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EIGIITEENTH CONGRESS. Ssss.II. Crr.77,'79,8l,82,84. 1825. 331 Snrurs II. Gun. LXXVII. —An Act ·ma/ring an appropriation for the benefit of Joseph March 3, 1825, Smith, of Jileacandria. ";""‘* Be it enacted, dw., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise T° b° wid YW appropriated, to Joseph Smith of Alexandria, the amount of wages, and 2; £':;°°° °f‘ dividend of prize money, due to said Smith for the services, during the ° late war, of his slave Tom, alias Thomas Mitchel, on board the United States' ship the Wasp, and which has not heretofore been paid to him, for the want of an appropriation in the act passed at the last session, entitled "An act for the relief of Joseph Smith, of Alexandria." ,g;;°fLw*g£9· Approved, March 3, 1825.°' ’*"" S·ru*urrr. H. Cuar. LXX1X.——.x2n Act for the relieéergf Séephen drnold, David and George Jenks, Mm-ch 3, 1825,

Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury settle and adjust the claim of Stephen Arnold, David and George Chim for Jenks, Second, for the manufacture of three thousand nine hundred ::*5§_°° °° b° and twenty-fivc muskets, manufactured for the United States, under a contract with Tench Coxe, entered into on the twenty-sixth day of Om tober, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and to make them such further allowance as shall be equal to that allowed to others, who contracted about the same time, to manufacture arms for the United States, and who have had their accounts settled under special acts of Congress, keeping in view the quality of the arms delivered, with the additional labor bestowed, more than would have been necessary to have made muskets equal to the pattern gun, and such allowance, so made, deducting therefrom such sums, if any, as the claimants are indebted for advances, already made on said contract, (with the interest thereon from twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen,) shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Arenovnn, March 3, 1825. ··—·· Srururn II. CHAP. LXXX1.-—An Act for the relief of William. Pemberton. March 3, 1825. Be it enacted, rfc., That there be paid to William Pemberton the Pa mem ,0 sum of fifty-five dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ,,,,,3},,, um M, appropriated, in full compensation for the loss of a horse during the late of a horse. war. Arvnovan, March 3, 1825. ———-— Snrurs II. CHAP. LXXXII. — An Act for the relief of Thomas Taylor, junior. March 3, 1825. Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Thomas Taylor, junior, out of 1’ayment_to any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, one thousand 3m?;-mgwdhn and eighty-one dollars and sixty cents, being in full for filling up and ,,,,,Z,h 8,,}, 0,- gravelling the carriage way on the north side of the Presidents house, the President'; and for work done on New York avenue, between Seventeenth street h°“s°» &°· west, and the President’s wall. Aernovmn, March 3, 1825. "‘*" Sururn II. Ci-rar. LXXX1V.—An Act for the ·relir_·f of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. March 3, 1g2s_ Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of War cause to be withdrawn S .t cfu S and dismissed, a suit which is now pending by the United States against aggim mgm`,,, Nimrod Farrow and his securities, for moneys advanced him by the be dismissed.