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 354 NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 145, 146,155,156. 1826. 'Snrurs Li May 22, 1826. CHAP.CXLV.-—.dH Act for the relief of William Thorp. Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury Account tobe be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to settle the claims of '°"l°d· William Tharp, late a. suttler in the army of the United States, from eighteen hundred and six to eighteen hundred and thirteen, inclusive, for debts due to him from deceased and deserted non-commissioned officers and soldiers, and which have not heretofore been paid, upon the same principles of justice and equity, as are extended to suttlers under Pi-Mee, the existing army regulations: Provided, That the said accounting officers shall, in said settlement, be the judges of the validity and equity of the accounts rendered by said Tharp in lieu of the certificates from a board of officers, as is the practice under existing army regulations: Promo, And provided also, That no larger sum shall, in any case, be awarded to said Tharp, on account of his claims against a deceased or deserted soldier, either as principal or interest, than appears, from the muster and pay rolls, to have been actually and justly due to such nomcommissioned officer and soldier, from the United States. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums awarded to the said Tharp, under the foregoing section, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 22, 1826. Snrurs I. May 22, 1g2s_ Cntr. CXLVI.—-.d·n Act for the rclizf of James Monroe. Be it enacted, tf-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Payment no hereby, authorized and required to cause to be paid to James Monroe, llllmjn *`“"3*`¤ll out of any unappropriated moneys in the treasury, the sum of twenty· '° °m°" °' nine thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars, in full of all demands whatever, against the United States. Armovsn. May 22, 1826. Srnurr I. "-"° May 22, 1826. CHAP. CLV.-—An Act for the relief of the Florida Indians. _ _ Be it enacted, <§·c., That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and f325E;?:??;? the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not M, Indians_ ° otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the directions of the President, in affording sustenance to the suffering Florida Indians. Approved, May 22, 1826. Srirurn I. -`-°—` May 22, 1826. Cum-. CLVI.-Jln Act for the relief of Mock and Conant. Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- A¤¤0¤¤¥¤ to sury department be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to settle b° “°°°l°d* and adjust the accounts of Mack and Conant, late partners, trading _ under the firm of Mack and Conant, at the city of Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, as well those of which they are possessed by purchase, as those which they hold in their own right as original claimants, upon the principles of equity and justice; and that the sums found due be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Before any Sec. 2. And be it furtlacr enacted, That, before any money shall be ";?3*;K°'£“:hl;° paid to said Mack and Conant, on accounts assigned to them, they, or g;,,;; G,,,,,,! b,,,,],; either of them, shall enter a bond to the United States, with sureties to to the U.S. &.c. the acceptance of the Secretary of the Treasury, which shall be lodged with him, in double the amount of such accounts so allowed, conditioned for refunding such sums of money, and the interest thereon, as