TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 43, 44,45, 46. 1831. 455 guardians may contribute toward the support of the Asylum, under such regulations as may be made in the by-laws. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That any vacancy, which, from Trustees, death, resignation, or otherwise, may happen in the Board of Trustees, shall be filled according to the mode to be prescribed in the by-laws; they may hold such meetings as they shall think proper, and, to give form to their proceedings, may appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and provide proper checks and responsibilities for the security of the property and funds of the corporation aforesaid; that that they shall keep a journal of their proceedings, upon which the by- laws shall be recorded; and that they shall make report, at the annual meeting to be held in June, of the affairs and condition of the institution for the preceding year. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it may be lawful for Con- Act mathe gress hereafter to alter, amend, modify, or repeal the foregoing act. ¤ll°F€d» °· Amenovnn, February 25, 1831. E"" Srarvra II. CHAP. XLIII. - An Act for the relief af Thomas Porter, ty" Indiana. March 2, ISSL Be it enacted, nyc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of Thomas Porter on the T9 `¤¢ Pl¤¢¢d list of invalid pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars glglngglld pm' per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred i and thirty-one. A1>1>xovED, March 2, 1831. ”*' SrA·ru·rs II. CHAP. XLIV.——An det for the relief of William Clower. March 2, 1831. Be it enacted, eye., That the Postmaster-General be, and he hereby _ is, authorized and directed to settle the claim of William Clower, for ,_£J,;‘l'h;°,;;°§" carrying the mail between Greenville and Fayette, Mississippi, upon to bg Settled, principles of equity and justice. Ax·rnovnr>, March 2, 1831. ·—-··-—~ Srarura II. CHAP. XLV.-adn Act for the relief af Simeon CC FVhit1fier. March 2, 1831. Be it enacted, dec., That there be paid to Simeon C. Whittier, of Hallowell, in the state of Maine, out of any money in the treasury, not Certain mo. otherwise appropriated, the principal sum of three hundred and fifty-six SGYF illlveially dollars and fifty-three cents, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per h?,;";; Siuclly centum per annum from the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight hun- &c., refunded. dred and twenty; and, also, the further principal sum of one hundred dollars, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum, _ from the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and, also, the further principal sum of two hundred and one dollars and two cents, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; the said several sums having been illegally demanded and received by the United States of said Whittier, as one of the sureties of Daniel Evans, formerly a collector of the direct taxes and internal duties for the fourth collection district in Massachusetts. Approved, March 2, 1831. ··*"" Surura II. CHAP. XLV`[.—./2n Act for the relief of Ebenezer Rollins. March 2, 1831, Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, andhe is hereby, authorized to pay to Ebenezer Rollins, out of any money in the dP¤vE¤¤¤£ gg treasury not otherwise appropriated, twelve hundred and forty-eight dol- c;?;’;ina$m,._ lars and fifty cents, being the amount of drawback on twenty-nine hogs- ehandise.
