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 TIIIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 44, 46, 47, 52. 1813. 125 negligence on his part, while the same were actually employed in the transportation of baggage or supplies for‘the army under the command of Brigadier-General William Hull, during the summer of one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and which were captured or destroyed by the enemy on the surrender of said army at Detroit, shall be allowed the value of such wagon and team, or either of them, lost as aforesaid; the facts of the loss of the same, as well as the value thereof, to be ascertained in such manner, and on such evidence, as the President of the United States may direct; to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Aierirovmn, August 2, 1813. Scruuu I. CHAP. XL1V.——.Aln Aclfor the relief of Joshua Dorsey. AUS- 2» WU- Be it enacted, &c., That Joshua Dorsey, who is now confined in the To be disgaol of Baltimore county, in the State of Maryland, on a judgment ob- 9l""$°d f’°“: tained against him in favor of the United States, be discharged from his 1mpnS°nm°n‘ imprisonment: Provided, however, That any estate, real or personal, which the said Joshua Dorsey may have or hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken to satisfy any judgment obtained against him by the United States, in the same manner as if he had not been imprisoned and discharged: And provided also, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to discharge, or affect the liability of any coobligor, that may have been bound with the said Joshua Dorsey, for the payment of any money to the United States. Approved, August 2, 1813. Srryrvcrs I. CHAP. XLVI.——An Aol for the relief of 7/Wllet Warne. Aug. 2, 1813- Be it enacted, cya., That Willet Warne, who is connned in prison in To bg dis. the city of Philadelphia, on a judgment obtained against him in favor pharged {wm of the United States, be discharged from his imprisonment: Provided, ‘“‘p"S°“"‘°"" however, That any estate, real or personal, which the said Willet Warne may hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken in the same manner as if he had not been imprisoned and discharged. Aprnovsn, August 2, 1813. Sruurs I. CHAP. XLV1I.—-An Act for the relief of George Lyon. Aug. 2, 1813. Be it enacted, dc, That the proper officers of the Treasury Depart- qimk to bg ment be, and they are hereby authorized and required to pay to George paid- Lyon, a clerk in the Patent Office, a compensation at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum, from the timehis salary was discontinued until the end of the present year, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Am-novmn, August 2, 1813. Sururx I. CHAP. LII.-—An Act for the relief of David Henley. Aug. 2, 1813. Be it enacted, dw., That the proper accounting officers of the 'Ig‘€?— ,£8°;‘;’1;;_;,°f Sury Department be, and they are hereby authorized and directs 0 agemto be up liquidate and settle the accounts subsisting between th; United States ned. 1.