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Contingencies.For contingencies of the army, ten thousand dollars.

Armories.For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

Fortifications.For the armament of the fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

Ordnance service.For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixty-eight thousand dollars.

Arsenals.For arsenals, ninety-four thousand four hundred dollars.

Recruiting service.For the recruiting service, thirty-five thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars, in addition to an unexpended balance of four thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of the recruiting service, fifteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars, in addition to an unexpended balance of five thousand dollars.

Thomas Fitzgerald.To Thomas Fitzgerald, an invalid pensioner, two hundred and eighty-four dollars, twenty-two cents, being arrearages of pension due him by law.

Arrearages.For arrearages prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, five thousand dollars.

Medals.To enable the Secretary of War to pay for medals to be distributed amongst the Indian chiefs, three thousand dollars.

Road in Maine.For completing the Mars hill road in Maine, and making bridges on the same, five thousand dollars.

Harper’s Ferry.For the further extension, and the completion of the walls and embankments for conveying water to the works at Harper’s Ferry armory, Virginia, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Approved, March 2, 1831.

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March 2, 1831.
[Expired.]

Chap. LXII.An Act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States.[1]

Certain insolvents to apply for discharge.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who was an insolvent debtor on or before the first day of January last, and who is indebted to the United States for any sum of money then due, which he is unable to pay, unless such person be indebted as the principal in an official bond, or for public money received by him, and not paid over or accounted for according to law, or for any fine, forfeiture, or penalty, incurred by the violation of any law of the United States, may make application in writing, under oath or affirmation, to the Secretary of the Treasury, for the purpose of obtaining a release or discharge of the said debt; and, also, all the estate, real and personal, which the said applicant owned at the time of his insolvency, and the manner in which such estate has been disposed of; and what estate, if any, he has since owned, and still owns.

Proceedings thereon.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to transmit to the district attorney of the United States for the district or territory within which the said applicant shall reside, a

  1. An act in addition to an act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States,” July 14, 1832, ch. 230.
    An act to revive and amend “An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States,” passed on the 2d day of March, 1831, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the 14th of July, 1832. June 7, 1834, ch. 45.
    An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of certain insovlent debtors of the United States, March 2, 1837, ch. 23.
    An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States, May 27, 1840, ch. 26.
    An act to re-enact and continue in operation the several acts now in force for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States, January 28, 1843, ch. 20.