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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of New York, on Monday, the fourth day of January 1790, and ended on the twelfth day of August, 1790.

George Washington, President; John Adams, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Frederick Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

STATUTE Ⅱ.

June 4, 1790.

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Chap. XVI.—An Act for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick William de Steuben.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to make full and adequate compensation to Frederick William de Steuben, for the sacrifices and eminent services made and rendered to the United States during the late war, there be paid to the said Frederick William de Steuben, Annuity of 2,500 dols. for life, in full of claims. an annuity of two thousand five hundred dollars, during life, to commence on the first day of January last; to be paid in quarterly payments, at the treasury of the United States; which said annuity shall be considered in full discharge of all claims and demands whatever, of the said Frederick William de Steuben against the United States.

Approved, June 4, 1790.

Statute Ⅱ.

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June 14, 1790.

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Chap. XX.—An Act for the relief of Thomas Jenkins and Company.

Duties on certain goods lost by fire, remitted.Be it enacted, &c., That the duties, amounting to one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, be remitted on a parcel of hemp, duck, ticklenburg, and molasses, the property of Thomas Jenkins and Company, merchants, of the city of Hudson, in the State of New York, which were lost by fire in the brig Minerva, on her passage from New York to the city of Hudson, her port of delivery: and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow a credit on the bond or bonds executed by the said Thomas Jenkins and Company, for payment of the duties on the said goods.

Approved, June 14, 1790.

Statute Ⅱ.

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July 1, 1790.

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Chap. XXIII.—An Act to satisfy the claims of John McCord against the United States.

Payment to John McCord, in full of all claims.Be it enacted, &c., That there be paid to John McCord, out of the duties arising on impost and tonnage, the sum of eight hundred nine dollars seventy-one cents, being the amount of his account against the United States, as settled and admitted by the Auditor and Comptroller of the Treasury, on a bill of exchange dated the fifth of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, drawn in Canada for supplies, by General William Thompson, General William Irvine and other officers, in favor of William Pagan, on Messieurs Meredith and Clymer of Philadelphia: And the farther sum of five hundred