TWENTY-B`OUR.TII CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 276, 277, 278, 279. 1836. 663 nal duties for the eighth collection district of Pennsylvania, and their legal representatives, are released from all liability for Nicholas Kern, as sureties in said bonds—the Commissioner of the Revenue and the Agent of the Treasury having extended the time of payment without the consent of the said sureties—-and the Solicitor of the Treasury is hereby directed to discontinue the suits which have been brought against them severally on said bonds: Provided, That said Nicholas Kern, his Proviso. heirs, executors and administrators, shall nevertheless be held bound and liable to pay the whole amount that may [be] due by him as said collector. Aiuuzovsn, July 2, 1836. ""°"` Saurnu I. Crm?. CCLXXVI.—-An .Bct for the relief of Nathaniel Platt. July 2, 1836. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Nathaniel Platt, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropri- Payment for ated, the sum of two hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty cents, ¥'¢¤*» f<>f¤g<=» in full compensation of his claim, for rent, forage, and provisions, fur- &‘°‘ nished the troops under command of General Mooers, in eighteen hundred and fourteen, and for all damages done to the premises of the said Platt, in consequence of the occupancy thereof by the troops aforesaid. APPROVED, July 2, ISSG.
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CHAP. CC LXXVII.—-dn ./2ci for the relief of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad July 2, 1836. Company. W Bc it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to refund to the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Com- Duties on cerpany, the sum of nineteen hundred and eighty-four dollars, paid by said :;;{;‘l;;°:; company into the treasury of the United States, us duties on railroad ;,,,,d,,d_ iron imported into the United States, in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-two and eighteen hundred and thirty-three, for making of a railroad from Lexington, in Kentucky, to the Ohio river, whenever it shall bc made appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that said iron has been applied to the uses {br which it was imported. Approved, July 2, 1836. Surrrra I. Can. CCLXXVIII.-An Aot for the relief of the heirs of James Moore. July 2, 1g3S_ Be it enacted, &·c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they hereby are, directed to ascertain and allowS,,,,,,,, y,,,,- to Mrs. Sarah Swan and Mrs. Mary Waters, the only surviving children halfpqy ch of James Moore, late a brigadier-general in the army of the revolution, :H?,‘E$v';5°“°' the amount of seven years’ half pay, at a rate corresponding with the ` pay to which the said Moore was entitled at the time of his death; and that the said amount, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Sarah Swan and Mary Waters, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2, 1836. Srnura I. Omar. CCLXXIX.—An Act for the relief of I/Wlliam P. Ra/hbone. July 2, 1534;, Be it enacted, <§~c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to settle the accounts of William P. Rathbone, late His accounts a district paymaster in the army of the United States; and also his ac- :3**3*;:;*;; 001mts as an army contractor, under his contracts of the first of Novem-· ,0 be Ruled_ ber, eighteen hundred and sixteen, and of the fifth of November, eighteen hundred and seventeen, upon principles of justice und equity; and
