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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess 1. Ch. 86, 87, 88, 89. 1816. 165 lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes," passed April ninth, one A°* °f APM gr thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and he is hereby authorized 18m' °h`40` and directed, to audit and settle the claim of the supervisors of the county of Clinton, in the State of New York, for the destruction of the court-house of the said county, by order of General Alexander Macomb, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value thereof, in the manner and form prescribed by the provisions of the aforesaid act. Sec. 2. .And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when App,0p,mg0n_ so ascertained, shall be paid to the said supervisors for the benefit of the county of Clinton, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 26, 1816. -———- Srnrurz I. cmp. LXXXVI.--.8n not for at mar of Joseph mzm. Avril 2*% ¤816· Be it enacted, Qc., That the commissioner to be appointed by virtue of the act, entitled "An act to authorize the payment for property SQI£;d1}2r°3,";l{§Qg lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military ser- ora horse. vice of the United States, and for other purposes," passed April ninth, 1&%*°fhAg5“9> one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and he is hereby author-C' ized and directed to audit and settle the claim of Joseph Wilson, for a horse killed by a sentinel, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained the value thereof, in the manner and form prescribed by the provisions of the aforesaid act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the value thereof, when so Appropriation. ascertained, shall be paid to the said Joseph Wilson, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 26, 1816. ·**—"‘ Sryrurm I. Cru?. LXXXV1I.———An Act for the relief of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones. April 1816. Be it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the navy _ department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to audit cxé?;°d °‘"°“° and settle the accounts of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, a lieutenant of the navy of the United States, and to allow him, in the settlemen. thereof, such credits as may be equitable and just. Approved, April 26, 1816. ""*"‘ S·r.u·v·r1c I. CHAP. LXXXVI11.—.£ln Act for the relief of Hslier Palmer. April 26, 1816. Be it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the navy indsmnity f¤r department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to audit $u:d°3;,`iL;aP` and settle the claim of Asher Palmer, for a small schooner captured by enemy. the British forces in the late war, while the same was in the service of the United States, by ascertaining, orcausing to be ascertained, the value thereotQ in such manner as shall be reasonable and just. Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when Ap,,,0prm;°n_ so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Asher Palmer, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Approved, April 26, 1816. """"‘ Sritruru 1. CHA?. LXXXIX.-An Act for the relief of William Human. Appr] 26; mm, Be it enacted, Qc., That there be paid to Williani Hamon, ofithe Cemm dum, city of Philadelphia, out of any money in the treasury of the United to be ,.e,~u,,d9d_ States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and eighty- four dollars and forty-three cents, in full of the sum of money which has been paid into the treasury by the said William Harnon, for duties