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 206 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 50, 52, 53. 1818. and Gibson Clark, of the State of Mississippi, founded on warrants or orders of survey granted by the Spanish government to James Davenport and James Stewart, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said register and receiver, that the said James Davenport and James Stewart, under whom the said Daniel Burnet and Gibson Clark claim, were resident in the late Mississippi territory, on the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-tive, then, and in that case, the claims aforesaid shall be respectively confirmed, and Receiver of patents shall issue for the same as in other cases. And it shall morepublic mgngyg over be the duty of the said receiver of public moneys to refund, to w r¢¤f¤¤d. &·¤· either of the said claimants, any moneys which they, or either of them, may have paid to the United States, in consequence of said lands being granted to them in right of pre-emption. ThE18g,;,,, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legal representatives plresentmives of of Hubert Rowe] be, and they are hereby confirmed in their claim to °0‘:l;_:;£‘t‘:°l atract of land, lying and being in the State of Mississippi, on the ,},,,,,.,,],,;,,1,,,, waters of the Bayou Sarah, containing eight hundred and fifty arpents, tract oflund. granted by the Spanish government to said Hubert Rowel, by patent, legally and fully executed, bearing date the sixteenth day of May, one p,,,.;S,,_ thousand seven hundred and ninety-one: Provided, The said land has not been already disposed of under the authority of the United States. Approved, April 11, 1818. Snrurs I. April 11, 1818. Crm?. L.-An Actfar the relief of Ashael Clark. Bc it enacted, ¢§·c., That the accounting officers of the treasury Aoooumgtgbg department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to settle lwled. &¤- the accounts of Ashael Clark, on account of two judgments obtained against him in the Supreme Court of New York, at the suits of Peter Silvermail and Abraham Silvermail, with reasonable costs and charges; and the sum so found due shall be paid to the said Ashael Clark, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 11, 1818. S·ru·¤·r¤ I. April lj, jg1g_ CHAP. LH.-—An Act for the relief of Lernucl H. Osgood. Be it enacted, rye., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Accwmstcba sury department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to ¤¤¤l<¢d- settle the accounts of Lemuel H. Osgood, late quartermaster in the third regiment of artillery, in such manner, and upon such terms, as may be equitable and just. Armtovmn, April 11, 1818. Sururr I. ____" April 11, 1818. Cru?. LIII. —- An dat for the relief of John Rodgers. Be it enacted, rfc., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Acceums to sury settle the account of John Rodgers, for expenses actually incurred M ¤<·>¤l¤<l- in the defence of a suit brought against him by John Donnell, of Baltimore, owner of the schooner Eleanor, and finally reversed in the Superior Court of the United States, and pay him the sum of sixteen hundred and ninety-five dollars seventy-nine cents. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of sixteen hundred and ninety-five dollars seventy-nine cents be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of said Rodgers. Approved, April 11, 1818,