SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 43, 44,49,55. 1820. 241 paid into the treasury by the said Walter Channing, or by Gibbs and Channing, as, and for, duties upon saltpetre, imported into the United States in the year one thousand eight hundred and three. Approved, April 11, 1820. ""_"" Srnurs I. Cn,ae.XLIII.—An ./Hctfor the TCI1g of certain persons who have paid duties on April ll, 1g2O_ certain goo imported into Castine. ··————--—- Bc it enacted, 4-4:., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be repaid, from the treasury, to the following persons, to wit: Jonathan Certain duties L. Stevens, Joseph Briant, Samuel Littlefield, Holbrook and Brooks, l‘;;’§SQ‘;[.’“£;'5 Doty Little, Rowell and Haskell, John Minot, Witherlee and Jarvis, lim gasllon., John H. Jarvis, Caleb B. Hall, Ebenezer Noyes, Samuel Bartlett, John while in gosseq- Bartlett, John Buck, Swazey and Folsom, John N. Swazey, Benson and f;°,;‘££c;¤° Bn' Blodget, John Benson, Solomon Skinner, Eliphalet Parker, Henry Dar- ` ling, Henry Rice, who made payment, or to their legal representatives, all sums which have been paid into the treasury, as, and for, duties upon goods imported into Castine, while in possession of the British forces, during the late war with Great Britain, the same not being, by law, subject to the payment thereof, upon which goods duties were also levied and paid to the British authorities, upon their importation into Castine: Provided, That it shall be proved, to the satisfaction of the Prcviso. Secretary of the Treasury, that the claimants above named were residents of Castine or Bucksport, or were purchasers from residents, of the goods on which the duties have been imposed. Approved, April 11, 1820. S·n·ru·r¤ I. CHAP. XLIV.-dn Act for the relief of certain suyferers by jire, at Savannah, in April 11, 1g2O_ Georgia. ····*‘·····—·" Be it enacted, dw., That the credit allowed by the existing laws upon the duties due and remaining unpaid to the United States, at the cus- Credit for oo, tom-house at Savannah, upon imported merchandise, which was do tiesonmerehanstroyed by tire at Savannah, on the eleventh day of January last, and g’*Er‘;°;‘g’aYv;€l_ then belonging to_ the importers thereoli and not insured against tire, o:;,, prolonged be, and the same is hereby, prolonged for four years, from the respec- for four years. tive times when such duties may be payable: Always provided, That proviso_ said bonds be renewed, with sufficient surety, to the satisfaction of the collector of the said district of Savannah. _ Amutovnn, April ll, 1820. ""_"" Snrvrn I. Crue XLlX.—.r1n dot for the relief of Elizabeth Braden. April 24, 1820. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Department of War be, and he is hereby, directed to issue, in the name of Elizabeth Braden, a Warrant for land warrant for the bounty land to which her son, George Braden, a l,;°“i‘;3'l£“d *° soldier, who died of wounds received in the late war, would have been ° ' entitled had he lived. Approved, April 24, 1820. Srucra I. CHAP. LV. -—-An Act for the relief of John Steck. May 1, 1820. Be it enacted, rfc., That, for the discharge of a judgment obtained against John Steele, collector of Philadelphia, on account of his refusal Digchvfge vf to grant a clearance for the Spanish brig Los Dos Amigos, in which :é:in§{"£:;,,s refusal the said collector acted under an instruction from the department collector, &,e. of state, a sum, not exceeding three thousand three hundred dollars, be, 31 V
