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"IWVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 5] ,52, 53. 1833. 537 amount thus ascertained, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to pay to the said Alexander Donelson, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 27, 1833. Srarurm II. CHAP. LI.-An Act for the relief [of] Riddle, Bccktlc, and Headington. F¢b_ 27, ]8g3_ Be it enacted, Src., That the proper accounting officers pay unto Riddle, Becktle, Headington, and company, or to their legal representatives, Allowance of out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum d°m8€° ¤¤di¤· of two hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-eight cents, with interest :2;;; gHla0¥r°` from twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, in full exchange. of the damages and interest on a protested bill of exchange drawn by Bartholomew Shaumburg, a deputy quartermaster-general of the United States, in favor of the said Riddle, Becktle, and Headington, dated at New Orleans, on the twenty-ninth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, presented at the treasury department on the twenty- sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and paid the fourth of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen ; it being the interest and damages which accumulated on the said bill of exchange, from the twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, to the fourth of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirtetn. Approved, February 27, 1833. Srxrvra II. CHAP. LT1.-An Act for the relief of the heirs of John VW1am, dcccdsed. Feb, 27, 1333, Bc it enacted, ¢$·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury Seven years' not otherwise appropriated, to the heirs of John Wilson, deceased, a l;$g,g:l";'l'}°b lieutenant in the army of the revolution, and slain in the battle of the {owed, ' Eutaw Springs, the seven years’ half pay allowed by the resolution of Congress, passed August the 24th, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, together with such interest thereon as would now be due if a certificate for said seven years’ half pay had been issued and subscribed under the provisions of the funding act, and no payment made thereon. Actof August Approved, February 27, 1833. 4· 17% ch- 34- "_—— Scrarurs II. Cnav. LHI.-An Act for the relief of Archibald Watt. Feb. 27, 1833. Be it enacted, &c., That the proper officers of the Treasury do pay to Archibald Watt, the specie value of three treasury certificates, for Speoiavalua six hundred dollars each, issued to Andrew Bass, on the nineteenth day of ¤6¤¤¤¤_<>¤1j¢i- of February, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, payable to ,§2;°',;'§;l; m' the said Bass, or bearer, and whereof the said Watt is holder; with paid. i such interest on the said specie value, as would have become due thereon had the same been subscribed to the loan created for funding the debts of the United States, by the acts of one thousand seven hun- Act of August dred and ninety; and that the same be paid out of any money in the 4» N90, ¢l¤· 34- treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, He shall give a bond, Proviso. to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in an amount to be determined by said Secretary, conditioned that the said Archibald and his securities will refund the amount of money received under the provisions of this act, if any other person shall prove a legal title to the amount contained in said certificates, together with the interest on the sum so received. Avraovmn, February 27, 1833. 68