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 SIXTEENTII CONGRESS. S1::ss.I. Ch. 61,62, 63, 64. 1820. 243 audit and settle, on the principles of equity, the account of Captain Stanton Sholes, late of the army of the United States, for any moneys disbursed by him whilst in the service of the United States, for public purposes. Arpnovnn, May 2, 1820. __'; Srnura I. CHAP. LXI.—-dn Actfur the relizf of Jcsqvh MZ Skinner, administrator of George May 4, 1820. Skinner, deceased. '”""*"" Be it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be paid unto Joseph M. Skinner, administrator of the estate of George To be paid for Skinner, deceased, the sum of seventy-five dollars, for a wagon and 9h°”°·&°· other property, taken, by impressment, for the use of the United States; :,'QQ":;{§°d§-j°r and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not other- ` wise appropriated. Approved, May 4, 1820. """"‘ Snruma I. Cru?. LXII.—-·/In Act concerning the Ban/cs of the District of Columbia. May 4, 1820. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the charters of the several incorporated Banks in the District of Columbia, now paying specie, and during such Chin-ters of time only as such Banks respectively shall continue to pay specie, be, 3*}** *!°“kSi£‘ 'h° and the same are hereby, extended to the first day of June, one thou- §°,agT,$,,_ sand eight hundred and twenty-two, any thing in the said charters to tinuedhiniil lst the contrary notwithstanding; and the charter of the Bank of Colum- ·lE“° 1822,, bia be, and the same is hereby declared to be, limited in its duration to Ba2l1rg?2;%lJEl€ the said first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two: bia limited. Provided, That this act shall be of no force or effect to extend any char- Proviso. ter aforesaid, till a majority in interest of the stockholders of the several Banks whose charters may be hereby extended, shall file their declarations, in writing, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, assenting to, and accepting, the benefit of this act. APPROVED, May 4, 1820. """` Srnurn I. CHAP. LXIH.—An Actfcr the relief of James MerriIL May 4, 1820. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be placed on the list of navy To be placed pensioners, James Merrill, who, whilst engaged in the discharge of his {’i¤t“¤VY P¤¤¤¤°¤ duty, as an ordinary seaman, on board the United States’ ship Adams, S ' in the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, was accidentally injured by falling from the gun-deck into the hold of the ship; which injury has disabled him from obtaining a subsistence by his labor. And, in placing the said James Merrill on the list of pen- Reguynigcns sioners, the Secretary of the Navy shall cause to be observed the regu- provided by haw lations by law provided, in relation to persons authorized to be placed °° °° °b“"°d‘ on the list of navy pensioners. Sec. 2. And be ithirther enacted, That this law shall be construed '1‘his1aw,wlie¤ to take effect from the twenty-third day of October, in the year one *°*¤k¤ ¤H`¢¢*- thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Arnnovnn, May 4, 1820. Cnu. LXIV.-An Act for the relii/` of the heirs and representatives of Isaac Meb May 4, 1820. c ior, deceased. '_""`""" Be it enacted, Gro., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Bond {yen by hereby is, authorized and required to cancel and annul a bond given by Iii}-T¤c<;°yb¤nd Leonard Jacoby, Henry Shealf, and Mary Hasscnclever, to the United gan‘;‘j,ed_ ° States, bearing date the fourteenth day of December, Anno Dommi one
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