634 TWENTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.84, 90,91. 1836. S·ru·¤r1: I. June 7, 1836. CHAP. LXXXIV.——An Act for the relief of Moses Bliss. Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Payment to hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Moses Bliss, late him °f °°"°m deputy marshal of the district of Vermont, out of any money remaining fees as marshal. . - · in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and forty dollars and fifty-six cents, being the amount of fees due him on certain process and executions in favor of the United States, which were served and executed by him while deputy marshal aforesaid; which fees were charged in his account, and disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. Avrnovun, June 7, 1836. Srnnrx I. -"-' June 14, 1836. CHAP. XC.— An Act for the relief of John Pierce and Daniel Van V cor/tis. Bc it enacted, @-0., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of any Payment for money not otherwise appropriated, to John Pierce and Daniel Van Voorb"’S“ b““’· his, sixty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, for thirty pairs of brass butts furnished at the navy yard, Brooklyn, of an extra quality, not enumerated in their contract. Approved, June 14, 1836. Snruriz I. *"" June 14, 1836. CHAP. XCI.-./2n Act for the relief of Jesse Smith and others. Bc it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed cm,,;" 8,. to apply on the judgments and notes mentioned in schedules A and B, counts to bein- that accompany the report of N. S. Benton, the United States attorney
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` hundred and thirty-three, and addressed to the Solicitor of the Treasury, the official notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts given by Thomas Tupper, late assistant deputy quartermastengeneral, held and possessed by the persons against whom judgments have been recovered as mentioned in schedule A, and held and possessed by the persons mentioned in schedule A, and held and possessed by the persons mentioned in schedule B, against whom the United States hold notes given for property purchased at Sackett’s Harbor, provided said Secretary shall be satisfied that said notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts, were given for work and labor done and performed in the erection of barracks at Sackett’s Harbor, or for materials furnished for that object, or for other expenditures in the Quartermastefs Department, and remain unpaid. And the said Secretary is authorized to investigate the consideration of said notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts, so given by said Tupper, if he shall deem such investigation necessary to protect the United States against imposition and fraud, giving to the party interested reasonable notice of the time and place for taking testimony. If the sums tbund due to each person, respectively, be equal to, or greater than the judgment or judgments recovered against him without cost, then such judgment or judgments is to be discharged by said Secretary, in a case where said due bills were purchased after suit was commenced; and in such case the costs against the defendants shall be considered and taken, in settling said judgment, as a part thereof And if the sum found due to any person mentioned in schedule B, on notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts given by the said Tupper as aforesaid, be equal to, or greater than such indebtedness to the United States, then the said Secretary is directed to cancel the said debt to the United States, by applying thereto the sum so found due: rmviw Provided, That no such application shall be made in any case where the applicant purchased the due bills, drafts, notes, or accountable re-
