168 FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 100, 105, 106. 1816. and settle the claim of John Crosby, and John Crosby, junior, on count of the destruction by fire, of their store, house, goods, and wharf, in the town of Hampden, in the state of Massachusetts, and to allow them, in the settlement thereof, the value of the said property destroyed as aforesaid. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said John Crosby, and John Crosby, junior, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Aernovan, April 26, 1816. Snrurrrs I. '*"""' April 26, 1816. Can. C.-—.An Act for the relief of the president and directors bf the Washing- """""" ton bridge company. Be it enacted, rfc., That the commissioner to be appointed by vir- Commissioner tue of the act, entitled "An act to authorize the payment for property
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°::1’:'tlYA ru 9 one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and he is hereby author- 1816, 6h_ fr, ’ 1ZCd and directed to audit and settle the claim of the president and directors of the Washington bridge company, for the injury done to he south-western end of the said bridge by order of the government, or any of its authorized agents, in August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value thereof, in the manner and form prescribed by the provisions of the aforesaid act. AP,,,,,,,,m;,,,,_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof', when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said president and directors out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 26, 1816. Survrr: I. —·····-·· April 27, 1816. Crum. CV.-An Act for the benefit of Jnlm P. Maxwell, and Hugh. H. Maxwell. _ Be it enacted, rfc., That all the right, title, and interest of the SR£m";’£:,l‘§dU· United States, of, in, and to, any real estate, whereof a certain James t,} _1,,;,,, p_ ,,,,,1 Mazqwell died seized, on the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand U¤sh H· MM- eight hundred and fourteen, be, and the same is hereby, released unto weJohn P. Maxwell, of the Missouri territory, and Hugh H. Maxwell, of the territory of Illinois, nephews of the said James Maxwell, and the same is hereby vested in the said John P. Maxwell, and Hugh H. Maxwell and their heirs forever, as fully as if they had been citizens of the United States on the said fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; saving and reserving to all persons, other than the United States, any right, title, or interest, of, in, and to, the premises aforesaid, whereof the said James Maxwell died seized, as fully and amply as if this law had never been passed. Approved, April 27, 1816. Srnurz I. """‘ April 27, 1816. CHAP. CVI--wfn Act allowing pay ta certain persons made prisoners with tho "'°"""""""""" revenue cutter “Surveyor." Bc it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby authorized to settle the accounts for pay of the boatswain, gunner, cook, and ten mariners, captured on board of the revenue cutter Surveyor, during the late war with Great Britain, up to the period of their release and return from captivity, and to pay the amount to them, or their legal representatives, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to settle with Samuel Traverse, late master of the cutter Surveyor, and pay him up to the seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Arnnovnn, April 27, 1816.
