TWENTY-I·`IF’1`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. C¤.20,21,22,23,24. 1838. 705 S·u·ru·rs U. Cmnt-. XX.-An Acifor the relief of Benjamin Maoers. March 7, 1838. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Benjamin Mooers, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, sixty-one Payment for dollars, for hay, corn, potatoes, and rails, necessarily taken by the troops h°Y· °°m• &°-· in eighteen hundred and thirteen; and for buckwheat necessarily de- mkm stroyed by cncamping on the ground of the said Mooers. Approved`, March 7, 1838. """“' Section II. CHAP. XXl.——An dclfor the relief of Eli Horton. Muah 7, 13;-;g_ Be it enacted, &~c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Eli Horton, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Patent fees to thirty dollars, being the amount he paid into the treasury for a patent be "i“"d°d· which he has not taken out and abandons his intention to do so. Approved, March 7, 1838. """"_ Smnurn II. Cum-. XXII.—An Jctfar the relief of John M Oliver. March 7, 1838. Be it enacted, r§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to cause a credit to be given to John A ¤1‘€di¥ ¤l· M, Oliver, on the books of the treasury, for the sum of nine hundred 1°w°d mm' and ninety-one dollars and thirty-nine cents, in satisfaction of that amount now to his debit on the said books, for an alleged deficiency of work done and executed by the said John M, Oliver on a section of the Cumberland road. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Solicitor of the Trea- Suit against sury be, and he is hereby, instructed to discontinue the suit instituted him _10 be disand now depending against the aforesaid John M. Oliver, to recover °°mm°°d‘ from him the aforesaid sum of nine hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-nine cents. Approved, March 7, 1838. —-—-—· Srnurs II. CHAP. XXIII.--An Act_/`or the relief of Frances Gardiner. March 7, 1838. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of War ascertain what property of the late Captain Gardiner was in the military occupation of the Secretary of United States at Fort Brook, and destroyed in consequence of such oc- yl:";; *:*6** cupation, and its value; also, if not destroyed, the damage the same p;l,,y0,~ther&,° sustained; also, what was destroyed by order of an officer, for military Capt. Gardiner purposes, and its value; also, what was detained by order of an officer, ;"“°U°‘g‘“P§d and prohibited from being removed, and was destroyed in consequence Y ‘ " °‘ thereof, and its value; and the respective sums so found due shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frances Gardiner. Avvnovnn, March 7, 1838. ··‘—"" Srnura 1I. CHAP. XXIV.-An Act for the relief of Thomas 1 Lawler and Smith M Jlfiles. Marc}, 7, ]333_ Bc it enacted, §·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Thomas J. Lawler, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, 'I‘. J. Lawler four hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventy-three cents, for main- tggslgggn ft; taining four negroes from the fourteenth of April, eighteen hundred and g,Q,cS_ undg,. °` thirty-three, to March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, me of April 20, which were delivered to him and kept in confinement under the acts of l8l,8M°h· Pig April twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and March third, eigh- gw, ,;:_°1]0,: teen hundred and nineteen, prohibiting the slave trade; and for maintaining Martin Lee one hundred and two days, under a charge of 89
