United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/5th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 7
Chap. Ⅶ.—An Act for the relief of Gazzam, Taylor, and Jones, and of Samuel Watt, of the city of Philadelphia.
Be it enacted, &c.,Payment of drawback to Gazzam and others. That the collector of the port of Philadelphia be authorized to pay to Gazzam, Taylor, and Jones, and to Samuel Watt, of the city of Philadelphia, merchants, the amount of the drawback of duties on so much of the cargo of the schooner Eagle, belonging to them, as was shipped, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, on board the said vessel, for St. Thomas’s, and reladen in the river Delaware on board the brig Fame, for St. Croix: Provided, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said collector, that every requisite of the law has been complied with by the said Gazzam, Taylor, and Jones, and of Samuel Watt, to entitle them to the said drawback of duties, in case the said goods had not been re-shipped, as aforesaid.
Approved, February 19, 1799.