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NINETEENTH CONGRESS. SEss.II. Ch.25,26, 27,28, 38. 1827. 359 Surura II. CHAP, XXV.—An Act for the. relief of John W Bingey, the legal representative March 2» 1827- of Alexander Young. _""-"`; Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to refund to John W. Bingey, of New Orleans, in Certain duties the state of Louisiana, the legal representative of Alexander Young, *°f““d°d· deceased, the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and ninety-eight cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That it shall first be proved to the satisfaction Proviso. of said Secretary, that the said sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and ninety-eight cents was paid to the Collector of the District of Mississippi, for duties on merchandise imported into said district by said Young, from Pensacola, in the month of February or March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and that said merchandise was purchased in the city of New York, in the month of August, eighteen hundred and seventeen, and that the duties thereon were paid to the Collector of the port of New York, according to law. Approved, March 2, 1827. _`°- STATUTE II. CnA1>.XXVI.—An Act for the relief of Jacob Baller. March 2, 1827, Be it enacted, ¢§~c., ’1‘hat the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Tg bg pa;.} {*0.- to Jacob Butler, the sum of one hundred seventy-two dollars forty-four horses iostcents, the balance of the value of two horses, belonging to the said Jacob Butler, which died in the service of the United States for the want of forage. Approved, March 2, 1827. __; Srnrvre II. CHAP. XXVII.——-An Act for the relief of Jacob Shafer. March 2, 1827, Be it enacted, <$~c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be issued to Jacob Shafer, late a A warrant for corporal in the twentieth regiment of infantry, a warrant for one hun- l¤¤d w be iS- dred and sixty acres of land, which may be located as other warrants Sum t° him' are, which have been granted to soldiers of the late war, in lieu of his own bounty land, which he surrendered at the time of his discharge; and not by virtue of the assignment of John Sharp’s discharge. Approved, March 2, 1827. ·—···· Snrura II. CHAP. XXVIII. -—./En Act making appropriation for prize money due lo Thomas March 2, 1827. Douty. "—"°""‘ Be it enacted tyc., That the sum of nineteen dollars ninety-six cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money not other- Prize monqvw Wise appropriated, for the payment to Thomas Douty of his share of be p'”d‘° h““· prize money, for the capture of the Algerine vessels, in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen; the same having been heretofore appropriated, and carried to the surplus fund. Approved, March 2, [1827.] —······· S·rarU*rs II. Can. XXXVIIl.—An Act for ihe relief of William Menderzhall. March 2, 1827. Bc it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay unto William Mendenhall, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- Payment for propriated, the sum of eighty-five dollars and fifty cents, the balance h°”°Sl°”‘· due him for two horses, lost in the service of the United States for want of forage. Approved, March 2, 1827.