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 286 SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 9], 92, 93. [823. A eertineatete cate for the sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents, with interest l’° i”“°d f°' 38 thereon, at six per eentum per annum, from the twenty-ninth day of $,°il1;r?ug,§m;?u’ January, eighteen hundred and fourteen; being the sum, with interest, which was paid by the said Daniel Seward, to the United States, for nineteen acres and one third of an acre of land, part of a tract granted to him by patent, bearing that date, and which hasbeen since legally adjudged to be the property of another person; which certificate shall be receivable in payment for public lands, and shall be in full satisfaction of his claim for money paid for said nineteen acres and one third P¤°*'i¤¤· of an acre of land: Provided, That said Daniel Seward shall previously make, and file with the Commissioner of the General Land Ollice, a release to the United States of all right, title, and claim, to the said nineteen acres and one third of an acre of land. Anrnovnn, March 3, 1823. S·rA·ru·r1: II. """“ March 3, 1893. Cxur. XCI. ——— Jin Act for the relief of ./[mas Nichols. "'"—"_”"" Be it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he c0:€g,g°,l;”g,?£ is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Amos Nichols, of the state of Maine, four hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, being the amount of pay due him for seven months’ service as clerk in the navy department, during the years eighteen hundred and eighteen and nineteen. Ammovnn, March 3, 1823. Srarura Il. """' Much 3, ]g¤>__··;_ Cin?. XCII. -—An Act for the relief of James H. Clark. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the accountinglofiicers of the treasury de- ,,8 ,H,,w,,,]_ partment be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow James H. Clark the sum of eight hundred and sixteen dollars, in the settlement of his accounts; the same being the amount of money of which he was robbed in Marseilles, on the third day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen. Anrnovnn, March 3, 1823. Sm·ru·r1t 11. ··—‘_‘ March 3, 1823. CHAP. XCIII.--— An Act for the relief of Joshua Russell.  Be il cnactlcd, <$·c., That it shall and may be lawful for Joshua Rus- ,,,, ,,,,,,, 0,,,,,,,,, sell, at any time before the thirtieth day of September next, to file lanh. with the Register of the Land Office at Marietta, in the state of Ohio, a relinquishment, in writing, of a quarter section of the land mentioned and described in a certain certificate of purchase issued to him by Joseph Wood, register of said Land Office, bearing date the twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and to retain the south-east fractional section of the said land; and, upon his filing said relinquishment, all sums of money paid on account of the part relinquished, shall be applied towards the discharge of any instalments which may be due, or shall hereafter become due and payable, on the said land so purchased, as shall not be relinquished ; and, if the said Joshua Russell, or his assignee, or other legal representative, shall, within one year from the passing of this act, pay to the receiver of public moneys, at said office, or into the treasury of the United States, the balance of purchase money that may remain due for the said fractional quarter section of land, calculated at the price stated in said certificate, with interest, at the rate of six per eentum per annum, upon such balance, from the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and twenty- one, then the said Joshua Russell, or his assignee, or other legal represcntative, shall be entitled to receive a patent for the said fractional quarter section of land. Arr-novno, March 3, ]823.