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746 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 7, 8, 9. 1839. pany shall further comply with all the provisions, requisitions, and conditions of the said act of the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Approved, February 6, 1839. , Scrnurz III. "T" Feb. 6, 1839. Cnr. V1I.—An Act for the relilef of Jechonias Pigot and Benjamin Lecrafl, sure- "“‘—""'i‘ tics of James Manney, late co leclor of the customs for the district of Beaufort, in the state of North Carolina. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Proceedings is hereby directed to suspend all further proceedings to collect from

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I:;"°S Jechonias Pigot and Benjamin Lecraft, sureties of James Manney, late

1,,, `wjiemog ’ collector of the customs for the district of Beaufort, in the state of North &.c., to be sus- Carolina, any portion of the balance of one thousand and forty-four dol- P°“d°d‘ lars and twelve cents, stated to be due from them to the United States, on the twenty-eighth day of January now last past, upon a judgment or judgments rendered against them as such sureties, and that he discharge the said sureties from all further liability under the said judgments, it appearing that the said sureties have paid and satisfied the balance due from them, as stated by the Comptroller of the Treasury, on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, together with the interest upon that balance; but that in consequence of an error in the, statement of the Comptroller before mentioned, a further balance is now claimed of the sum above stated, after the said sureties have permitted the property of their principal, placed in their hands for their indemnity, to go from them in payment of other debts of the said Manney, they having retained a sum sudicient to discharge their whole liability as stated by the said Comptroller on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, aforesaid. Approved, February 6, 1839. Snrvrs III. __ Feb. 6, 1839. Cr-nu-. VIII.-An Act for the relief of William East. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to William payment :0, East, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the ¤¤rS¤-¤h¤c¤- sum of fifty-six dollars, for one hundred and twelve pairs of horse-shoes furnished Captain Hodge’s command of mounted volunteer gun-men, in General Coifee’s brigade of Tennessee volunteers, in the month of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen. Approved, February 6, 1839. Surun III. """""` Feb. 6, 1839. CHAP. IX.--An dat for the relief of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of """""—" public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United Amounts m States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust be ¤¤¤l¤d. &<=· the accounts of the said John Brahan, late a receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, in the state of Alabama, so as to release his estate from the payment of interest, on account of the debt which the said John Braham owed to the Government of the United States as receiver aforesaid, and such part as may have been secured to be paid by others, shall be relinquished by the said Secretary, with the securities therefor, to Pmvigq, the heirs of said Brahan: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the refunding from the treasury, to the estate or the heirs of said John Brahan, of any amount which may heretofore have been received or collected by the United States on account of the said debt or interest thereon. Approved, February 6, 1839.