TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. S1sss.I. Ch.85,86,8’7. 1834. 569 S·rn·u·r¤ I. CHAP. LXXXV.—-—An Act for the relief of the owners of the schooner Three Sis- Juno2G, 1834. ters, of Saybrook. -—;——-——- Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, be, and is hereby, directed Au°“'°¤°° of to pay to Amos Sheffield and others, the owners of the schooner Three £g:;{,,°g,§;h` Sisters, in the year one thousand eighteen hundred and thirty-one, such l a sum of money as said vessel would have been entitled to for being engaged in the cod-fishery more than four months in that season, if she had complied with all the requirements of law; which said sum the said owners shall distribute according to the laws in such case provided, said vessel being of the burden of about thirty-nine tons. Approved, June 26, 1834. Snrura I. Cru?. LXXXVI.-An det for the relief of Phila]; Bessom. jms 26, ISM_ Be it enacted, Q-c., That there be allowed and paid to Philip Bessom, of Marblehead, in the state of Massachusetts, the sum of two thousand Buyynent for three hundred dollars, to indemnify him fpr the expense of bringing :;';S:§h°;'§ S from Bayonne to the United States, forty-six American seamen, by direc-' tion of the American vice-consul or commercial agent at Bordeaux, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, June 26, 1834. Snrurm I. C1-ur. LXXXVII. —-dn Act for the relief of certain irthabitanis of East Florida. June 26, ]834_ Be it enacted, doc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the trea- p,,,,,,,,,,,, 0; sury not otherwise appropriated, the amount awarded by the judge of the amount awardsuperior court at St. Augustine, in the Territory of Florida, under the §j,l8‘:",‘3‘g igzgf authority of the one hundred and sixty-lirst chapter of the acts of the ch_ ' seventeenth Congress, approved third March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, for losses occasioned in East Florida, by the troops in the service of the United States, in the years one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, in all cases where the decision of the said judge shall be deemed, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to be just: Provided, That no award be proviso_ paid, except in the case of those who, at the time of suffering the loss, were actual subjects of the Spanish Government: And provided, also, proviso, That no award be paid for depredations committed in East Florida, previous to the entrance into that province of the agent or troops of the United States Sec. 2. And be it jiirtlter enacted, That the judge of the superior Judge MSL court of St. Augustine be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive, ex- Augustine tp amine, and adjudge, all cases of claims for losses occasioned by the °“““”° °l“m’· troops aforesaid, in one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, not heretofore presented to the said judge, or in which the evidence was withheld, in consequence of the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury, that such claims were not provided for by the treaty of February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, between the Governments of the United States and Spain: Provided, That such claims be presented to the said Prcviso. judge in the space of one year, from the passage of this act: And pro- Proviso. vided, also, That the authority herein given shall be subject to the restrictions created by the provisocs to the preceding section. Approved, June 26, 1834. 72 2 x 2
