United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/3rd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 15
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Jan. 28, 1795
Chap. ⅩⅤ.—An Act to authorize the settlement of the claim of Samuel Prioleau.
Claim of Samuel Prioleau to be settled at the treasury.Be it enacted, &c., That the accounting officers of the treasury department
be, and they are hereby authorized to adjust and settle the
claim of Samuel Prioleau for property taken from him at Charlestown
for the use of the United States: Provided, That the said Prioleau shall adduce proof to the satisfaction of the accounting officers aforesaid, of the contract on the part of the United States, to pay for the
same, and likewise of the value of the property applied to public use.
Approved, January 28, 1795.