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TWELFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.52,60, 61,65. ,1812. 107 Szrumss 1. CHAP. LII.—An Act for the relizf of Thomas Wilson. April 8, 1812. Be it enacted, Src., That the accounting officers of the Department Accmim ,0 be of War be, and they are hereby authorized and required to audit and Samet], settle the account of Thomas Wilson, for extra compensation for rations furnished the detachments of the troops of the United States, at new posts in Louisiana, and that they allow him for any unforeseen and unavoidable expenses which he shall adduce evidence to prove he incurred in furnishing the said rations. Approved, April 8, 1812. `—-_` Snrurn I. Cnnr. LX.—An dict for the relief of William Hubbell. April 23, 1812. Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the Trea- Allgwancg to sury Department be, and they are hereby authorized and required to him. allow to William Hubbell, one of the collectors of the excise tax, the sum of one thousand and eighty-two dollars, fifty-one and an half cents, as a credit (on account of uncollected revenue and stationery) against the judgments which have been obtained by the United States against the said William Hubbell. Approved, April 23, 1812. ';—` Sruurn I. CHAP. LXI. —An Act to authorize the Secretary for the Department of War to April 23, 1812. exchange Lands, wzth the Ursultne Nuns, of the Czty of New Orleans. ‘—··——· r Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary for the Department of Vllar be, Secretary of and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to exchange the lot of vga? °mP°W°¤'· ground, situate in the city of New Orleans, on which the Military Hos· ;lJ?€i¥°£l§i;°§3 pital of the United States stands, with the Ursuline Nuns of said city, in New ihleans whose convent adjoins or is near the same, for such other lot or lots of iY“l*lfih€ Ursuground, in said city of New Orleans, or its vicinity, owned by the said m° “””‘ Nuns, as, in the opinion of said Secretary, shall be conveniently situated for a Military Hospital and of equal value with the said lot on which the said Hospital now stands, including the value of said Hospital. Sec. 2. And be it fizrlher enacted, That in case of such exchange, T° make ¤ the Secretary for the Department of War is hereby authorized and em- ;·l:,°?li:,°l;ll°m powered to make, execute and deliver, in behalf of the United States, to the said Ursuline Nuns, or to such person or persons as they may designate, adeed or other instrument in writing, therein and thereby conveying to them all the right and title of the United States, in and to the said lot of ground aforesaid, reserving however to the United States the use of said Hospital, for such time as he shall judge necessary; and the Secretary for the Department of War is hereby also authorized to And to receive take and receive from the said Ursuline Nuns, or from such person or Pm? Mm them persons, as may be authorized in their behalf for that purpose, adeed lQ`,Ef;‘,flél;{,,;lj° or deeds or other instrument in writing, conveying to the United States a good and sufficient title to the lot or lots of ground, which he may agree to take in exchange; and which deed or deeds, or other instrument in writing, shall contain the necessary covenants to secure to the United States in case of any failure of title thereto. Approved, April 23, 1812. --—-—· Sururs I. CHAP. LXV.—An Act for the relief of .dar0n Greeley. April 24, 1812. Be it enacted, ¢$~c., That the accounting officers of the Treasury be, Claim ,0 be and they are hereby authorized and required to settle the claim of Aaron settled. Greeley, and allow him at the rate of three dollars per mile for each boundary line common to any two private surveys he may have made in the district of Detroit; and that they also allow him at the same rate