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 SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1:. 102,103. 1823. 289 shall be found due the said Morrison, on such final settlement, shall be paid to him out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Anrnovnn, March 3, 1823. -—-———— Srarurn II. CHAP. CII. -—An Act for the relief of John Byers. Be it enacted, e§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea· To be credited sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized to pass to the *`°’ °°*"°-ln m°‘ credit of John Byers, such sum as shall be satisfactorily shown to new have been the depreciation on treasury notes, advanced by the government, and expended by him, in the supply of rations in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island, from the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, to the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, both days inclusive, taking for the rulc of allowance the difference in value between the treasury notes so advanced, and the money current at par in those states, at the periods when the advances were made; and confining the allowance to the loss on the sums actually expended within the periods above mentioned: Provided, It shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of P¤>Vi¤¤· the said officers, that, after the contract of the said John Byers, the _ Secretary of War did promise the indemnity provided by this act. Approved, March 3, 1823. —"_' S·ra·rv·rm 11. crm. orrr.-mt major me relief of charm om, of Kentucky, late paymaem Much *`>» *823- to Colonel William Dudley2s regiment of Kentucky militia. "i'—°"" Be it enacted, <§·c., That, in settling the accounts of Charles Carr, Certain credits late Paymaster to Colonel William Dudley’s regiment of Kentucky mi- *° b° ““°""°d· litia, in service of the United States, the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow to the said Charles Carr, such credits as he may prove that he is entitled to, by the best evidence which the nature of the case will admit of, and which it may be in his power to produce: Provided, Prcvisc. however, That no credits allowed as aforesaid shall exceed the amount claimed of the said Charles Carr, by the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the further prosecution of -lgd§m°¤* ¤“°‘ the judgment obtained by the United States against the said Charles P°° ° ' Carr, in the District Court of Kentucky, be, and the same is hereby, suspended for and during the term of twelve months from and after the passage of this act: Provided, however, That the proper accounting Prcviso. oflicers of the treasury department aforesaid shall require of the said Charles Carr good and sufficient surety for the eventual payment to the United States of whatever sum may be found due from him, on a settlement of his accounts, in the manner directed in the first section of this act. Avvnovnn, March 3, 1823. sr Z