit and pay the fum of two hundred and fifty dollars; and if any distilled fpirits, except arrack and fweet cordials, fhall, after the last day of April next, be brought into the United States in cafks or veffels of lefs capacity than fpirits imninety gallons, all fuch fpirits, and the cafks ported lia and veffels containing the fame, fhall be fub- feiture: ject to feizure and forfeiture, and every fuch penalty or forfeiture fhall be one half to the fed of. ufe of the United States, and the other half to the use of the perfon who fhall firft difcover and make known the matter or thing whereby the fame fhall have been incurred. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, and declared, That the duties hereby laid fhall continue in force, for the fame time, and are VOL. II. M Penalties, how difpo ties laid pofe appro Continua- hereby pledged and appropriated to and for tion of du- the fame purposes, as thofe, in lieu of which herein, for they are laid, and purfuant to the act, intitled, what pur-An act repealing after the laft day of June priated. next, the duties heretofore laid upon diftilled fpirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and alfo upon fpirits diftilled within the United States, and for appropriating the fame." Reduction of duty Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That to herein make good any deficiency which may happen made good, in confequence of the reduction hereby made by product in the rates of the duties on fpirits diftilled of a cer tain act. Allowance fors, &c. within the United States, and on ftills, fo much of the product of the duties laid by the act intitled," An act for raifing a farther fum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned," as may be neceflary, fhall be and is hereby pledged and appropriated to the fame purposes, to and for which the duties, hereby reduced, were pledged and appropriated. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the to fupervi- Prefident of the United States be authorized to make fuch allowances for their respective fervices to the supervisors, inspectors, and other officers of infpection, as he fhall deem reafonable and proper, fo as the faid allowances, together with the incidental expenfes of collecting the duties on fpirits diftilled within the United States, fhall not exceed feven and an half per centum of the total product of the duties on diftilled fpirits, for the period to which the faid allowances fhall relate, computing from the time the act intitled "An act repealing after the laft day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon diftilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their ftead, and alfo upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the fame, took effect: And provided aljo, That fuch allowance fhall not exceed the annual amount of feventy thoufand dollars, until the fame fa'l be further afcertained by law. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the act intitled, " An act repealing after the laft day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon diftilled fpirits imported from abroad and laying others in their stead, and also upon fpirits difilled within the United States, and for appropriating the fame," fhall extend to and be in full force for the collection of the feveral duties herein before mentioned, and for the recovery and diftribution of the penalties and forfeitures herein contained, and generally for the execution of this act, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, provision, claufe, matter and thing therein contained were inferted in and re-enacted by this prefent act, fubject only to the alterations hereby made. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker RICHARD HENRY LEE, Prefident pro APPROVED, May eighth, 1792: GEORGE WASHINGTON, not to exceed 70,000 dollars. Certain act in force for of the du ties, &c. collection herein. Militia whom to be enrolled. CHAPTER XXXIII. An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defence, by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States. •B' Sect. 1. E it enacted by the Senate and House Dof Reprefentatives of the United how and by States of America, in Congress assembled, That each and every free able-bodied white malecitizen of the refpective ftates, refident there, in, who is or fhall be of the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years, (except as is herein after excepted) fhall feve rally and refpectively be enrolled in the militia by the captain or commanding officer of the company, within whofe bounds fuch citizen fhall refide, and that within twelve months after the paffing of this act. And it fhall at all times hereafter be the duty of every fuch captain or commanding officer of a company to enrol every fuch citizen, as aforefaid, and alfo thofe who fhall, from time to time, arrive at the age of eighteen years, or being of the age of eighteen years and under the age of forty-five years (except as before excepted) fhall come to refide within his bounds; and fhall without delay notify fuch citizen of the said enrollment, by a proper non-commiffioned officer of the company, by whom fuch notice may be proved. That every citizen fo enrolled and notified, fhall within fix months thereafter, How to be provide himfelf with a good mufket or firearmed and lock, a fufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapfack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not lefs than twenty four cartridges, fuited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball: or with a good rifle, accoutred. knapfack, fhot-pouch and powder-horn, twenty balls fuited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder; and shall appear, fo armed, accoutred and provided, when called out to exercise, or into service, except, that when called out on company-days to exercife only, he may appear without a knapsack. That the commiffioned officers fhall feverally be armed with a fword or hanger and efpontoon, and that from and after five years from the paffing of this act, all mufquets for arming the militia as herein required, shall be of bores fufficient for balls of the eighteenth part of a pound. And every citizen fo enrolled and pro viding himself with the arms, ammunition and accoutrements required, as aforefaid, fhall hold the fame exempted from all fuits, distresses, executions or fales, for debt or for the payment of taxes. &c. ex Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Executive Vice-Prefident of the United States; the of. officers, ficers, judicial and executive of the govern- empted. ment of the United States; the members of both houfes of Congrefs, and their respective officers; all cuftom-houfe officers with their clerks; all post-officers, and stage-drivers, who are employed in the care and conveyance of the mail of the poft-office of the United States; all ferrymen employed at any ferry on the poft-road; all infpectors of exports; all pilots; all mariners actually employed in the fea-fervice of any citizen or merchant within the United States; and all perfons who now are or may hereafter be exempted by the laws of the respective ftates, fhall be, and are hereby exempted from militia duty, notwithftanding their being above the age of eighteen, and under the age of forty-five years. |