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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 14, 16, 17. 1852. 727 paid to Rufus Dwinel, the sum of thirteen thousand and thirty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Ar1>1z0vm>, March 11, 1852. CHA;-. XIV.-—-An Act jbr the Rdiq'5; Lieqtemznt-C'olonel Lftchdl, of the Stale of March 11, 1852. mmm. -—;- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the The Attorney- duty of the Attorney-General of the United States to prosecute the G°;"°Q{1J*°P¥;’°°tt writ; of error pending before the Supreme Court of the United States in ;D°;Hi,;,g;; the case of D. D. Mitchell versus M. X. Harmony, without cost to the v- Harmony- plaintiff in error. S1;0. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Attorney-General be, Proceedings and he is hereby directed to cause such chancery or other proceedings :3 bg i°“l*“°;‘; to be instituted in the name of D. D. Mitchell versus M. X. Harmony, in §°gmIQ;°°°,,_ or his assignees, before the proper court at St. Louis, Missouri, as shall Miicheli tillrtlm stay proceedings upon a. certain judgment at law, in the name of said g'£dgg °"°" *5 Harmony against said Mitchell, until the rendition of an opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States upon the writ of error aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause such t Siigd Ml*°h°g security to be entered by the United Smtes as shall indemnify and save ,1;,tmQ gigsé said Mitchell harmless against said judgment. judgment. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, Thai; whenever the Attorney- If ghehjudg- General of the United States shall certify to the Secretary of the Treas- £°$(;Smtg'§5{’ ury that the writ of error in the cause aforesaid has failed, or that no it is to bc, MZ further steps can be taken at law or in equity whereby to avoid the pay- S¤¤¤<¤d Md wid ment of said judgment in favor of said Harmony rendered in the State ginté? Umm of Missouri, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized to liquidate and satisfy said judgment, damages, and costs, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approprinted. AP1>1z0v1~11>, March 11, 1852. CHAP. XVI.-—-An Aetjbr the Relief of James Ferguson, surviving partner of the _/Erm of M910h 19, 1852- Ferguson and Jhlhada. ‘—"""*_"" Be it enacted by ihe Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzitcd States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Repa¥menc to the 'l`reasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to gf?·‘g§;i6s°;§‘;Sgg James Ferguson, surviving partner of the late iirm of Ferguson and Mil- to have bgen hado, of the city of Norfolk, in Virginia, out of any moneys in the mid by Huggitreasury not otherwise appropriated, :4 sum not exceeding seven hundred 2;** & dSM’ij$n2 and thirty-five dollars and sixty cents, being.the amount alleged to have whiliooin public been paid by them in discharge of their bond given the United States, “°'°· dated May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, for duties on one hundred and forty-two hogsheads of molasses, which were destroyed by fire, while in public store, on the fourteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight: Provided, That satisfactory evidence shall be produced to the Secretary of the Treasury of the destruction of said merchandise by fire as aforesaid. APPROVED, March 19, 1852. cmp. xv1x.-A» Aczfw me Resqqpnsze MM. Mmh 19. 1652- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the phm Mme, United Slainés of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of to b? pillmed 0H the Interior be required to place the mime of Philip Miller, of Ken- P§f°;’§,QQi1fO% tucky, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, and that the said Philip Mil- guy 1, 1848.