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514 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. SEss.I. Ch. 257, 258, 259. 1832. Scrnumrz I. July 14, 183% Cm?. CCLVII. —-An dot for the relief of Heman Allen. Be it enacted, dfc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Payment to hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Hemau Allen, him °Y f¤¤¤ ¤¤ late Marshal of Vermont, out of any moneys in the treasury not other. mmm" wise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents, being the amount of commission as poundage fees, on certain executions in favor of the United States, served by him while Marshal aforesaid, which fees were charged in his account, and disallowed by the accounting officers of the treasury department. Approved, July 14, 1832. Snrcrn I. July 14, 1832. CHAP,CCLVI11.-4371 Act for the relief ry" Christopher Brooks. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the sum of one hundred dollars be paid to Paymentfor Christopher Brooks, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise

5°$;‘£;‘€ ° appropriated, for the apprehension and prosecution of a negro concerned

` in robbing the mail, at or near Doak’s stand, in the state of Mississippi, in the month of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- seven. Ar1>1zov1=u>, July 14, 1832. Srnurs I. "—"" July 14, 1832. Gun. CCLIX.-Jin Act for the relief of the personal representatives of Colonel —·""""‘ John Laurens. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the accounting officers of the treasury be, A¤¢¤¤¤U¤ be and they are hereby, directed, authorized and required, to settle the °°m°d°“dl"“d‘ account of the personal representatives of Col. John Laurens, late of the army of the United States, in the revolutionary war, and some time Minister Extraordinary to France, for and on account of the military and diplomatic services of the said Col. Laurens; and therein, that they, the said accounting officers, allow and credit to said personal representatives, the interest on the amount due to him, the said Laurens, by the books of the treasury, on the fifth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, for balance of his salary as Minister as aforesaid, up to the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one; and on two hundred and six dollars and fifty-four cents, being the balance due on the military account of the said Col. John Laurens, together with the interest from the first of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, to the thirty-first of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety; all in the same manner as if indents of interest had been yearly issued to him or them therefor: and that they also credit the said personal representatives for the two several sums last aforesaid, in the same manner as if treasury certificates had, before the said thirty-tirst day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, been issued therefor, bearing an interest of six per centum per annum; and that certificates of stocks be thereupon issued at the treasury to said personal representatives, for the several sums aforesaid, in the same manner and of the same tenor and date, as if the same had been, on said thirty-first of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, subscribed to the loan of the United States, pro- Aetof Aug. 4, posed by the act, entitled "An act making provision for the debt of the mm °h· 3* United States," passed August the fourth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety; and that said stocks be redeemable thereafter, in the same manner as other stocks have been redeemed or were made redeemable by the provisions of said act, and by those of an act, entitled "An act Aer of Acpril in addition to an act, entitled ‘ An act for the further support of public ”·]796» ·l6· credit and the redemption of the public debt,’ " passed April twenty- eight, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of all other acts