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576 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sr~:ss.I. Ch. 122,123. 1834. Srnurs I. June 28, 1834. Cru?. CXXII.—.»9n Act for the relief of the representatives of Samuel Gibbs. Be it enacted, dw., That the proper accounting officers of the- trea- Claim on ac- sury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to liquidate and °‘£;; °fr:,‘?“ adjust the value of two certificates issued in May, seventeen hundred gm, Shoand seventymine, from the loan office of Pennsylvania, to Gilbert Palmliquidated. er, one for three hundred dollars, numbered one hundred and thirty- eight, and the other for one thousand dollars, numbered two thousand three hundred and twenty-one, and that the value so adjusted, together with interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum, be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, to Proviso. the legal representatives of Samuel Gibbs, deceased; Provided, That, before payment is made as aforesaid, the said legal representatives shall give bond, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury, for refunding the amount of either of the said certificates which may hereafter be presented for payment, or of both should both be so presented. Armovao, June 28, 1834. S·rAru·r¤ I. June 28, 1834. CHAP. CXXIII.—-—An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Benjamin ·——·····" Bird and Grove Pomeroy. Be it enacted, {ye., That the accounting officers of the treasury be, Cl¤i¤¤ ¤fB¤¤l· und they hereby are, authorized and directed to audit and settle the E{QguQ.“:,§,;‘;““t claim of the legal representatives of Benjamin Bird, on account of eight cm35cm9s to loan office certificates, issued at the loan office of the state of Massabc wd6d- chusetts, in favor of Pierre Gourrege, and dated the first day of April, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight; two of which were from the sum of two hundred dollars each, and numbered five thousand six hundred and eighty-one and five thousand six hundred and eighty-two; three for the sum of four hundred dollars each, and numbered four thousand one hundred and twenty-eight, four thousand one hundred and twenty-nine, and four thousand one hundred and thirty; and three for the sum of' six hundred dollars each, and numbered four thousand and fourteen, four thousand and fifteen, and four thousand and sixteen; which certificates appear on the books of the treasury outstanding and unpaid. Also, claim of And also to audit and settle the claim of the legal representatives of g;‘;{’:al;‘;gl€;Y Grove Pomeroy, on account of four final settlement certificates, one mam cm.,m_ numbered twelve thousand two hundred and thirty-two, for two dollars canes. and thirty-nine cents; one numbered twelve thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, for seventy-five dollars and forty-nine cents; one numbered thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty-three, for eighty dollars; and one numbered thirteen thousand six hundred and ten, for eighty dollars, all dated the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-four; the three first bearing interest from the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-three, and the latter from the fourth day of November, seventeen hundred and eighty-three, and appearing outstanding and unpaid on the books of the treasury; and the sum found due, together with the interest thereon, at six per cent. per annum, be paid to the said representatives, out of any money in the treasury not Proviso. otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the legal representatives of the said Bird and of said Pomeroy, respectively, shall first deliver to the Comptroller of the Treasury a bond in such sum and with such surety as he shall approve, to indemnify the United States against all lawful claims for or on account of said certificates. Arvaovnn, June 28, 1834.