and two, to the second day of March, eighteen hundred and three, inclusively; and that there be paid to him for his salary and official expenditures, such compensation as is by law allowed to persons acting in that capacity.
Approved, January 31, 1805.
Statute Ⅱ.
March 2, 1805.
Chap. XXII.—An Act authorizing the discharge of John York from his imprisonment.
Be it enacted, &c., John York to be discharged from his imprisonment That the marshal of the District of New York, be authorized and directed to discharge John York, late a collector of the direct tax, for the eighty-third collection district, in the State of New York, from his imprisonment, upon a warrant of distress issued against him, by the supervisor of said district: Provided, That he take, before any judge of the United States, or any judge or justice of the peace of Condition prescribed the State of New York, so much of an oath imposed upon persons imprisoned for debt, by the second section of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt, Act of Jan. 6 1800, ch. 4. as relates to his not having transferred his property, with intent to defraud the United States: And provided, That he shall assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may own or be entitled to, to some person, for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, also, That any estate, real or personal, which the said John York may hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken and sold, in the same manner, as if he had never been imprisoned and discharged, as aforesaid. APPROVED, March 2, 1805.
Chap. XXV..—An Act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Robert Elliott.
Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two thousand dollars be allowed to the widow of Robert Elliott, who was killed by a party of hostile Indians, while he was conducting necessary supplies to the army, commanded by Major-General Wayne, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and that the same be paid to her, for the use of herself and the children of the said Robert Elliott, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1805.
Statute Ⅱ.
Chap. XXXIX..—An Act making provision for the widow and orphan children of Thomas Flinn.
Be it enacted, &c., Allowance of $2000. That the sum of five hundred and eighteen dollars, with interest from the fifteenth of January, one thousand seven A hundred and ninety-three, be allowed to the widow of Thomas Flinn, an interpreter and guide, who was killed with Colonel John Harding, while employed in bearing messages of peace to the hostile Indians, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-two; and that the aforesaid sum and interest be paid to the said widow, for the use of herself and the orphan children of the said Thomas Flinn, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, March 3, 1805.
Statute Ⅱ.
Chap. XXXIX..—An Act for the relief of George Scoone and Alexander Cameron.
