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 TWENTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 282,283,284. 1836; 665, Srncr: I. Ci-r,u·. CCLXXXII.—An Act for the relief of Gabriel W Denton, and others. July 2, ]535_ Be it enacted, rye., ThatGabriel W. Denton, and his sureties, namely, H. W. and S. Hills, C. Adams, jr., G. W. Huntington, and John Barstow, Discharged be, andihey are hereby, acquitted and discharged of and from a certain YFom the P°Y· joint and several promissory note, executed by them to William W. Mann, {Q5,"?,;;: :23 for the sum of thirty-two thousand seven hundred and six dollars and several promis~ thirty cents ; which said note bears date New York, July twenty-fifth, ¤°*'Y ¤°*°· eighteen hundred and thirty-tive, is payable twelve months after date, at the city of Augusta, in the state of Georgia, and was given in consideration of five several judgments rendered in August eighteen hundred and nineteen, by the District Court of the United States for the District of Georgia, in favor of the United States, against Joshua E. White and others, of whom said Denton was one, and which said note, though made payable to \rVilliam W. Mann, is really and in truth for the use and benefit of the United States: Provided, however, That nothing in this Proviso. act contained shall be held to discharge the other parties against whom said judgments were rendered, or to prevent the enforcement thereof against them, their heirs or representatives. Approved, July 2, 1836. —--— Srurdra I. CHAP. CCLXXXlII.——An dot providing for the further payment of apenaion to July 2, 1836. Mary J Babbit. *"""“_"' Be it enacted, <.§~c., That the provisions of a law approved the second day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, granting a pension to Aetof March Mary J. Babbit, be further extended for the time of five years from the 2- ]833· clk d twenty-ninth day of November last, provided she lives so long, other- 124* °m°° ° ' wise, during her life. Approved, July 2, 1836. —·———— Srnurs I. CHAP. CCLXXXIV. —~An Act for the relief of William B. Stokes, Rickard C'. July 2, 1836. Stockton, Lucius W Stockton, and Daniel .Z|I0orc. '_""""" Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Solicitor of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claims of Claims {0, cx, Williain B. Stokes and Richard C. Stockton, of Maryland, and Lucius tra_sei-vices as W. Stockton and Daniel Moore, of Pennsylvania, for extra services per- ;2“,;;°§;l"j;3'°'“ formed by them as contractors for carrying the mail under and by virtue ` of certain contracts therefor by them alleged to have been made and entered into with them by William T. Barry, late Postmaster General of the United States, and for this purpose, to inquire into and determine the equity of the claims of them or any of them for or on account of any contract or additional contract with the said Postmaster General on which their pay may have been suspended by the present Postmaster General, and to make them such allowances therefor as, upon a full examination of all the evidence, may seem right, according to the principles of equity; and that the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to credit such mail contractors with whatever sum or sums of money, if any, the said Solicitor shall so decide to be due to them for and on account of any such service or contract; and the Solicitor is hereby authorized to take testimony, if he shall judge it to be necessary to do so; and that he report to Congress at its next session, the law and the facts upon which his decision has been founded: Provided, The said Solicitor is not authorized to make any allowance, p,-0mg_ for any suspension, or withholding of money by the present Postmaster General, for allowances, or overpayments, made by his predecessor, on route number thirteen hundred and seventy-one, from Philadelphia to Baltimore, for carrying the mail in steamboats, when it was not so 84 3 r 2