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326 EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. SEss.II. Ch. 48, 49. 1825. for the payment of the drawbacks of duties on merchandise exported to New Orleans, between the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the tenth day of February, one thousand eight pm,,;m_ hundred: Provided, however, That satisfactory proof be first given to the Secretary of the Treasury, that the goods, wares, or merchandise, on which the drawback of duties is hereby allowed, were landed at New Orleans. Not ,,,,,,6,,,;,,, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding seven $739 to be paidg hundred and thirty-nine dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys ·in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the debentures above mentioned. Approved, March 3, 1825. S·n·r¤1·|: Il`. "*‘—‘ March 3, 1825. CHAP. XLVlIl.—-An Act for the relief of Waller Story Chandler. Be it enacted, rfc., That the proper officers of the treasury be hereby Nmount of authorized and directed to pay to Walter Story Chandler, or to his legal gggzgagérgfé representatives, the amount of principal and interest due on the five final settlement following final settlement certificates, which are alleged to have been certificates, de- destroyed while in the possession of said Walter Story Chandler, viz: €;'g;°:dgY,f'°’ number eighty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-six, dated No- }nm_ vember first, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, issued to Christopher Henson, amount, forty-seven dollars sixty cents, interest from first January, cnc thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; number eighty-four thousand six hundred and fifty-one, dated firstNovember, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, issued to John Gray, amount, forty-tl1ree dollars thirty cents, interest, from first January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; number eighty-four thousand four hundred and eighty-nine, dated First of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, issued to Solomon Barret, amount, forty-three dollars thirty cents, interest the same as the foregoing; number eighty-eight thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine, dated first of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, issued to Williani Lewis, amount, forty-eight dollars forty-one cents, interest, the same as the foregoing; number seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-one, issued the eleventh of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, to Thomas Auboney, for one hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty cents, interest, the same as on the foregoing. The same to be paid out p,,0,,,,°_ of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said Walter Story Chandler, or his legal representatives, execute a satisfactory security to the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify the United States against all claims for the future payment of the said certificates to any person whatever. Avrnovnn, March 3, 1825. Sururs II. --—.. March 3, 1825. CHA;p_ XLIX,—An Act for the relief of John S. Stiles. Be it enacted, gc, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is N$::¤'¤:;1‘Y of hereby, authorize and directed to institute a re-examination of the case cxunlina of three vessels, to wit ; the ship Fabius, the brig Aid, and the schooner case anne rn. Ann, formerly owned by George Stiles, now deceased; which vessels,

,°h;;¤¤A#;;i» during the late war, were sunk for the defence of the harbor of Balti-

Sunk in dmécc more. And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby further authorized to of the inn-bln- allow to the legal representative of said George Stiles, such sum as, °fB¤l"m°¤`¤- with what has already been allowed, he, the said secretary, shall deem a just and reasonable compensation for the detention of said vessels, from the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the time when they were delivered to the owner, and from thence to the termination of the period necessary to repair the injury