EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cl-1.97. 1825. 337 count of duties on merchandise, imported into the United States, prior to the occupation of the town of St. Mary’s, in Georgia, by the British forces under the command of Admiral Cockburn, in eighteen hundred and fifteen, which merchandise was captured and carried out of the United States by the enemy. Sm:. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States’ Actor- The ,m°m,y, ney for the District of Georgia, be, and he is hereby, required to enter &c.,tc enter a credit for three thousand two hundred dollars, on any judgment or ‘° ““°h judgments heretofore recovered in the District Court of the United ` States, against the said Paul Chase und his said security, on account of duties claimed by the United States on merchandise so imported into the United States, by the said Paul Chase; and also for the costs, which may have accrued thereon. APPROVED, March 3, 1825. . S·.t·u·m·¤ 1'I. Crux-. XCVII. ——An don amendatury of the ant, entitled Min act to incorporate the Provident Asso- Match 3, 1825. datum of Clerks in the Civil Department of the Government of the United States, in the District ;._... of Columbia. Be it enacted, &·c., That, from and after the first day of Aérril, eighteen hundred and twenty»four, the funds of “The Provident Association of lerks’ shull be uppropri- R*l°s»9f*°Y uw ated und paid to the families of deceased members, at the followine rates, to wit: to the 1*** APU1s 182*% ihmilies of such members as may die before the expiration of the li ih year of their mem- *0 be “n°Y"°d bl? bcrship, twiqe the amount of the subscription which shall have been paid by such mem- '·h° P¥°Y'd°m bers, respectively: to the families of members dyinlg after the expiration of the fifth year AS*°°mu°n °f of their membership, one hundred dollars; and, a ter the expiration of each succeeding Cleve *0 th° year, until the fifteenth year of their membership shall have expired, the additional sum fumllws °f d°‘ of fifty dollars shall be paid—so that every member dgying after the fifteenth year of his °°”°°d m°m' membership, shall have provided for his amily, out 0 the limds of the Association, the b°"· sum of six hundred dollars: to the lhmilies of such members as muy die, at any time after the expiration of the sixteeonth year of their membership, there shall be paid six hundred dollars, and an interest of twelve per centum per annum, on the sum of 0n¤ hundred and fifty dollars, computing the said interest from the expiration of the fifteenth year, to the commencement of the year in which such deaths may occur, and ¤ further interest of twelve per cemum per unnum, upon all sums, exclusive offinoa, which shall have been paid imo the funds of the Association by such members, respectively, alice: the said sixteenth year of their mcrnberslxgn, to be computed from the periods qt which such payments shall have been made, to t c commencement of the year m which such dpmhs may occur: Provided, however, That, if it shall happen rhm the payments herein Proviso. directed to be made, shall, in any year, diminish the funds of the Association below the amount thereof at the end of the next preceding year, the President and Bo¤rd_ol` Ollicers be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed 10 reduce the amount of mterest, so as to prevent the recurrence of such diminution of the funds: zind provided, also, Proviso. and in is further directed, Tim it skull be the duty of the said President and Board of Oliicers, at the end of each successive period of five years, computing from the lirst of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty—four, if it shall appear that the increase of the funds of the Association shall have been, during such periods, respectively, at a rate greater than six per ccntum per annum, at compound interest to pay to each of the families of such as may have died during the next preceding five years, such additional sum as shall be proportioned to the sums heroin before provided : Provided, Prcviso. That such additional sums shall not, in the aggregate, exceed the amount of the funds of the Association, over and above the amount produced by the aforesaid interest of six pcr centum per annum. _ , Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President and Bosrd of Officcm of the ThePres1dent, Provident Association of Clerks, be, and theiare hereby authorized, whenever they; ficc. of Associashull judge it expedient and advantageous to the Association, either !`or_the purpose o tion to sell the paying the debts of the As ooiution, or for the purpose ofjeinvesting it in more safe stock whenever sind profitable stock, so sell any of the stock now belonging to, or that may, at any advantageous. time hereafter, belong to, the said. Association. _ _ Sm. 3. And be it further enqczed, That the membership of persons belonging to Commence- " The Provident Association ol Clerks," shall commence from the date of their first mentpf memquarterly payments, made agrecnbly to law. _ _ _ bershlp. Sec. 4. And be it further enarted, That any member of the Assocmtion may desig- Any member nate, in writing, addressed to the President and Board of Officers, the particular person may designate or persons to whom the pa ment of money, accruing from the Association, shall be the person w made for the benefit of his lilmily ;_ which Ferson or persons, so designated. shall_re· whom payment ccive the same, and his or their receipt there or to the Treasurer, shall be a full acquittal shall be made. to the Association. _ _ _ Sm. 5. And be izfwmer manned, That so much of the act, of which this is amanda- Parts of former wryi, Ars is inconsistent with the provisions of this uct, bo, and the 831116 is hereby, re- wt l'8p€¤l€d· pea e . Ar1=n0vm>, March 3, 1825. 43 2D
