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NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Srzss. 1. Ch. 95, 96, 97, 98. 1826. 347 same manner as if the export oath of the said Walley and Foster had been made within the ten days then required by law. Approved, May 20, 1826. ·-··——· Srnurs I. Cr-rap. XCV.—-An Act for the relief of Davis Floyd. May 20, 1826- Be it enacted, eye., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the Account to be accounts of Davis Floyd, upon the principles of justice and equity, and 5ml6d- allow him such credits as shall be found due him, not exceeding the amount with which he stands charged on the books, exclusive of his pay as Deputy Quartermaster—General. Approved, May 20, 1826. —···· Snruriz I. Crr,u>.XCV1.—-An det far the relief of Rebecca Bladget. May 20, ;g25_ Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Attorney-General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain whether°Mrs. Am,,.,,cy_G,,_ Rebecca Blodget hath right of dower in certain lots formerly owned by neral to ascer. her husband, Samuel Blodget, but now held by the United States, to §“”h“’l‘*}:h°'f¤h° wit; in lots number one, four, and fourteen, in the square number four dglN,,;l€ntcg,._ hundred and thirty, in the city of Washington; and if she hath such tain lots, &.c. right of dower, to ascertain, in the manner he may think most advisable, what is the value of such her right of dower in the said lots, and the improvements thereon erected, at the time her right accrued, and that he report the same to Congress at its next session. .API’ROVED, May 20, 1826. ····—-·· Srnvra I. Can. XCVII.-An Act for the relief of Gilbert (1 Russel. May gg, 1g2e_ Be it enacted, t§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Gilbert C. Russel, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- To bg paid {0,- priated, the sum of fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-one dol- his bpiidinzv at lars seventeen cents, being the value of his buildings at Mobile Point, ?E,Qg:° i;;;';' which were taken possession of by an armed force of the United States, ,,,0,, gfby U_ g_ in October, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, under an order of the troopsthen Secretary at War, and for the work and labor done and performed by him on the public works at Mobile Point, and for labor performed at Dog River, Fowl River, Shell Banks, and elsewhere, in preparing materials for the erection of said works, and for such materials as were prepared at the several places last aforesaid: Provided, That the Secre- proviso_ tary of the Treasury retain the sum of nineteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty-nine cents, the estimated value of the buildings at Mobile Point, until the said Gilbert C. Russel, or his grantee or grantees, or their assignee or assignees, shall deposit with him a release or releases, of all liens or conveyances of said buildings heretofore given or made by said Russel, so that all the interest of which the said Russel was possessed, be vested in the United States: And provided also, That the said Secretary do not issue his warrant for the sum Prcviso. awarded by the Third Auditor, under the act for the relief of Gilbert Actof March C. Russel, passed March third, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, the 3v l825»°b·88· same being included in the sum appropriated in this act. APPROVED, May 20, 1826. -——— Sururn I. CHAP. XCVIII.—-An Act supplementary to the act, entitled " dn act for the relief May 20, 1826. of Daniel Seward." """`—_"" Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be,_and he Cmmcm for is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Daniel Seward, (rn addi- $116 w ng is. tion to the certificate heretofore issued, under the act of March third SHG4U0him-