SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. SEss.I1. Ch.55, 56, 57,58, 59. 1821. 261 Srurvra 1I. CHAP. LV. —-An Act for the relief of General Robert Swartwout. March 3, 1821_ Be it enacted, rfc, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to General Robert Swartwout, out of any To be paid_ money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the amount of a judg- umountvfjudirment and costs obtained against him in the Supreme Court of the state ‘“°¥" ““,$ °°I§‘° of New York, for the loss of a boat called the Night Hawk, impressed 2g;;?;,,,;;-Legg, by him into the service of the United States, in the month of Novem- cd in 1813. ber, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, by order of the commanding general, and which boat was destroyed by the enemy in the descent of the army by the river St. Lawrence: Provided, The Previsc. said sum shall not exceed two thousand eight hundred dollars. Armovzan, March 3, 1821. '_""' Srnurs II. Gnu. LVL-—An Act for passing to the credit of Nathaniel ./Zllen certain moneys Mm-ch 3, Iggy_ by him disbursed in the public service. —————————-· Be it enacted, <§·c., That the accounting officers of the treasury department be, and are hereby, directed, in the settlement of the accounts Credit allowed of Nathaniel Allen, late district paymaster of the militia in the state of {O; camp, mo. New York, to pass to his credit all such sums of money as shall appear ¤¤Y¤_dlSl>¤¤'¤¤d to have been by him disbursed in payments to the said militia, for cloth- 2%,:1;*;* '° ‘h° ing, in obedience to orders received from his commanding officers. ` Arpnovnn, March 3, 1821. _""* Srnum: II. Cum-. LV1I.—-An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issueaPatent to Tho- Much 3_ B21_ mas Ozolcy. ——-;—-—. Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of State be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to issue letters patent to Thomas Oxley, for his pawn, ,-0,. his invention of a machine and engine, called “The American Land Clear- Land Clearing ing Machine and Land Clearing Engine," upon his complying with the M“;lg“° ‘° be directions of the act, entitled "An act to promote the progress of the m:_`;,,,;F,,b_·z;_ useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose," and 1793, ch. 11. an act, entitled "An act to extend the privilege of obtaining patents for Act of April useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein mentioned, 17·l8”0·°l‘·25· and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights ot" paten~ tees," except so for as the said acts, or any part or parts of them, require a residence of two years within the United States, in like manner, in all respects, as if the said Thomas Oxley had resided two years within the United States. Approved, March 3, 1821. ”""" Sruun II. CHAD. LVIII.-—An .0cl for the reliefof John PK:l2stcr. March 3, 1g2y_ Be it enacted, (ye., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to pay to To be Paid John W ebster, late collector of the internal revenue for the county of $264. Somerset, in the district of Pennsylvania, the sum of two hundred and sixty-four dollars; which sum shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1821. """"` Sermon II. CHAP. LIX.—-An Act concerning Thomas Shields and others. March 3, 1821. Be it enacted, r$•c., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and ···—·······~· he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Thomas Shields, and to gzgfgez B; the persons associated with him in capturing and delivering to the Mar- $7 prisancm, shal of the Louisiana district, seventy-seven prisoners, during the late &.e.
