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 TWENTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 146, 147, 148, 149. 1839. 771 propriated, the sum of nine hundred and iitty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents, being for the indemnification of the said Allen for an official act. Approved, March 3, 1839. """`”` Snrurn III. Cmip. CXLVI.——.z2n Act for the relief of William Grozer. Much 3, ;g3g_ Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to pay to William Grozer, late Payment to master of the schooner Warwick, such portion of the proceeds of the l3im<>f¤¤¢bD¤1'- cargo of said schooner as he may show himself entitled to as owner §?;‘cf]{_p{,$‘;;?d° thereof, not exceeding five-eighths of the same, which was seized and wick, &c. forfeited to the United States for a supposed violation of the revenue laws, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five: Provided, That such Proviso. payment do not exceed the amount actually paid into the treasury as the property of said Grozer ; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Arvnovrzn, March 3, 1839. """ Snrurr. III. Crum CXLVII.-dn Act for the relief of James Selby. March 3, 1839. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to James Selby, of the county of Philadel- C¤¥*¤i¤ d¤*i¤¤ phia, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the *° h° "’f““d°d‘ amount of discriminating duties paid by him upon the schooner Sea Flower, between the time of his having purchased said vessel in the island of Cuba, and her having obtained a new register, not exceeding the sum of eight hundred and forty-tive dollars and twenty-two cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that the Proviso. schooner Sea Flower was an American vessel, owned by an American citizen, when she was sold to James Selby, and that he, at the time he purchased the said vessel at the port of Havana, was also an American citizen, and that the said disability was incurred without wilful negligence or intention of fraud. Approved, March 3, 1839. --——— Survrs III. Crue. CXLVIII. - An det for the relief of Winslow Lewis. March 3, 1839. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Winslow Lewis, out of the Payment for sum appropriated for rebuilding the light-house at Cape Florida, one ;‘;l;;2d;'Q;gl;°“ thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-eight cents, for Fp,,,d,,_ P his expenses actually incurred in chartering a vessel, employing hands, &,c, for the purpose of rebuilding the light-house at Cape F l0r1da; which he was prevented from doing by the hostility of the Seminole Indians, and the suggestion of the superintending agent of the Government. Approved, March 3, 1839. --——- Srxrurs III. CHAP. CXLIX.- ./2n dot for the relief of Benjamin Hewitt. March 3, 1839. Be it enacted, rfc., That there be paid to Benjamin Hewitt, of Saint Mary’s county, in the state of Maryland, or his legal representatives, the payment {Oy a sum of two hundred and eighty dollars, out of the fund (if so much Slat/G105i- there be unapplied) which was allotted by the British Government, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and the subsequent convention to carry the same into effect, which he was prevented from recovering before the Board of Commissioners because his proof was mislard in the Department of State; that being the price of a slave, the property of the said Hewitt (estimated at the average value established for the pay-