Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 6.djvu/195

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ELEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 49. 1810. 95 Clair shall, previous to the receipt of the said sum of money, sign a release of all claim for further remuneration from the government for services rendered, or money advanced by him, during the revolutionary . war. Approved, May 1, 1810. Srnura II. Ch.u·. XLIX.-An Act for the relief of William WZ Weymwth and Joseph May L1B1g_ P. Weeks. 1;-*** Be it enacted, &¢:., That the penalty incurred some time in the month of March last, by William W. Weymouth, master of the schooner Wcy- P¢F¤l¤Y1‘¢mi¢· mouth, for not complying with the injunctions of the ninth section of &$l,lQ'¤:;’S{°§V°f the act, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any Weymouth; port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after Act ¤f M¤r¢h the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 2’1S°7’°h‘22' hundred and eight," previous to his leaving the port of New York with a fugitive slave on board, named Oliver, belonging to the estate of James Redford, deceased, late of Richmond in the/State of Virginia, be and the same is hereby remitted; any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding- Penalty remit- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the penalty incurred some ted in case of time in the month of July last, by Joseph P. Weeks, master of the {,0*;*;:; P' schooner Ceres, and also the forfeiture of said schooner, incurred for ` not complying with the injunctions of the said ninth section of said act, previous to his leaving the port of New York, with a fugitive slave on board, named Lige, belonging to Isaac Entwisle, of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, be and the same are also hereby remitted. Ari-irovrzo, May 1, 1810.