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 858 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 162, 163, 164. 1842. day of December, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, the day on which he commenced the discharge of his duties as an ambassador: And pro- Proviso. vided farther, That the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, ordered to be paid said Deane for his attendance on Congress, by a resolutionof that body of the twenty-sixth of August, seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, be allowed as payable in paper money, and not in specie; and the sum found due shall be paid to the heirs at law of the said Deane, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Proviso. Provided, That the said sum shall not exceed the sum found due to the said Silas Deane by a report of the Treasury Department to the Senate made in pursuance of a resolution of the twenty-sixth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Arvnovno, August 11, 1842. S·nru·rn II. Aug. ll, 1842. Cru?. CLXH.—An Act for the relief of George Z/Vi Pasclial. Be it enacted, <§·c., That George W. Paschal be, and hereby is, finpempiied allowed the sum of two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, Q;  to indemnify him in full for responsibilities and losses incurred by him, sc;. in consequence of the discharge of an official act in the destruction of a quantity of whiskey intended for the Cherokee Indians, and owned by Robert Kirkham, pursuant to an order of General John E. Wool, his commanding officer ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise • appropriated. Approved, August 11, 1842. Surun IL ____,_. Aug. 11, 1842. Cmp. CLXIII. -Aa aatfu the reliefofliobert miler. Be it enacted, dm., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and A¤¤¤¤¤¤<>fl§¤- hereby is, authorized and required to refund to Robert Miller, of Q:EZnQ’§;f'°°m Charleston, in the state of South Carolina, the amount of the penalty of bond, mba ,-6. two debenture bonds, executed by him and James Macbeth, running to f¤¤d¤d· the United States, dated March seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty- Prcviso. six, which amount he has paid to the United States: Provided, That the said Miller shall prove to the satisfaction of the said Secretary, by competent evidence, that the merchandise named in said bonds was reexported from the United States, and not relanded therein within the period required by law to entitle them to the benefits of debenture. i Approved, August 11, 1842. Srnura II. _______ Aug. 11, 1842. Can. CLXIV. - An det for the relief of Thomas Haskins and Rehab Haskins. `_—"`”"— Be it enacted, nyc., That the Solicitor of the Treasury of the United u;i:§;{¤€d_fF¤fq_ States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to release Thomas a “,,m!§°,?:,':d° Haskins and Ralph Haskins from the obligation of a bond executed by &¤. ° them to the United States, April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty- one, conditioned for the payment of seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars forty-nine cents; and from all further demands upon them growing out of their indebtedness to the United States, as principals or sureties, on certain bonds for payment of duties, which bonds were secured by n deed of trust conveying lands of the said Thomas and Ralph to the United States, bearing date December twenty-six, eighteen hundred and seventeen, the said Thomas and Ralph having Proviso. paid to the United States the principal of said bonds : Provided, That the said Thomas and Ralph shall first release the United States and all persons holding the said lands under a quit claim from the United States from all claims against them for any liability by reason of the trustship or agency of the United States in respect to said lands or any part thereof from any person whatever. Approved, August 11, 1842.