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TWELFTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 25, 26, 28. 1813. 117 United States, for the district of Pennsylvania, in pursuance of instructions given to him from the executive of the United States, in the capture by said Maley of the ship Mercator, in the year eighteen hundred; and also the interest at six per cent. on the sum of twenty-tive thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-four cents, from the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six. Approved, February 2, 1813. Snrurs II. CHAP. XXV .-—An Jctfm- the relief of Reuben Jttwater. Feb 24 1813 Be it enacted, rye. That the sum of five hundred dollars be paid out ""*" of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Reuben Arrcwancc as Attwater, as an additional allowance for his services whilst acting as ¤¢9¤‘<=$¤fy ¤f¤lj¤¤ secretary of the Michigan territory, and commissioner of land claims, 3/f;°h'g°“'°m' and as a full compensation for all his ex-oflicio services. y` Approved, February 24, 1813. _"'“‘ Section II. CHAP. XXVI.--./2n dctfor the relief of Jolm Redfield, Junior. Feb_ 24, 1g1g_ Be it enacted, &c., That John Redfield, junior, of the city of New York, an insolvent debtor, now, and for a long time passed, confined in To be disjail for debts due to the United States, which he is wholly unable to Ph**’$°d {mm pay, be henceforth discharged from arrest and imprisonment, for and on ""pm°"m°"°° account of the said debts, and all costs and charges touching the same: Provided, always, That all property, real, personal, or mixed, which Pmviso the said John Redfield, junior, now has, or hereafter may have or i acquire, shall be liable to be taken in execution for and on account of the said debts and the costs; and nothing in this act shall be construed to impair the right of the United States to any estate which the said Redfield has assigned or conveyed to any person or persons whatever, nor to prevent the recovering of said estate for the satisfaction of said debts and costs: Provided, also, That nothing in this act shall operate Promo to discharge any person or persons whatever, except said Redfield, who ` may now be liable to the United States, in any manner or form, either in whole or in part, for said debts and costs. Approved, February 24, 1813. ""“""‘ STATUTE II. Cin?. XXV1II.—An Jctfor the 1'8lil:’fQfJ0h'fl» Dixon and John Mtrray. F€b_ 25, ]3]3_ Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized to pay to John Dixon, out of any money in the Specific ,,,,,,,.°_ Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and pi-iationm make twenty-nine dollars and eighty-four cents, with six per centum per €‘?d;h"l‘;°S¤ °f annum interest thereon, from the first day of January, one thousand ?,,,,::c::&i;`,w_ seven hundred and eighty-five, being the amount of a final settlement certificate, number five hundred and ninety-six, issued by Andrew Dunscomb, late commissioner of accounts for the state of Virginia, on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, to Lucy Dixon, who transferred the same to John Dixon. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of the To m¤1<e aged Treasury be, and they hereby are authorized and directed to settle the fggnlggé ze? account of John Murray, representative of Doctor Henry Murray, and t55c,",, to john that he be allowed the amount of three loan office certificates, number Murray- thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-five, for two hundred dollars; number thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy~six, for two hundred dollars; number six thousand four hundred, for six hundred dollars, with interest from the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, issued in the name of Henry Murray, signed Francis Hopkinson, treasurer of loans, and countersigned,