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 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Ssss.II. Ch. 39, 40, 42,44. 1819. 225 CHAP XXXIY —An dot th l' K ‘ STATUE IL ·. r. for e re zefqf enzze and Forsyth. Feb- 24, mm, Be it enacted, &c., That the accounting officers of the treasury de- ’°"—"—* partment be authorized and directed to settle the accounts of Kenzie Accounts to and ·Forsyth, for three mules and ten horses, which were lost in the be settled, for public service at the evacuation of Chicago during the late war; and m“l°*’¤ &°· that the sum found due to said Kenzie and Forsyth, be paid to them out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. Approved, February 24, 1819. `_"` Srarum II. CHAP. XL. -.L7n det making provision for the claim of M Poircy. F€b_ 24, 1g1g_ Be it enacted, &c., That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to liquidate, settle, and allow, the claim Claim to bg of M. Poirey, as secretary and aid-de-camp to Major-General La Fay- ¤¢¤l€d» &·¤· ` ette, during the time of his service, in those capacities, in the time of the revolutionary war between the United States of America and Great Britain. API’ROVED, February 24, 1819. CHAP. XLII.-—.f1n Act making provision for the claim of JIL de Vienna. Feb. 24, 1819. Be it enacted, rye., That the accounting officers of the war department be, and they are hereby, authorized to liquidate, settle, and allow, T° feqeive 7 the claim of M. de Vienne, for the pay, appointments, and emoluments, ;z°:,";l;,‘:0{’1‘fY of lieutenant-colonel, for seven months’ service during the revolutionary meme of a lieuwar between the United States and Great Britain. ¥€¤¤m-¢><>l0ncl. Approved, February 24, 1819. —_;.. Snrurz II. CHAP. XLlV.—An Act to incorporate a company to build a bridge over the eastern Fcb_ 24, 1g1g_ branch of [the] Potomac, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets east, in the city r·—·····~—··· of Washington. Be it enacted, {ye., That the following persons, viz: William Prout, Williain Marbury, Samuel N. Smallwood, '1`imothy Winn, and Adam w_p,-out and Lindsay, or any three of them, be, and are hereby, constituted a board •>¢l¤¢r¤ ¤¤¤¤¤i¢¤- of commissioners with full power and authority to open, or cause to be °°d °l?°?*d °f ’ . . . . . commissioners opened, books for recewing and entering subscriptions, for raising a to receive wb. capital stock, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, in shares of scripijwsone hundred dollars each, for the purpose of erecting a bridge between C°p“°l' Eleventh and Twelfth streets east, in the city of Washington, over the eastern branch, to the most convenient landing on the opposite shore, and making such other incidental works, and defraying such other incidental expenses, as shall be required by this act, or deemed necessary or expedient by the company, hereinafter named; the time, place, and manner, of receiving and entering such subscriptions, to be ascertained Nodce by Rd_ by the said board of commissioners, and duly advertised in such news- vmisemenc papers as they may deem expedient: Provided, That the time [to] be P¥¤Vi¤¤· fixed upon, by the said board of commissioners, for opening books for receiving said subscriptions, shall be on or before the second Monday in March next; and that no subscription shall be received, unless the sum of ten dollars be first paid into the hands of the person authorized to receive the same, on each share subscribed for. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever two hundred of the Subscribers said shares shall be subscribed for, all persons who may then be, or there- Shall be i¤f· after may become, the actual holders or proprietors of shares in the said p°'°t°d’ W M" capital stock, either as subscribers for the same, or as the legal representatives, successors, or assignecs, of such subscribers, shall be, and they are hereby, made and created a body politic and corporate, by the 29
 * "" Survrz II.