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 158 FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.17,19,20. 1816. Snrurn I. Feb. 22, 1816. CHAP. XVII.-An .x2cttohinc;ease the fjjrjszpm (gf Robert PV7tite, Jacob Wrighter, ""‘*———*· o n oung, a o n ampersey. _ Be it enacted, rfc., That there be and hereby is granted to Robert p¤e¤e¤¤¢¤¢¤<>¤ White, of Reading, in the State of Vermont, who, in the defence of fort ° P°“°‘°"“‘ Erie, lost both his arms by a cannon-shot, in lieu of the pension to yvhich he is now plptiqpgm (py latwha pinsion tpf fortyl dolgril peg mlpnthé 0 commence on e ay 0 arc, one thousand eig un re an fifteen; to Jacob Wrighter, of the city of Trenton, in the State of New Jersey, who lost his right arm and right leg at the capture of Little York in Upper Canada in lieu of the pension to which he is now en— titled, by law, a pension, of thirty dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; to John Young, of the town of Boston, and State of Massachusetts, who lost. both arms at Blrench Creek, in descending the river St. Lawrence, by a cannon-ball, in lieu of the pension to which he is now entitled by law, a pension of forty dollars per month, t.0 commence from the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; and to John Frpmppgsey, of th; tqvqn of Beqerly, antdBStp.te of Njassacihifetts, who os o arms in e a e war wi rea ri ain n ieu o the pension to which he is now entitled by law, a pension of forty dollars per month, to commence from the fifteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; and the secretary of war is hereby directed to place the said Robert White, Jacob Wrighter, John Young, and John Crampersey on the pension list accordingly. Approved, February 22, 1816. Srxrvru I. F°b· 22· l816· CHAD. XlX.——v7n Act for thegetgf of Jonathan Rogers, junior, of Waterford, in t e ate of Connecticut. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of the Treasurybe, and he is Tobereleased hereby authorized and required to discharge from his imprisonment
 * ';':t·*mP¤¤°¤· Jonathan Iltlogerpi junior, of ·§Vaterforid, Coninecticut, now confined in

prison a ew aven, in said state or a ebt due from him to the United States, on judgment obtained, in their favor against him, before the district court for said district of Connecticut: Provided, however, That nothing contained inlthis act shall exonerate any property which gre sajid Jonathan Rogers, junior,.now has or hereafter may acquire from ie ju ginejnt and execution obtained against him, by the United States, as a oresai. Approved, February 22, 1816. Snrvrz I. Feb, 28, 1315, Crier. XX.-An not for the relief tf John Redman Core. ,Be it enacted, eye., That the duties which have been secured to be lDuq§s on pm. paid by John Redman Coxe to the United States, on the importation gigs r;ii;}n¤¢j>g>(· into the same of a philosophical apparatus, and of a collection of mineral substances, to be used by him as professor of Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania, be, and the same are hereby remitted, on sufficient proof bcing made to the Comptroller of the Treasury that the articles above mentioned have been imported by the said Coxe, to be used for the purposes aforementioned. Aeprtovnn, February 28, 1816.