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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. Ch. 15, 19, 20,28. 1813. 121 Snrurs I. Crux-. XV.-An Act or the remission officertain duties to the Penns lvania deaf demy of td; Fine drts. y Be it enacted, ¢S·c., That all duties due and payable to the United Dunes remit- States on a large box of paintings and engravings, owned by the Penn- md °¤ P°i”Pi”€” Sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, imported from Halifax to Boston md Bngmvmgm in the year eighteen hundred and twelve, on board the cartel ship Agnes, be, and the same are hereby remitted. Approved, July 22, 1813. """"‘ Surum: I. CHAP. X1X.——An Act for the relief of Edwin {Z! Satterw/Lite. July 22, 1813. Be it enacted, &c., That the accountant of the Navy Department be, Pnrser’s ncand he is hereby authorized and required to assume the day of the de- °{"5“' '° be “°*‘ partnre of the United States’ brig Vixen from a port in the United States t 8 ' on her last cruize, as the day on which the account of said Edwin T. Satterwhite, the purser of said brig, shall be settled and balanced. And that the accountant of the Navy Department be authorized to pay to the said Edwin T. Satterwhite such sum as may be due for pay and commissions, previous to the said day of the sailing of the brig Vixen from a port in the United States, if in his judgment any such sum may be due. Ammovnn, July 22, 1813. `_"“' Snrurs I. CHAP. XX.———An Act for the relief af Alexander Scott. July 22, 1813. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary for the Department of State Account to be be directed to cause to be settled the accounts of Alexander Scott, for “”l°d· his trouble and expenses in liberating from confinement, in supplying with provisions and other necessaries, and in sending from Porto Cavello to the port of New York, the crew of the private armed schooner Rosamond, who were confined on board a Spanish armed vessel at that place; and also for his trouble and expenses in supplying with provisions and other necessaries, and in sending sundry distressed American seamen from Porto Rico to the port of New York; and that he allow the said Alexander Scott full reimbursement for all expenses incurred for the purposes aforesaid, and also such compensation for his trouble therein as may be deemed just and equitable. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding nine Appropriation. thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid. Appnovnn, July 22, 1813. ';"" Srarvrs I. CHAP. XXV1II.—An ./Yctfar the relief of Elisha J Winter. July 26, 1813. Be it enacted, <.§~c., That the proper accounting officers be authorized Compensation to adjust and liquidate the claim of Elisha J. Winter, of the State of f°Lh°'§°Sb&§· New York, for a pair of horses with a sleigh and harness, taken from a °" y ° ' him for the use of the army of the United States, in the month of March last, and on due examination to allow him therefor such amount as may appear equitable. _ _ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred ,,;;Eg,!;_P"°”°¤ and forty-three dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of ' any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for satisfying the claim of the said Elisha J. Winter. Approved, July 26, 1813. 16 L