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250 SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 105, 105, 114. 1820. Seeofstaze department of state, on the thirtieth December, one thousand eight ¤¤¥h¤FiZ0d¢ 0¤ hundred and fourteen, and signed by S. Pleasonton, acknowledging the gg:;?;;?; °§w deposit of certain papers, therein specified, by Charles •J. Ingersoll, to deliverlrhe " attorney in fact of Susannah Stewart, to deliver to the said Susannah 2896** mw; Stewart, or to her agent, duly empowered, the Several papers in the °°°°d th°mm' said certificate mentioned and contained, Armzovmo, May 13, 1820. Srnors I. ····—· May 15, 1820. CHAP. CV.·-An Act for the relief of James Leander Catheart. Be it enacted, <§•c., That the proper accounting officers in the trea- Accoumstobe sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized to settle the ac- ¤¤"l°d- count of James Leander Catheart, and to allow his claim for one half of a bill of exchange drawn by John Robertson, master of the brig Independent, on the Secretary of State of the United States, paid by him, and charged to said James Leander Catheart; also, for one thousand dollars paid by said Catheart, for the support of American captives at Algiers; and two thousand dollars paid by him for his ransom from Algerine captivity; and five thousand six hundred dollars, for twenty- eight months’ service, between October, seventeen hundred and ninety- four, and July, seventeen hundred ninety-seven, in originating and promoting the negotiation with Algiers, for the liberation of American captives, the conclusion of a treaty of peace, and the procuring in the United States the presents afterwards forwarded to Algiers. And that the said claims and services be paid to said Catheart, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law; the said Catheart iéeceiving the same in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United tates. Approved, May 15, 1820. Srnurs I. -——-——- May 15, 1820. CHAP. CVI.—t/ln hot authorizing the settlement of the accounts hetween the United """"""’ States and Richard 0’Brien, late American Consul at Algiers. 1m' ch`59` Be it enacted, rye., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Aeeountto be sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to fg2E:; 32 to liquidate and settle the accounts subsisting between the United States b,,p,,,d_ and Richard O’Brien, late American consul at Algiers, under the instruction and direction of the Secretary of State, and that the amount due upon such settlement to said Richard O’Brien be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That this proviso. act shall not be construed to authorize the allowance of any claim, except such as might have been settled at the department but for the loss of vouchers; and that no allowance shall be made for any interest of the said Richard O’Brien in the cargo of the polacre Vickelage, captured on her passage from Algiers to the United States. Approved, May 15, 1820. Srnurs I. """"" May 15, 1g2q_ Gun. CX1V.-An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issue Letters Patent "······—··——·— to Henry Burdin. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, Lg,,,,,,, Wen, authorized and required to issue Letters Patent to Henry Burdin, for to be masq {Ol- his improvement in the construction of a plough, upon his complying ¤p0¤m§r¤v¤<1 with the directions of the act, entitled "An act to promote the progress pA2,g°(F6b' 21, of the useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose," 1793,ch, r1_, and an act,_ent1tled "An act to erctend the privilege of obtaining patents 1g;>50;};\ggl17» for useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein men- ’ ‘ ‘ troned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights of patentees," except so far as the said acts, or any part or parts of them,