EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.21,24, 40,41. 1824. 293 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the claim, Appropriation. when ascertained, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 4, 1824. ·——·—- S·rn—v·r·¤ I. CHAP. XXI.-An Act for the relief of the legal representatives cp" John Michael, Feb. 20, 1824, deceased. ···—····—· Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of State bc, and he is hereby, Secretar of authorized and required to deliver to Jesse Mercer, administrator dc S*¤*P*° *l;llV°\’ bonis non, with the will annexed, upon the estate of John Michael, late ;°°0;,gn°?°;° of Hancock county, in the state of Georgia, deceased, or to the legally the Neiivuiilngy constituted attorney in fact of the said Jesse Mercer, administrator as land Ml5$i$¤*PPl aforesaid, a certihcate, number one thousand and ninety-five, issued by L°°d C°° the New England Mississippi Land Company, in the name of Robert Williams, Jr., for twenty thousand acres of land, which said certificate is annexed to a relinquishment executed by the said John Michael, by his attorney in fact, Bolling Hall, bearing date on the twenty-fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and is now of file in the office of the said Secretary of State: Provided, That, before delivering Proviso. said certificate, the said Secretary of State shall make and retain a copy Secretary to of said certilicate in his office, and shall also take the receipt of said "°'°l” ”‘ °°PY °l Jesse Mercer, or his attorney in fact, for the same. lm °°m°' APPROVED, February 20, 1824. ——- Section I. CHAP. XXIV.—An Act to authorize the issuingof letters patent to Samuel Brown. F¤b_ 28, lg24_ Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of State be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to issue letters patent in the usual form to Sam- latter; pmm uel Brown, for his invention of a new and useful engine for producing to issue to him. power by which water may be raised, machines worked, and vessels propelled, without the aid of steam, upon his complying with all the provisions of the several acts of Congress, relative to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts require, on the part of aliens, a residence of two years in the United States. Approved, February 28, 1824. STHUTE I, CHAP. XL.——An Act to repeal an act, approved the third March, one thousand AP*ll22· 1824- eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled “An act for the relief of John B. Hogun. Bc it enacted, r§·c., That the act approved on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act for the Act of sd relief of John B. Hogan," be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and gl‘“;‘g‘;_;82i§·d that the accounting officers of the government be authorized to take 6,,,, ’ {me ' such judicial measures or otherwise as may be necessary to compel a settlement of his accounts. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting om- Amount paid cer of the treasury department be, and the same is hereby, directed to :,l::c:;°d*'°‘l carry to the credit of the said Hogan, the amount paid by him, on ac- b0,,k,,_ my count of clothing, to the Tennessee militia volunteer gunmen. Approved, April 22, 1824. _..; S•r.e·.rUu·¤ I. Crux-. XLl.-—An Act authorizing the executors of John B. Mebane to collect cer- April 22, 1824- tain arrears of tax. """;°"" Be it enacted, rfc., That Joseph I. Alston and John Mebane, or the Th { survivor of them, executors and legal representatives of John B. Me- ,0 c51g2f25x22a bane, deceased, late collector of internal duties and direct tax in the {0; mamma, z 2
