PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third day of December, 1798, and ended the third day of March, 1799.
John Adams, President; Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James Ross, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 2d day of March, 1799; Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STATUTE Ⅲ.
Chap. Ⅳ.—An Act for the relief of Thomas Lewis.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Allowance to Thomas Lewis. That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby directed to settle the accounts of Thomas Lewis, a captain in the army of the United States, and to allow him a sum not exceeding eleven hundred and fifty-seven dollars, in full for his extra services and expenses during the time he acted as additional aid-de-camp to the late Major-General
Wayne.
Approved, February 15, 1799.
Statute Ⅲ.
Chap. Ⅴ.—An Act for the relief of Jonathan Haskill.
Be it enacted, &c.,Allowance to Jonathan Haskill. That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby directed to credit and allow to Jonathan Haskill, the sum of two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, placed in his hands for the use of a detachment of troops under his command, and by him lost, in the month of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
Approved, February 19, 1799.
Statute Ⅲ.
Chap. Ⅶ.—An Act for the relief of Gazzam, Taylor, and Jones, and of Samuel Watt, of the city of Philadelphia.
Be it enacted, &c.,Payment of drawback to Gazzam and others. That the collector of the port of Philadelphia be authorized to pay to Gazzam, Taylor, and Jones, and to Samuel Watt, of the city of Philadelphia, merchants, the amount of the drawback of duties on so much of the cargo of the schooner Eagle, belonging to them, as was shipped, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, on board the said vessel, for St. Thomas’s, and reladen in the river Delaware on board the brig Fame, for St. Croix: Provided, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said collector, that every requisite of the law has been complied with by the said Gazzam, Taylor, and Jones, and of Samuel Watt, to entitle them to the said drawback of duties, in case the said goods had not been re-shipped, as aforesaid.
