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 88 ELEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.1I. Ch.9, 10, 22. 1810. Reliefin the of July last, at Kingston, in the island of Jamaica, took on board three ¤¤¤¤¤ ¤*` C¤l¤i- refugees from the island of Cuba, with their domestic slaves, six in K:¥,,g¤’Sk3Q’ number, and landed them at New Orleans; and that the schooner Vie- Jones. tory, owned by Jeremiah Reynolds, who, about the latter end of September last, at Curaeoa, took on board a number of French emigrants from the said island of C%a, vgth their domestic slaves, six in number, and landed them also at ew rleans, which said vessels were seized, together with their effects, and libelled, for a violation of an act, enti- Aet of Much tled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or plaee 2·1807·°h·22· of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight," be, and they are hereby severally released from the seizures aforesaid. And that the scpoclmer Wlolfe, of Bagimore, owned agd cpmrnanded by Levin Jones, w ic vesse was seize some time in cto er ast, at Norfolk, in Virinia, on account of havin brou ht from Charleston, in South Carolina Fo that place, certain Frergch slaires, nineteen in number, without pre; viously complying with the requisites enjoined by the ninth and tenth slections of the act aforesaid, be, and she is hereby also released from t e seizure. g,,,,;,,;,,,, of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all penalties or forfeitures, pgtplpplapégepnaud which may have been incurred either by the captains or owners of said dma cms vessels, in consequence of the violation of any of the provisions of the ' act referred to in the first section, be, and the same are hereby remitted. Arvnovnn, February 5, 1810. Snrvra II. —--— Feb, 14, l8]_ CHAP. IX.-An Act for the relief ry" John N] Stout. Bc it enacted, dw., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury Aecountto be be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to settle the account °°“l°d· of John N. Stout, keeper of the jail of Fleming county, in the State of Kentucky, and allow him the legal fees for maintaining George Barnaby, while in his custody, as a prisoner committed to the jail of said county, by virtue of an execution issued from the court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, and that they pay the sum which may be found due to the said John N. Stout, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 14, 1810. Stururs II. ——- F¤b.20,1s1o. Cn-un X.-/ln Act ¢wthwiztng_ di¤¢hqc;,g·e of 7W1I5am Hawkins from his ····;·-··-·- z sonm Be it enacted, &c., That the marshal for the district of Maine be, and To be dis· he is hereby authorized and directed to dischar e William Hawkins ,‘;:’;_i:“*;:::: from his imprisonment, upon an execution issued ggainst him in behalf ' of the United States: Provided, That the said William Hawkins shall pay and satisfy all the costs that have arisen on the part of the United States in the said prosecution, and shall assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may own, or be entitled to, to some person for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the secretary of the treasury: And provided also, That any estate, real or personal, which the said William Hawkins may hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken and sold, in the same manner as if he had never been imprisoned and discharged as aforesaid. S H Approved, February 20, 1810. runat. April ll, 1810. CHAP. XXll.—An Act for the rclif of Tristram IIusscy. mC1e;::;? diéziss Be it enacted, &c., That there be refunded and paid to Tristram tm ° · Hussey, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated,