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TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 157,158, 159, 160. 1828. 393 Cnsr. CLVII.—-dn dot for the relief of Francis H. Gregory, and Jesse STHUTE I` Wilkinson. May 26, 1828. Bc it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- E GMES of sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to F. Gregory audit and allow the accounts of Lieutenant Francis H. Gregory, late tif. °",$al°*l_ commander of the United States’ schooner Grampus, for expenses in- yaffg rig audiizla curred by him in prosecuting, in the courts of the United States, the ¤¤d ¤U<>W¢d· suit in the case of the brig Palmira or Panchita, captured on the high seas for alleged piratical aggressions, and sent into the United States for adjudication, and that the amount of said expenses, when ascertained, be paid to the said Francis H. Gregory, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Payment of Secretary of the Navy to pay, content, and satisfy, to the persons who ‘l°*‘?“8:°3l°°V’€,9fl may be legally entitled to receive the same, or who may have legally i,, mg ' satislied and paid the same, the damages and taxed costs decreed to be vase ¤f' the ¤¤hrpaid by Jesse Wilkinson, a master commandant in the navy of the N"’f“ Cml°“' United States, to Don Pablo Daunes, by the District Court of the United States, for the District of Virginia, in the cause of the "United States of America, as well in behalf of themselves as of the officers and crew of the United States brig of war Spark, Jesse Wilkinson, Esq., commander, against the schooner Ninfa Catalana, her tackle, apparel, armament, and furniture."And that the sum of thirteen thousand two Appr¤pri¤ti¤n· hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 26, 1828. —··—···· S·rA*rv·r1: I. Crm?. CLVIII.——-An Act for the relief of David Ellis. Be it enacted, Qc., That the Collector of the Customs for the District Csruncatcs of of Boston and Charlestown be authorized to issue certificates of de- €l°b°”*“'° '?° b° benture to David Ellis, for the amount of drawback of duties on two mum m hm" half pipes and four quarter casks of Madeira wine, shipped on board the brig Hero, Joseph Kinsman, master, at Boston, on the twenty- fifth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, for Surinam ; which shipment was entered at the custom-house for exportation, but the oath required by law was not taken, nor the bond given within the time prescribed by law 1 Provided, That the said David Ellis proviso_ shall, in all other respects, comply with the law, to entitle him to the said debenture. Avrnovmn, May 26, 1828. Srrururz 1. Crm?. CLIX.—.z9n Act for the relief of Cyrus Sibley, agent of George M. Brooke. May %’ ww` Be it enacted, Qc., That there be paid to Cyrus Sibley, out of any To bg paid the money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one h¤l*°t°¤"b¤_j¤d2· thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars and eighty cents, being Q';?,,, one half of a judgment obtained at the suit of the United States, against U. S. against WValden, Simonton, and Garrow, and paid by the marshal for the East- Xgfégfn ““d ern District of the state of Louisiana, into the office of discount and ` deposit of the Bank of the United States at New Orleans, to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. Approved, May 26, 1828. """’*‘ S·r.u—u·rm I. can. CLX.-—-Are. rm for its nun of Jonathan mgm of Kentucky. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Payment cr a is hereby, directed to pay to Jonathan Taylor, out of any money in the l"‘l“°° ‘1"° hm 50