SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. SEss.1. 69,70, 71, 72. 1822. 269 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum shall be paid Appropriation. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 7, 1822. ·—-——-—- Section I. CHA1-. LXIX.-——An Act for the reliq" of David Cummings. May 7, ]ggg_ Be it enacted, (Yo., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be directed to settle the accounts of David Cummings Account to bg on principles of equity and justice. settled. APPP.ovsn, May 7, 1822. ... Szrnwrrs I. CHAP. LXX. — An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Guthry, Mw 7- 1822- deceased. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That there be paid to the legal representatives of John Guthry, deceased, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise To be Wld the appropriated, the sum of one hundred and twenty-three dollars and z$g?£;d?,£ m thirty cents, being the amount of a final settlement certificate, numbered mar sari15mm seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, issued to the said $>¤¤i6¢¤¤¢r with John Guthry, and which certificate appears to be outstanding on the "‘°°'°’"’ &°‘ books of the treasury, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight: Provided, That the said legal representatives shall first Proviso. execute and deliver to the Comptroller of the Treasury a bond of indemnity, in such sum, and with such security, as shall be satisfactory to the said comptroller. APPRO\’ED, May 7, 1822. -——-——- Sruurs I. CHAP. LXX1.—-dn Act jhr the relief of the legal representatives of John Giranlt. May 7, 1822. Bc it enacted, Sw., That the legal representatives of John Girault be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, in lieu of Authorized to two tracts of land which were confirmed to the said John Girault, by an °;"i;;;‘:"l:Qv“; act approved the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and gah,,,,,,, of ,,,,,,1 twelve, entitled "An act confirming claims to lands in the Mississippi in Mississippi or Territory, founded on warrants of survey granted by the British or Spa- &l3bma· m nish government," two sections of land, agreeably to the surveys made Ac, of_;,,,,,, 30, by the United States, in any of the land offices in the states of Missis- 1812, ch.1lO. sippi and Alabama; and the register or registers with whom such entry or entries may be made, shall issue the necessary certificate or certificates, on the exhibition of which, at the General Land Office, a patent or patents shall issue in favor of the said legal representatives: Provided, Such entries be made within two years from the passage of this act, on lands which have been oiiered at public sale, and on at least four contiguous quarter sections at a place: And provided also, That the said Prcriso. legal representatives shall first, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, relinquish all their right in said lands so confirmed to their ancestor. Approved, May 7, 1822. ·-—·-·· Survrs I. CHAP. LXXl1.—-An Hctfur the relief of Benjamin Stephenson. May 7, 1822. Be it enacted, dj·c., That Benjamin Stephenson, of the state of Illinois, bo, and is hereby, authorized to locate four hundred and ninety- Authoriged to five acres of any of the nnappropriated lands lying within the Military gcsge élizacigé Reserve, between the rivers Sciota and Little Miami, in the state of ,;,,,gd],,,,Sg Ohio, which shall be in full satisfaction of the claim of the said Benja- l)yi_¤_g within the min Stephenson, as the legal representative of George Hite, to whom £g;_{;;”’?;1I,ili, the same quantity of land was, on the fourteenth day of September, Smsfgcnon 0; seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, patented by the stzate of Virginia, his claim, &.c. X
