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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Su s. II. Ch. 89, 90, 95. 1817. 195 Be it,_therefore, enacted, Q-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required, out of any money in the 94020wbe paid treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the said Teakle Savage, °°g"3"°g° the officers and men of the militia who served with him, and to the om- an 0 cm cers and crew of the revenue cutter aforesaid, or to the agent of such persons, or their legal representative, where any of them should be dead, the sum of four thousand and twenty dollars, to be divided among the said officers and men, conformably to the principles of the laws relating to the division of prize money. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- An agen; to sury is hereby authorized to appoint an agent to distribute the money b? ¤PPOi¤¤¤d to aforesaid, in the manner herein directed, to the several persons authorized g:?;;b°t° lh° to receive the same, upon their producing to the said agent satisfactory y` evidence that they are entitled thereto. Approved, March 3, 1817. ';* Srururs II. CHAP. LXXXIX.—.£n JA! for the qf'Mary Wells, cxcculrix of PWII€am Much 3, 1Q11- e . ---1- Be it enacted, dw., That the accountant of the war department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle the claim g],;,,, {0,. ,, of Mary Wells, executrix of William Wells, for a quantity of corn taken, quantity ofcorn by order of General William H. Harrison, for the use of the army of *° b° “°“I°d· the United States, and that he allow her, in the settlement thereof, the value of the corn at the time it was taken as aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when Appropriation. so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Mary Wells, executrix as aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1817. Srnurs II. CHAP. XC.-—-.6n Act fm- the relief q" George Buckmaster. March 3, 1817. Be it enacted, &c., That the accountant of the navy department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle the claim Claim {0,- of George Buckmaster, on account of whale-boats furnished the United Wh¤l¤·b¤¤¢¤ w States at New York, by order of General George Izard, and to allow b° °°“l°d‘ him, in the settlement thereof, the value of the said boats. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when Appropriation so ascertained, shall be paid to the said George Buckmaster, out of any ` money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1817. Snrurn II. Crux-. XCV.—-An .r1ct for the reIiq" of James IL Boisgervais. Much 3_ 18W_ Be it enacted, &·c., That the additional accountant of the war department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and Chim ,-0, dc, settle the claim of James H. Boisgervais, on account of the destruction struction of his of his saw-mill and property, by order of General David B. Morgan; Q:‘,;“;gl{,$°· and that he allow him, in the settlement thereof, the value of such in- ' jury as he may satisfactorily show he has sustained, in consequence of such destruction. Sec. 2. And be itjnrther enacted, That the said accountant be, and Claim {0, wood he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle the claim of the said and fcgcgrgto Boisgervais on account of his wood and fencing, made use of by the °“°“° · American troops for fuel, while stationed below New Orleans; and to allow him, in the settlement thereof, the value of the fuel used as aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when Appmpjgyjom