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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.126, 12'7, 128,129. 1824. 311 Sriirurr I. Crrn. CXXVI.—-An Act for the relief of Dean Weymouth, May 19, ,824_ Be it enacted, rye., That there be paid to Dean Weymouth, late a soldier in the New York volunteers, and afterwards a soldier in the regu- Paymentto lar army of the United States, out of any moneys of the treasury not him ¤°¤r¤prvi¤¤¤ otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighty dollars, being in full for ten “ "°l‘l'°’· months’ pay as a private in the former corps. Approved, May 19, 1824. Snrurr 1. CHAP. CXXVII. —An Act s1q2plemerztary to an act, entitled “An act authortz- May 19, 1824. ing the executors of John B. Mebane to collect certain arrears of tax. """‘*"*‘ Be it enacted, <§·c., That Joseph J. Alston and John Mebane, or the survivor of them, executors and legal representatives of John B. Exeeutors Mebane, deceased, late collector of internal duties and direct tax, in *0 °°ll¢<=¤fo\’ the county of Chatham, in the state of North Carolina, be, and they g;$;;;,?g,:l;:_ are hereby, authorized to demand and collect, for the use of the estate rears as remain of the said John B. Mebane, such arrearages of said direct tax and in- “¤°°ll¤°l°<i· ternal duties as remain uncollected, and which the said John B. Me- ,*g;,;°;€_pH_22’ bane had paid over to the United States, in the same manner as hereto- ’ fore directed by law: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be con- p,,,,,,s,,_ strued to authorize the said Joseph J. Alston and John Mebane to recover any arrears of such tax, from the representatives of any deceased person, or from any person who shall make oath that the said tax, due from such person, had been paid to the said John B. Mebane in his lifetime. Armaovpn, May 19, 1824. W Snzrurs I. CHAP. CXXVIII. -.dri Act for the relief of John IC Carter. May 21, 1824. Be it enacted, $1:., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized to pass to the To have passcredit of John K. Carter, such sum as shall be satisfactorily shown to ed E his °'°d“ have been the depreciation on treasury notes, advanced by the govern- ;;:"i,‘;",;,;`;_ ment, and expended by him in the recruiting service, in the city of New factorily shown York, from the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and if l*3‘·'° be?". fourteen, to the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fill ;:,°,,:,l’;:;,”°°“ teen, taking for the rule of allowance the difference in value between notes. the treasury notes so advanced, and the money current at par, in the city of New York, at the periods when the advances were made, and confining the allowances to the loss on the sums actually expended within the periods before mentioned. Approved, May 21, 1824. Szumrrn I. Cnr. CXXIX.-An Act for the relief of the heirs of Mguel Eslcwa. May 2], 18% Be it enacted, &c., That the heirs of Miguel Eslava, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to a lot of ground situ- His heirs canated below Fort Mobile, purchased by the said Miguel Eslava, at a ju- §;l‘r:‘l;"a'm";)f dicial sale of Jean Baptiste de Lusser, on the thirtieth day of Decem— 0,,,,,; below ber, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and bounded on the fron Mobile. east by Royal street continued, on the north by Monroe street, on the west by Washington street, and on the south by a lot claimed by the family of Durette, and containing sixteen thousand nine hundred and one square feet: Provided, This confirmation shall only amount to a 9,.,,,.;,,, relinquishment, on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person. Avnnovisn, May 21, 1824.