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THIRTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 97, 98, 99, 100. 1859. 569 action tried and determined in the (hrcuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York, second circuit heid on the thirtieth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-Eve, wherein the United States was plaintiff and said James Collier was defendant, and in which action said court upon the verdict of a jury certified that there was then due from the United States to said Collier, the sum of eight thousand one hundred and ten dollars and twenty-nine cents, and which proceedings of said Circuit Court were afterwards aflirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States at its December term, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and nfty-seven. Approved, March 3, 1859. Can. XCVH.—An Act for the Relief of the Assignees of Hugh Gknn. March 3, 1859. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal as- 96,9*11.26 tom signees of Hugh Glenn, or their personal representatives, the sum of six gjgfiiéz f“‘g“' thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty-six cents, in Glgnn, g full of a balance of a judgment cert'ed by the United States district court for the district of Kentucky, at the December term, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, in favor of the said Hugh Glenn, in a suit wherein the United States was plaintiff and the said Hugh Glenn was defendant; _ the said sum having been assigned by the said Hugh Glenn, the said as- Shf;°;§::;§,;°g signees filing with the said secretary good and sufficient evidence of said title. assignment and of present subsisting title thereto. Approved, March 3, 1859. Crnr. XCVIII.——An Act jbr the Relief of Enoch B. Taloott, late Colkctor of Custom March 3, 1859. at Oswego, New York. "`;°' Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid to Enoch B. Talcott, out of any money in the treasury'not otherwise appro- $(*:51%-9; *%;*1** priated, four hundred and fifty-two dollars and ninety-seven cents, the ESR' ` amount lost by him by the robbery of the custom-house at Oswego, New York, on the night of December ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, whilst he was the collector of customs for that district. Approved, March 3, 1859. CHAP. XCIX.-An Act for the Relief<y" William M. Harrison. Mmh 8, 185% Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed in the settlement of the accounts of William M. Harrison, collector of customs for the port of Richmond, Virginia, to allow the said Harrison the sum of ($3,503.00) three thousand @4,835.88 to be five hundred and three dollars, the balance missing of the money stolen ‘ M' from the custom-house on the night of twelfth October, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; and the further sum of ($1,332.68) thirteen hundred and thirty-two dollars sixty-eight cents, it being the amount of reward paid by the said Harrison for the recovery of the stolen money and the conviction of the thieves. Approved, March 3, 1859. Cin?. C.-An Act for the Beli4fofLucy A. Wakefield, Widow of Benjamin Wakejield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting