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TWELFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 59, 62, 63. 1813. 119 Cuar. LIX.—An Act for the relief of Susannah I/Vlley. MT_'::;n;?3 Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting oilioers of the Trea- sury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized to pay unto Susan- tgigwmw nah Wiley, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, out of any i money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore allowed by law, as a . full compensation for the services of her late husband, David Wiley, who was employed by the postmaster general to make a survey of the main post road leading from St. Mary’s, in the state of Georgia, to the city of Washington. Approved, March 3, 1813. ····—··· Snrvra II. Cru?. LXH.—.8n acl fur the reg? of Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Alexander Phan- March 3, 1g1g_ nix, and illiam Akrsen, junior. ——-··—-—· Be it enacted, &·c., That Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Alexander Phu-mix, To be dg,- William Nexsen, junior, of the city and state of New York, confined (charged from in the debtor’s prison of the city and county of New York, on certain ""P"“°““‘°‘"• judgments in favour of the United States against them, be discharged from their imprisonment, on payment by them respectively of the costs of suit: Provided, however, That they and each of them shall first assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which they or either of them own, or whereto they may be entitled, to some person or persons, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be by him designated for that purpose, to be holden for the satisfying of any judgment or judgments obtained against them, or either of them, by the United States, or any debt or debts, due from them, or either of them, to the United States; and nothing in this act shall be construed to impair the right of the United States to any estate which said Ingraham, Phoenix, and N exsen, or either of them, may have assigned or conveyed to any person or persons whatever, or to prevent the recovering of such estate for satisfying said judgment and debts: And provided, also, That all such estate, real or personal, that said Ingraham, Phcenix, and Nexsen, or either of them now have, or hereafter may acquire, shall be liable for the satisfaction of said judgments and debts, in the same manner as if they had not been imprisoned and discharged; and nothing in this act shall operate to discharge from said judgments, or debts, any person or persons, except said Ingraham, Phcenix, and Nexsen, who may be liable therefor, in whole or in part, in any manner or form whatever. Approved, March 3, 1813. ... Sruuare II. Cnr. LXIII,—.,9n Act for the rea? of ily representatives of Samuel Lapsley, March 3, 1813. ecease . ··**·‘*""‘ Be it enacted, &c., That the accounting officers of the treasury be, Awmms to and they are hereby authorized and directed to settle the account of be ¤¤¤l¢d· John Lysle and Margaret his wife, late Margaret Lapsley, widow and adrninistratrix of Samuel Lapsley, deceased, and that she be allowed the amount of two final settlement certificates, No. 78,446, for one thousand dollars, and No. 78,447, for one thousand three hundred and sixty dollars, and interest from the twenty-second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, issued in the name of Samuel Lapsley, by the commissioner of army accounts for the United States, on the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, and that the amount due be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said John Lysle and Margaret his wife, administratrix, as aforesaid, to be disposed of and distributed according to law. Approved, March 3, 1813.