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 Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the twenty-second day of May, 1809, and ended the twenty-eighth day of June, 1809. , President;, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; , President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the 28th day of June; {{sc|J. B. Varnum, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

STATUTE I.

{{c|{{sc|Chap}}. VI.—An Act authorizing the discharge of John Heard from his imprisonment.}}

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John Heard, late collector of the port of Amboy, in the State of New Jersey, be discharged from his imprisonment, upon a judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States: Provided, however, That he shall first assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may now own, or be entitled to, to some person or persons, for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided also, That the said judgment shall remain in full force against any estate which the said John Heard may hereafter acquire, and that process may at any time be thereupon issued against the same.

{{sc|Approved}}, June 20, 1809.

{{c|{{sc|Chap}}. XIII. An Act authorizing the discharge of Joseph Wilkinson, junior, from his imprisonment.}}

Be it enacted, &c., That Joseph Wilkinson, junior, late collector of the port of Detroit, in the Michigan territory, be discharged from his imprisonment, upon a judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States: Provided, however, That he shall first assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may now own, or be entitled to, to some person or persons, for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided also, That the said judgment shall remain in full force against any estate which the said Joseph Wilkinson, junior, may hereafter acquire, and that process may, at any time, be thereupon issued against the same.

{{sc|Approved}}, June 28, 1809.