required to order out the whole or such part of the militia, as he may think necessary, and in such manner as he may think best, for repelling or suppressing such invasion or insurrection; and shall call on the commanding of ficers of the adjacent counties for such aid as he may think necessary, who shall forthwith and in like manner furnish the same; and in the event of any militia ordered out by the commanding officer of a county, or of the district as herein authorised, such officer shall immediately notify the same, and the cause thereof, to the commanding officer of the district, or to the President of the United States, as the case may require. execution, Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That Arms, &c. all arms, ammunition, and equipments of always exmilitia, shall be exempted from executions empt from and distress at all times, and their persons and persons from arrests and process in civil cases, while from civil going to, continuing at, or returning from arrests while musters, and while in actual service. in service. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That Brigadier the brigadier generals are hereby empowered generals and authorised to employ some person within may employ their respective districts, to convey all orders couriers. from them to the commanding officers of corps, respecting the militia of the district of Columbia, who shall be exempt from all other militia duty, and shall receive such tion, as the legionary court of enquiry, in pensation. which district such orders may from time to time be delivered, shall think proper, on his producing to the court a certificate of his having discharged the said services. compensa Their com Non-com officers and Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That missioned all non-commissioned officers and privates, privates of belonging to battalion companies, shall ap- battalions shall on du- pear while on duty, uniformly clothed, the ty appear in color and fashion of which uniforms to be deuniforms, termined on for the respective legions, by the first legionary courts of enquiry which shall be held, and to be approved of by the brigadier general, provided the expense of the same, additional to that of usual, ordinary, and cheap clothing, does not exceed five dollars for each person; and every such non-commissioned officer, or drummer, or fifer, or private, appearing at any muster held after three months from the time that such uniforms shall have been determined on, and the order relative thereto shall have been published, in some newspaper within the legionary district, and not wearing the same, shall be fined five dollars for each offence; unless he can make it appear to the satisfaction of the court of enquiry of the battalion to which he may belong, that he was unable to equip himself. or be fined. Courts of men and music. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the respective courts of enquiry shall have enquiry may bind young power to cause to be bound for a term of years, to the several commandants of compaboys to learn nies, battalions, and legions, and their sucmilitary cessors in office, as the case may require, such number of boys and young men, with the consent of their parent or other person authorised, as they in their discretion may deem proper, for the purpose of being instructed in the different branches of military music, and of serving as musicians when they may be competent thereto, to the several companies, battalions, and legions; and the father of any youth who may be so bound, otherwise subject to be enrolled, shall be exempt from all duty in the militia, so long as his son so bound may continue to serve in the corps to Their fa thers ex empt from militia du ties. ans. which he would otherwise belong, as well during his apprenticeship as thereafter; and Courts of the several legionary courts of enquiry shall enquiry to make provision from time to time for the provide for clothing, maintenance, and the properly in the musicistructing all such youths, to be paid from the fund arising from the fines imposed by this act; and the commanding officers of legions, shall cause the drummers and fifers and other musicians of their respective legions, to meet at the same times and places that commissioned officers are required to meet, for the purpose of being trained by the brigade inspector, or other officer, there to be instructed in their respective branches of music, for which purpose the commanding officer of the legion may employ such person or persons as he may think proper and capable to instruct such drummers and fifers, and other musicians. The person so to be employed by the com- Compensamanding officer of the legion, to be allowed tion. such compensation as the legionary court of enquiry may authorise, and each drummer and fifer, and other musician, unless an apprentice, shall be allowed during the time they are convened, one dollar per day, to be paid out of the funds arising from fines. officer to be Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That Each com the Secretary of war shall cause a sufficient missioned number of copies of this law, together with furnished the act of Congress, more effectually to pro- with the arvide for the national defence, by establishing ticles of war an uniform militia throughout the United and militia States; and the act of Congress for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions; and the articles of war; to be printed and distributed throughout the territory of law. Columbia, so that every general and field Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 3, 1803. APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER LXXIV. An ACT in addition to and in modification of the propositions contained in the act, intituled "An act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, to form a Constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes." B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following several tracts of land in the state of Ohio, be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the use of schools in that state, and shall, together with all the tracts of land heretofore appropriated for that purpose, be vested in the legislature of that state, in trust for the use aforesaid, and for no other use, intent or purpose whatever, that is to say: First-The following quarter townships in that tract commonly called the "United States military tract," for the use of schools the use of within the same, viz. the first quarter of the Tracts of third township in the first range, the first land appro quarter of the first township in the fourth priated for range, the fourth quarter of the first township schools. and the third quarter of the fifth township in the fifth range, the second quarter of the third township in the sixth range, the fourth quarter of the second township in the seventh range, the third quarter of the third township in the eighth range, the first quarter of the first township and the first quarter of the third township in the ninth range, the third of the first township in the tenth range, the first and fourth quarters of the third township in the eleventh range, the fourth quarter of the fourth township in the twelfth range, the second and third quarters of the fourth township in the fifteenth range, the third quarter of the seventh township in the sixteenth range, and the first quarter of the sixth township and third quar ter of the seventh township in the eighteenth range, being the one thirty-sixth part of the estimated whole amount of lands within this tract. Secondly-The following quarter townships in the same tract for the use of schools in that tract commonly called the Connecticut reserve, viz. the third quarter of the ninth township and the fourth quarter of the tenth township in the first range, the first and second quarters of the ninth township in the second range, the second and third quarters of the ninth township in the third range, the first quarter of the ninth township and the fourth quarter of the tenth township in the fourth range, the first quarter of the ninth township in the fifth range, the first and fourth quarters of the ninth township in the sixth range, the |