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 166, FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 90, 91, 92, 93. 1816. on thirty-six boxes of white sugar, imported by him on the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and five, from Havanna, which sugar he exported to Bordeaux, in the ship Missouri, about the last of September then next following: Provided, That prior to the payment of the above sum of money to the said, William Hamon, satisfactory proof be exhibited to the Comptroller of the Treasury, that the said thirty-six boxes of white sugar were landed m some foreign port or place. Approved, April 26, 1816. STATUTE 1. ——_— A,,,.,, ag, 1mg_ Cuar. XC.-An Act for the relief of Joseph Wheaton. Be it enacted, r§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to $836.42 to be pay to Joseph Wheaton the sum of eight hundred and thirty-six dollars P¤1dhim~ and forty-two cents, on account of interest due him from the United States, upon sixteen hundred dollars and eighty-four cents, from the first of April, one thousand eight hundred and seven, to the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, pursuant to the award of George Youngs and Elias B. Caldwell, in a controversy be- . . tween the United States and the said Joseph Wheaton. Appr°pmh°n' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of money be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 26, 1816. STATUTE 1. -—-——— APM 2S' mw' Cusr. XCI.-—An Act granting to Amos Spaford the right of pre-emption. _,,re_mp,,0n Be it enacted, Qc., That Amos Spafford, collector of the district and ,5;;.; Emma ,0 port of Miami, shall have the right of pre-emption to one hundred and him- sixty acres of land, to include his improvements, situate within the limits of the reserve of twelve miles square, at the rapids of Miami of Lake Erie, the boundaries of which shall be designated under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; which tract of land shall be granted to him at the same price, and on the same terms and conditions for which the other public lands are sold at private sale. Approved, April 26, 1816. S·r.u·u·r1: I. *1** April 26, 1816. Cnxr. XCI1.—-An Act authorizing pho payment of a sum of money to James '°`°——_°°?'”"` EULHS. Donationof Be it enacted, e§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Wm- is hereby authorized and required, to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars, to James Lovins, of South Carolina, or to his legal representative, which sum offive hundred dollars is paid to him as an evidence of the sense entertained by Congress of his valor and good conduct, in having recaptured, alone and unassisted, the schooner Santee, together with a midshipman and four seamen of the British navy, which prisoners were delivered to the marshal of the district of South Carolina, and also as compensation for the prisoners so taken. Avraovao, April 26, 1816. Srrrurn I. j- April 26.1816- Cum-. XCIII.-—.»9n Act directing the discharge of Moses Lewis from imprisonment. CESQZQ  Be it enacted, drc., That Moses Lewis, who is now confined in the imprisonment. gaol of Haverhill, in the State of New Hampshire, on a judgment rendered by the circuit court of the United States holden at Rutland, for the district of Vermont, by which he was sentenced to pay a. fine to