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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress be, and hereby is, granted and declared to an act of the legislature of the State of North Carolina, entitled “An act for the relief of sick and disabled American seamen,” and passed on the twenty-third day of December last; and the said act is hereby ratified and confirmed.

. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for five years and no longer.

April 4, 1818.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where any fishing vessel of the United States has been, since the eighteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, prevented, by illegal capture or seizure, under authority, or pretence of authority, from any foreign government, from fishing at sea, for any part of the term of four months required by law to be employed by such vessel in fishing, in order to entitle the owner of such vessel to the bounty or allowance prescribed by law, the time of the unlawful detonation of such vessel shall be computed as part of the said four months, and such bounty or allowance shall be paid accordingly: Provided, That such vessel has, in all other respects, complied with the requisites of the laws now in force.

April 4, 1818.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the public notaries appointed for, and residing in, the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, shall be, and they are hereby, severally authorized to demand and receive, for any services required of them in that capacity, such fees as are now allowed to the public notaries of the state of Maryland, by the laws of that state, for similar services.

April 4, 1818.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person claiming lands in virtue of the act entitled “,” passed on the seventeenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, shall make application therefor, and produce evidence, in support of his claim, to the recorder of land titles for the said territory, on or before the first day of January next: and the said recorder shall not issue a certificate for any claim as aforesaid, the evidence in support of which shall not have been produced to him within the time limited as aforesaid.

April 4, 1818.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person or persons