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 522 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Szss. I. Ch.281,282, 283, 284. 1832. Sururs I. Jul? 14, 1832- Cum-. CGLXXXI. --An Act for the relief { the suretiea of George Brown, de. W ceased, late collector of internal duties and {rect tax for thejirst district in the state of Maryland. Be it enacted, Q-c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury S‘¤'°*i°¤*° l>° be authorized, and they are hereby directed, in the settlement of the ¥,l;¥§:s°°gé amount of the claim of the United States against George Brown, late ' i collector in the first district for the state of Maryland, to allow to his sureties the same commissions on the sum heretofore paid, or hereafter to be paid, by them, or either of them, as the said collector would have been entitled to if the money had been paid by said Brown, and regularly accounted for by him, under the several laws regulating the collection of the internal duties and direct tax. Approved, July 14, 1832. S1·.n•u1•s I. July 14, 1832. Can. CCLXXXII.-—An Act for the rcliq" of Robert (1 Jennings, and ¢y" the W executors of James Roddy, deceased. Be it enacted, dec., That the Secretary of the Treasury settle and ad- Cl°im*° be just the claims of Robert C. Jennings, surviving partner of James °°"l°d’ G"' Roddy &. Co. (except so far as they may arise from an excise tax on whiskey or stills,) against the United States; or such as may be presented by the executors of James Roddy, deceased, (except as before excepted,) on the principles of justice and equity, and allow such further sum as is due, and such amount, as may be thus ascertained, to be applied on the debt due from the said Jennings and Roddy to the United States; and if it shall exceed such debt, without interest, the excess to be re orted to the next session of Congress, together with the evidence on which the claims have been settled. Approved, July 14, 1832. Snrvra I. July 14, r33e_ CHAP. CCLXXXIIl`.—-An Act for the relief of John and Benjamin Welles. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the collector of the customs for the district Certificates of of Boston and Charlestown be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue g‘;‘l::‘,‘;‘;‘;,:gnl;° certificates of debenture to John and Benjamin Welles of Boston, for `the amount of the drawback of duties on two cases of indigo, shipped at Boston, on or about the sixteenth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, on board the schooner Governor Proviso. Carver, for Jiavrc, in France: Provided, That the said collector shall be satisfied that all the requirements of the law have been complied with, except that of taking the oath, and giving the export bond, within twenty days from the time when said merchandise was exported. Ammovan, July 14, 1832. Snruu I. July 14, 1832. CHAP. CCLXXXIV.-An Act for the relif of Randall Allis, Timothy Twicltell, ""‘“‘°_‘“"' and John ee W illiams. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Payment for hereby, required to pay to Randall Allis the sum of four hundred dol-
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United 5mm_ Lee Williams the sum of two hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for certain lands relinquished to the United States under a contract with H. M. Breckenridge as agent of the navy department. July 14, 1832.