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392 'PWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 154, 155, 156. 1828. nineteen, in the same manner as if the entries had been sworn to within Proviso. the time prescribed by law : Provided, That the said collector shall be satisiied that all the other requirements of the law, to entitle the said Knowles to the debentures, have been complied with. Approved, May 26, 1828. S·r4·ru·r1·: 1. May 26,18%. CHAP. CLIV.—-—An Act for the relief of John Brahan. A credit to be Be it enacted, {pc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he ¤U¤w¤<i *0 him is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of John Brahan, €,"`§f§Q*,ft,,{fZfi late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, in the state of Alabama, with the sum of six thousand nine hundred aud sixty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents, being the amount actually paid by said John Brahan, for clerk hire, in the Receiver’s and R.egister’s offices, under the authority of the late Secretary of the Treasury, and which ha been suspended in the settlement of his accounts at the treasury department, which credit shall be entered as of the date when the said amount was so paid by the said Brahan. Avrnovan, May 26, 1828. . .- e e a re res o STATUTE L C CLV A A h el' th l l t f G l M May 26, ,8,,,, un n ct for theréég`, diwgudl p en wes of enera uses Payment to Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he

  • hFm f°' hl“ l°““ is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the treaot half pay as a . . . .

i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 0,, ,;,,3 sury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of the said Bri¢i¤h ¤¤t·¤bii¤h- Moses Hazen, the amount due.for the loss of half pay, as a lieutenant "'°“t‘ on the British establishment, which he sustained in consequence of entering into the military service of the United States, agreeably to a resolution of Congress of the twenty-second day of January, Anno Do- Prvviso- mini seventeen hundred and seventy-six: Provided, That no interest shall be allowed on the amount due for loss of half pay, as aforesaid. Arpnovsn, May 26, 1828. S"`*"""`E L CHAP. CLVI.—An Act for the relief of Archibald Bard and John Findley, May 26, 1828. executors of the last will and testament of Doctor Robert Johnson, deceased, and ——-——-——·i for the relief of John Scott, executor of Charles Yeates, deceased. Claim or Bard Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea-

gc£;}‘;1°gQc sury department be authorized to audit and settle the claim of Archion accord.; or bald Bard and John Findley, executors of the last will and testament

thm9H10a" °m°¤ of Doctor Robert Johnson, deceased, on account of three several Loan §§r;Q,$£§?’ m Office Certificates, issued to, and in the name of Doctor Isaac Foster, for the sum of four hundred dollars each, and numbered six thousand three hundred and thirty-one, six thousand three hundred and thirty- nine, and six thousand three hundred and forty, and to ascertain the true specie value of the same, with interest at six per centum per annum thereon, (Which certificates are alleged to have been lost or stolen, and appears, by the books of the treasury, to be outstanding and unpaid,) and that the amount so ascertained, as aforesaid, be paid to the said executors, or either of them, out of any money in the treasury not Proviso. otherwise appropriated : Provided, That the said executors shall first execute and deliver to the Comptroller of the Treasury a bond of indemnity in double the amount of the sum to be paid, with such suiiicient security as the said Comptroller shall direct and approve. Payment tv Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers ‘l,;’;’“ §;Q’Em'f£° of the treasury department be authorized to pay to John Scott, executor or aslban emi- ofCharles Yeates, deceased, the specie value of a Loan Ofhce Certihcate H°°'°· issued to, and in the name of Edward Watkins, for the sum of five hundred dollars, and numbered eight thousand four hundred and ninety-two. Avrnovan, May 26, 1828.