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 NINTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch.24,26,27,32. 1807. 65 (or from any liableness to be imprisoned by virtue of the execution aforesaid,)nor to release any estate, which the said Hearn may hereafter acquire, from a liableness to satisfy said execution. Approved, February 10, 1807. CHAP. XXIV.-./rn Act for the relief of Oliver Pollock. March 3, 1807. Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Account of sury be, and they are hereby authorized to liquidate and settle the ac- °°’“'“°'°”*l count of Oliver Pollock, formerly commercial agent for the United °g°m` States at New Orleans, and that they allow him for his expenses of detention at the Havanna; for the sum paid Thomas Patterson, as his hostage; for gunpowder furnished; for commission on the sum paid for gunpowder, and for commission on the sum of seventy-four thou— sand and eighty-seven dollars, at the rate of two and one half per cent. with interest until paid, and that the same be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The said Pollock shall, upon the receipt of the sums directed to be paid by this act, execute, in consideration thereof, a discharge to the United States of all demands whatsoever, and lodge the same with the register of the treasury. Approved, March 3, 1807. Sn·ru·rr: II. Cm?. XXVI.-An Act authorizing the settlement of the accounts between the March 3, 1807. United States and William Eaton. "-""‘*"" Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers be, and they Accounts of hereby are authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the accounts l;‘° 90***1 “’ subsisting between the United States and William Eaton, late consul at ums' Tunis, upon just and equitable principles, under the direction of the secretary of state. Approved, March 3, 1807. Suruu II. CHAP. XXVII.-An Act for the relief of Stephen Sayre. March 3, 1807. Be it enacted, Src., That the accounting officers of the treasury be, Allowance of and they are hereby authorized to settle the account of Stephen Sayre, secretary ¤fl¤· as secretary of legation to the American commissioner at the court of g““°“• Berlin, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and that they allow him not exceeding four months pay, at the rate of one thousand pounds sterling per annum, and the compensation usually made for returning home, with interest on the whole sum until paid: Provided, The said Sayre shall, upon the receipt of the sum directed to be paid by this act, execute in consideration thereof a discharge to the United States, of all demands whatsoever, and lodge the same with the register of the treasury. Armnovrzo, March 3, 1807. Srnvra II. CHAP. XXXII»— An Act making compensation to Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, and Mal·Cll3, l3o7_ their corrqzaniorzs. _"‘__""" Be it enacted, ry-c., That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby Warrants for directed to issue land warrants to Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke, Mig Y0 l>¤f;S¤Fd for one thousand six hundred acres each; to John Ordway, Nathaniel gd glgcomgi Prior, the heirs or legal representatives of Charles Floyd deceased, ,,l(,ns_ Patrick Gass, William Bratton, John Collins, John Colter, Pier Cruzatte, Joseph Field, Reuben Field, Robert Frasier, Silas Goodrich, George Gibson, Thomas P. Howard, Hugh Hall, Franc1s2Labu1che, 9 F
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