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64 NINTH CONGRESS. S1·:ss.11. Ch.10, 11. 1807. Sulferers by one, or more snreties, payable to the collector for the district of Ports- $8 me Hfillnl mouth, in the State of New Hampshire, or to the collector of the djs. l02f2z"':'};,,,:',; trict of Boston and Charlestown, and who have suffered a loss of pm. time for the perty by the late condagration at Portsmouth, shall be and hereby are £;l’l£°¥;r°§u_ allowed to takeup, or have cancelled, all bonds heretofore given for ,m_ duties as aforesaid, upon giving to the said collector or collectors new bonds, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the said collector or collectors, for the sums of their former bonds respectively, payable in twelve months from and after the day of payment specified in the bonds to be taken up and cancelled, as aforesaid; and the said collectors are hereby authorized to give up or cancel all such bonds, upon the receipt of others, as described in this act ; which last mentioned bonds shall be roceeded with, in all res ects, like other bonds which are taken b p,0,,;s°_ bollectors for duties due topthe United States: Provided, however, Thai nothing in this act contained shall extend to bonds which had fallen due prior to the twenty-fourth day of December last. APPROVED, February 10, 1807. S·rA*r¤*rs II. --2- F¤b· l0» 1807- Cr-rm. X.-dn ./Pct for the relief ey" Edmund Briggs. Be it enacted, e., That the collector for the district of New ort be Collector to and he hereby ig directed to pay to Edmund Briggs, ownerpof thd pay hug cr his schooner Phebe,_or his agent, the amount of bounty, or allowance 35;;;,;, arising opha fishéng vlpyplgehxvlpch slvas made in thefsaid vessel,filn the bount found year one thousand ei un re an two, u on satis actor roo ein d¤¤t¢i'him· exhibited to the said collector, that the salid schooner wyag employed Repeal of a during the four months of the fishing season. pggyigggfntlipo Sue. 2. And be itfurfher enacted, That so much of the act, intituled Rohm Pagan "An act for the relief of Robert Patton, and others," passed on the third &.o.day of March, one thousand eight hundred and tive, as is contained in ACM? March the second section thereof, be, and the same hereby is repealed. 3* 18%* °h‘4°* Armtovsn, February 10, 1807. Snrvrz II. "‘*··‘ Feb. 10, 1807. CHAP. XI.-·~·An Aet for the relief of William. Hearn. Be it enacted, t$··c., That the secretary of the treasury be, and he is sec, mrc9s_ to hereby authorized to inquire, by himself, or by some trusty agent whom fgizssglgzaléragiu hennay appoint for the purpose, into the pecuniary circumstances of his pecuniary William Hearn, now imprisoned, by virtue of a writ of execution, in circumstances, litvor of the United States, in the prison of Wasliington county, district and IQ 2**6 him of Columbia; and ifsaid Hearn shall assicrn and convey to the secretary 8°°mH°°t°‘ aforesaid, all the estate, of every kind aiid description, which he may own, or be entitled to, in possession, remainder, or reversion, to the proper use and benefit of the United States; or if he, the said Hearn, plhall prove to the sasiftction of tlpe secretary, or agent aforesaid, that e as no estate, an as not trans erred all or an art of his ro ert with intent to avoid the payment of the sum for wliigh he is iinihisbned; Upon which or to defraud the United States; then the secretary of the treasury shall gg 'ygsmlér giye to said Hearn, a certificate, stating what he has done in the preizcd ,0 d,S_mises: and upon said Hearn producing such certificate to the marshal clgarge him. of U the district of Columbia, he shall discharge said Hearn from his im- '°“S°· prisoninent: Provided, in case the certificate shall specify that the said Hearn has satisfied the secretary, or agent aforesaid, that he had no estate, and of course has made no assignment, then the said Hearn shall either pay, or execute to the marshal, his obligation, payable to the United States, for' all fees and expenses, which have arisen in consequence of his, said Hearn’s imprisonment, before he be discharged as Proviso. afbresaid: And provide.], That nothing in this act shall be construed, to discharge any other person from any liableness to the payment of]
