Extract from an act of the president of the United States, dated the fourth day of August 1792 : "By the president of the United States. In pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the acts of Congress (of the 3d of March 1791, and the 8th of May 1792) relative to the duties on distilled spirits and to the collection thereof, the following alterations and additions to the arrangement of offices and distribution of compensations made on the 15th day of March 1791, are hereby adopted and established . ...