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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 51, 52, 53, 54. 1831. 457 tively, as above provided, then said sums of three hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-three cents, and one hundred dollars, with interest as aforesaid, shall be paid to the executors or administrators of each of the said persons so deceased. Approved, March 2, 1831. "'*"' Snruu II. CHAP. LI.--dn det for the relief of Peters and Pond. Mum}, 5;, ],83]_ Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Peters and Pond, merchants of Boston, the Méiagy ofpm. sum of seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty-two dollars and ¤¢°d¤ °f¤¤l¤’· forty-five cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- #°";°§u,‘?,;j_t° priated; being the moiety paid into the treasury of the United States on the sale of their schooner Anna and her cargo, which had been seized and condemned for a violation of the revenue laws by the district court of the United States for the district of Georgia, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, deducting therefrom the duties accruing on said moiety. Approved, March 2, 1831. _"_" Suwrurs II. Can. LH.-An Act for the retin" of Lucien Harper. March 2, 183], Be it enacted, &e., That there be paid, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to Lucien Harper, the sum of fifteen Payment of dollars and sixty-six cents, being the specie value of a certificate issued ¢¤f¤i¤¤*¤ of by Francis Hopkinson, treasurer of loans, numbered two thousand one I""' hundred and sixty, with interest on the said specie value, at six per centum per annum, from the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine; which certificate was issued in the name of Captain George Wolsey, and of which the said Lucien Harper is now owner: Provided, That the said Lucien Harper shall Pf¤vi¤¤· first execute and deliver to the first Comptroller of the Treasury, a bond in such sum and with such security as the said Comptroller shall direct and approve, to indemnify the United States from and against the lawful claim of any other person or persons, for, or on account of, the said certificate. Aprnovmn, March 2, 1831. _. Srsruu II. CHAP. LIII.-—An Act for the relief of James Qmzgue. March 2, 1831. Be it enacted, &c., That James Sprague be, and he is hereby, au- _ thorized to locate three hundred and twenty acres of land, by legal sub- c$:;l*:?;;1;?. divisions, on any public land in the state of Ohio now offered for sale, l,,,,d_ at the minimum price, in satisfaction of an equal quantity of land heretofore located by the said James Sprague on the east half of the eighth section of the fifth township, in the twenty-second range, under the act of Congress of the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, from which the said James has been evicted by an older title; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to issue to the said James Sprague a patent for the land so located, on his producing the certificate of the register of the land office within whose district the location may be made. Am-novnn, March 2, 1831. .._... Surun II. Cmun LIV.-—An dd to provide for the final settlement and adjustment of the March 2, 1831. various claims preferred by James Monroe, against the United States. """""" Be it enacted, c., That, for public services, losses and sacrifices, the sum of thirtytfhousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be pH1d to px1g2u5g5V5g;,, James Monroe immediately after the passing of thigzgct, out of any sw, 58