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314 EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 144, 147, 148, 150. 1824. S·n·ru·u I. M'? 24- 1824- Crmv. CXLIV.-An Act for the relief of the zmignces and legal representative; """-—°_ of John IL Pratt. Be it enacted rye., That there be paid to the assignees and legal 4g5h62E d;>ll;¤¤ representatives bf John H. Piatt, late of Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, pus? M_ ° out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty-three thousand six hundred and twenty dollars and forty-eight cents; being the amount found due to said Platt by the accounting Ae: of May 8, officers of the treasury department, under theact of May, onethousand 18% °h· 7* eight hundred and twenty, passed for his rel1ef ; of which said sum so much is iirst to be paid to the person or persons holding said Piatt’s assignment of said claim, as will satisfy the same; and the balance to be paid to his administrators. Armovmn, May 24, 1824. Sermon I. '”"" Mw 25% 18% Can. CXLVII.-An not for the relief of Hezekiah Langley and Benjamin M Bell. Be it enacted, &e., That, out of any moneys in the treasury not other- Payment to wise appropriated, there be paid to Hezekiah Langley, for work and

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;';l° labor, and repairs, done on the Circuit Court room, in the city of Washcom mom, ington, the sum of eleven hundred and sixteen dollars; and to Benjamin

M. Belt, for a mahogany desk furnished said court room, the sum of forty dollars. · Am-novnn, May 25, 1824. Snruu I. May 25, 1gg4_ Cru?. CXLVIII.-—Jrn Act for the relitf of Alexander M ’Nair. _ Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Baymont to is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treag;:r*`°*‘ $h°“¤° sury not otherwise appropriated, to Alexander M’N air, of Missouri, °y°two thousand dollars, being for the value of a house destroyed by fire, near Fort Massack, while occupied by the troops of the United States as barracks. Approved, May 25, 1824. 81;*1*111*: I. ———-———— Mw 26- 182* Guan. CL.-An Aot ayzropriafng a sum 0 meme to Bc·n'am' H lhelslale of Indldna. y J m ufmam qc Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and` he biol) £l:lj¤\‘;,¥¤ is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin Huffman the sum to ,.l;;m,°hi;m of five hundred dollars, to enable him to regain his son, Peter Hoffman non. [Huffman], who was taken a captive by hostile Indians during the late Pmviso. war : Provided, That the said Benjamin Huifman shall previously give bond with sufficient security, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned upon the said Hurl"man’s rendering to the proper accounting officers of the treasury department, correct accounts of his expenditure of the whole or any part of the said sum of money for the sole purpose of regaining the possession of his son aforesaid; and that the said Hulfman shall pay any balance that may remain in his hands alter the expenditure provided for as aforesaid, into the treasury of the United States. Am,,.,,,,j,,m,,,_ Sec. 2. And be it _/further enacted, That the aforesaid sum shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Armzovrm, May 26, 1824.