728 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SESS`. I1. Ch. 198, 199, 200, 201. 1838. STATUTE H- Can. CXCV1II.—-An Act for the reliq" of Oliver Dorsett. Jvly 7. l938· Be it enacted, ¢$·c., That the Secretary of War be authorized and di-
rected to place the name ofOliver Dcrsett on the roll of invalid pensionp ace . . .
on pension mir ers, and to cause him to be paid at the rate of eight dollars per month; to commence on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Approved, July 7, 1838. STATUTE II. July 7; I838· CHAP. CXCIX.—-»€Zn Act for the relief of Moses Eldred. pension to bg Be it enacted, e§·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, i¤¤¤=¤5¤d· directed to pay to Moses Eldred, an invalid pensioner, the sum of two dollars and sixty-six cents per month, (in addition to what he now receives,) to commence on the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and to continue during his life, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. STATUTE II. Approved, July 7, 1838. July 7’ 1g3S` CHAP. CC.-~An Hot for me relief of M. Gelston, executor of David Gelston. To be credited Be it enacted, Qc, That the Secretary of the Treasury credit, on the Yéggmzalfgggixgi account of David Gelston, the amount of a judgment recovered against `l)evid Gelston. him in the state of New York, in favor of Charles Baldwin, as of the time said judgment was so recovered; the same being for a debt incurred by the said David Gelston, by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in defending the suit of Gould Hoit, for seizing his vessel called the American Eagle; and that the said Secretary further credit on said account such reasonable sum as the said David Gelston may have paid, or have been liable to pay, in consequence of defending said suit in favor of said Baldwin, by order of the Secretary of the Treasury. Ccsts paid by Sec. 2. And be itfurt/ier.enar·ted, That the Secretary of the Trea- £i£f;§°°,tc*° be sury allow to said executor, on the account of said David Gelston, such costs as the said David Gelston paid in prosecuting a suit in favor of the United States against Henry K. Toler; and the costs so credited being deducted from the money collected of said Toler, or from any debt assigned by him to the United States, the proportion of the balance of said money, so collected, (subject only to reasonable costs and charges for collection,) whether the same has been paid into the Treasury, or is in the hands of the attorney who received it, which by law belongs to the estate of said David Gelston, shall be credited by said Secretary on the account of said Gelston, as of the time the costs were paid, and as of the time the money was so collected of said Toler, or on any debt assigned by him. Approved, July 7, 1838. S*u*ru·r1: Il. J“lY 7:1838- CHAP. CCl.—An Act for the relief of Daniel T. Patterson. Payment for Be it enacted, <$·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Cap- °°’*“i“ °"P°““°“· tain Daniel T. Patterson, of the navy of the United States, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, three thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars, for extraordinary expenses incurred when he commanded the United States’ squadron in the Mediterranean, in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-two, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and eighteen hundred and thirty-five, in receiving and entertaining on board of his ship the head orlicers of the governments of the countries where the presence of said squadron was required for the general protection of the commercial interests of his government, and {br his extraordinary expenses in visiting the courts of those governments. Ai·1>novni>, July 7, 1838.
