United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/7th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 17
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Chap. XVII.—An Act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses which may arise from carrying into effect the convention made between the United States and the French Republic.
Specific appropriation.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the payment of such demands as may be justly due for French vessels and property captured, and which must be restored or paid for, pursuant to the convention between the United States and the French republic, there be appropriated a sum not exceeding three hundred and eighteen thousand dollars, to be paid, under the direction of the President of the United States, out of any public money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 3, 1802.