284 SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 83, 84, 85. 1823. w,,, ,0 e,,,,,,,,,, pointed by him, to ascertain whether there has been any failure on the into the damages part of the United States in the fulfilment of the contract for erecting
- ,";§"'“°d l’Y fortifications on Dauphin Island
- and, if so, to ascertain and report to
` Congress, at the next session, the amount of damages thus sustained by Richard Harris and Nimrod Farrow, the contractors, by such failure; and also to ascertain and report, whether the said contractors themselves have failed in fulfilling the contract on their part, and the cause of such failure. Suits now Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the uits now depend- P°¤d¤:§ 3* b° ing in the Circuit Court, in Virginia, in behalf of the United States, sum °against the said Harris and Farrow, and their securities, shall be suspended till the end of the next Congress, with the written assent of their securities. Approved, March 3, 1823. S·rnur1·: I1. I le al _ , ,·—- D L8 8 T d Much 3, 1823 Crnr LXXXIII An Act f<;l,té¢l; e_;"SetL g r p escnt two of James- 74 dollars G2 Be il enacted, nyc., That there shall be paid to the legal representa- °°“‘° ‘° l’° PM- five of James M’Clung, deceased,out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seventy-four dollars and sixty-two cents, being the amount of a final settlement certificate, numbered nine hundred and fifty-nine, issued to the said James M'Clung, 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: P’°"l*°· Provided, That the said legal representative shall first 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. Approved, March 3, 1823. Srarurn ll. """"‘ March 3, 1823. Cum-. LXXXIV.—.x7n Act for the relief of Jo/in Ccjec. ’ Be it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the treas- Accounts for ury department be, and they are hereby authorized to audit and settle
dl*·l'° *° l’° the accounts of John Coffee, surveyor of public lands in Alabama, for
' clerk hire, previously to the twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, on the principles of justice and equity, and to p,,,,.;,,,, make such allowance as may appear reasonable: Provided; Such allowance shall not exceed the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, from the commencement of his services as Surveyor General, to the pass- Acr or April ing of the "Act respecting the surveying and sale of the public lands 20»l8l9»<=l¤· 26- in the Alabama territory," that being the amount allowed him for clerk hire after the passing of said act. Approved, March 3, 1823. Srnurr: II."""` Much 3, ]g23_ Cnn. LXXXV.——-vin Jlctfnr the rcliq of Samuel Walker and others. Bc it enacted, §·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he 0,,,,,,,, claim, is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury to be paid. not otherwise appropriated, the following sums to wit: To Samuel Walker, the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars; to Joseph L. Dutton, the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars; and to John Martin, Samuel Peterson, and Hannah Peterson, the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars; it being for injuries done to their lands in erecting works of defence, near the town of Marcus Hook, on the Delaware river, in the fall of the year eighteen hundred and fourteen. Arvnovsn, March 3, 1823.
