152 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. U1. Ch. 70, 71, 75, 76_ ]8]5_ trict west of Pearl river, is hereby directed to pay the same to the said Margaret, out of any public money now in his hands, or which may hereafter come to his hands. Armtovnn, March 1, 1815. S·rn·u·rr III. "" March 1. 1815. Cntr. LXX.- An dot concerrring neicglcgc of Gcorgetmzm, in the Diario: of "—""*_"‘ u a. Ma n,. Be it enacted, rfc., That it shall and may be lawful for such persons deg,.;,:? °t as now are, or from time to time may be, the president and directors of the college of Georgetown, within the district of Columbia, to admit any of the students belonging to said college, or other persons meriting academical honors, to any degree in the faculties, arts, sciences, and liberal professions, to which persons are usually admitted in other colleges or universities of the United States ; and to issue, in an appropriate form, the diplomas or certificates, which may be requisite to testify the admission to such degrees. Approved, March 1, 1815. S·rn¤·rs III. __" March 3, 1815. CHAP.LXXI.-An Act authorizing the discharge of Edward Martin from impri- “"j"" szmmcrtf. To bg ds,. Be it enacted, &c., That the marshal of the district of Rhode Island 9h*-used from be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed, to discharge from impri- ""p"°°"m°m‘ sonment Edward Martin of Newport, in the state of Rhode Island, now confined in jail at Newport, in said district, at the suit of the United States: Provided, That the said Edward Martin shall remain liable to the United States for the amount of the bond executed by Andrew Oburg, captain of the Swedish schooner Lichlighten, as principal, and by the said Martin and George W. Martin, sureties, and renew his obligation to the United States for said amount, payable in two years from the day of his discharge, in such form as the attorney of the United States for the district aforesaid shall think proper. Approved, March 3, 1815. Snrurs III. ·;·· March 3, 1815. Cnr. LXXV. -An Act for the relief of the Eastern Branch Bridge Cbmpany. To be com- Be it enacted, eye., That the proper accounting officers of the navy Penmed lbf dl- department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to settle
- £§;,,l°th° the claim of the Eastern Branch Bridge Company, on account of the
injury done their bridge, by an order from the navy department, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value of such injury, in such manner, and upon such terms, as may be just and reasonable. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the president and directors of the said company, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied to the repairing or rebuilding of the said bridge. Am-novrxn, March 3, 1815. Survrs III. ... March 3, 1815. CHAP. LXXV1.-—.d·n Act for the rzaligf ]fVilIiam P. Bennet, of the State qf ' ew or . (J}; l";,‘lj" Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is _ ge _2‘0m . . . . . . ,mp,,_.,,,,,m,,m_ hereby authorized and required to discharge from his imprisonment William P. Bennet, of Seneca county, in the State of New York: Provided, however, That the said Bennet shall, previous to obtaining such Act oflunc 6, discharge, comply with the provisions of the act, entitled "An act for 1798- °h· *9- the relief of persons imprisoned for debts due to the United States " Approved, March 3, 1815.
