S80 TWENTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 1843. Srarnra III. Jan. 20, 1843, CHAP. X. -.d·n Jlctfor the relief of Joshua Drew Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Amount ofa hereby, directed to pay to Joshua Drew, of Duxbury, in the state of §;';;¥;IEij‘;d*° Massachusetts, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- ‘ priuted, the sum of two hundred and forty dollars, being the amount of' a fine collected from him by the collector of the port of New Orleans, for a supposed violation of the law relative to return seamen. Approved, January 20, 1843. Srarvra III. -——-- Jan. 20, 1843. Cun. XI.—An Act fortherelz§f' ry" the legal representatives of Captain Samuel W hannon, deceased. Bc it enacted, #0., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, His accounts authorized and required to examine and audit the accounts of Captain gz? °"“'"“‘°d· Samuel Shannon, deceased, as assistant payrnaster of the United States ' army, according to the principles of justice and equity, and report to the next session of Congress. Approved, January 20, 1843. Srarurs III. ——-—- Jan. 20, 1843. CHAP. XII.—An Act fm- the relief of Ferdinand Leibert. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Claim {0*1 the hereby is, authorized to settle and adjust the claim of Ferdinand Lei- ?l;°§;,:5g;d0:,s bert, of the city of New Orleans, liquidating partner of the firm of a ccrrain deben- Fibreman and Leibert, for the amount paid as the penalty on a deben- ‘“'° *’°“d» *° ture bond for thirty-three bales of Texas cotton shipped on the sevenb° s°m°d' teenth of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, in the British ship Robert Bruce, in all respects as if the amount paid by him, as penalty for not producing the consular certificate of the lading of the cotton, had not been transferred or paid into the treasury of the United States. Ammovicn, January 20, 1843. Snrvrs III. _"*' Jan. 20, 1843. Crm?. XIII.-—An Act for the relief if Isaac and Thomas S. Winslow. Be it enacted, rye., That the collector of the port of New York be, To bcindcrn- and he is hereby, required to pay to Isaac and Thomas S. Winsloiv gig? 3*** d¤¤¤S seven hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-one cents, to indemnify ui}, ;n_°n °°r' them for duties exacted from them upon a quantity of gin which was improperly landed by the custom-house officers, from the brig Amphitrite, on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, at the port of New York, and which was destroyed by fire a few hours thereafter, before the same was entered at the custom-house, and while in the custody of said officers, and upon which the insurance against loss by fire was prevented by the irregular conduct of said officers. Appnovnn, January 20, 1843. Srnurxs III. *‘ jam 20, j843_ CHAP. XIV.-—An Hel for the relief of Burr and Smith. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Certain amiss is hereby, authorized to refund to Ephraim Willard Burr and Nathaniel
- 0 be ¥°f¤¤d¢d· P. Smith, of Warren, Rhode Island, merchants in company, the sum
of two hundred and sixteen dollars and seven cents, being duties paid to the collector of New York on seven casks of oil imported into New York, and afterwards resbipped to said Warren for benefit of debenture, and re-exported therefrom with a view to obtain the benefit of drawback, in May, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty, provided the Secretary
