છ RESOLUTIONS, LAWS, AND ORDINANCES, RELATING TO THE PAY, HALF PAY, COMMUTATION OF HALF PAY, BOUNTY LANDS, TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION;` TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS BETWEEN THE UNITED In compliance with the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of April 11, 1836, which directs that "the Clerk of this House cause to be compiled, for the use of the House, in chronological order, and under appropriate heads, all the Resolves and Acts of Congress relating to the pay, half pay, commutation of half pay, bounty lands, and other promises made by Congress to the Officers and Soldiers of the revolutionary army; also, a synopsis of the provisions for funding the revolutionary debt of the United States, and of the several Acts in aid thereof; also, the Acts of the old and present Governments for the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the several States, and such other general information, to be ascertained from the archives of the Government, as may be useful in the settlement of revolutionary claims now pending," I have the honor to submit the following. WALTER S. FRANKLIN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. CONTENTS. Resolutions and Acts of the old and new Governments relating to the pay, depreciation of pay; half pay, and the commutation in lieu of half pay, promised to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution, and to the seven years' half pay promised to the widows and orphans of Resolutions, Ordinances, and Acts of the old and new Governments, for the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the several States-page 26. Acts of Congress making provision for the Debt of the United States, for funding the Domestic Debt thereof, and extending the periods for receiving on loan the said Domestic Acts of Congress providing for the settlement of claims which had been barred by limitations previously established, and for the settlement of such as had not been barred by any act of limitation, and which had not been previously adjusted; also, limiting the time for presenting claims for destroyed certificates of certain descriptions, and reviving the laws and extending the time for the payment of loan office and final settlement certificates, indents of interest, |