783 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 181, ,182. 1849. °?}'*°·i¤ thetvgiue of the Treasury be directed to ascertain the then value of the tobacco 2,, °°r:$;1cd° 1;; owned by the late James F. Sothorou, and which was destroyed by the James Bj. Sotho- British troops during the late war, and to pay the amount thereofQ out f,‘;:hx';;‘$l{y'{h“; of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal B,-msn troop; representatives of the said James F. Sothoron, deceased, as a full ind*¤’i¤S *}*6 WM demnity for the loss of personal property destroyed by the enemy °f_,l§}2,,,,t to be during the late war with Great Britain, in consequence of the occupaid to ms_1ega1 pation of said Sothororfs buildings by the American forces by order '°P"’s°"*°“"'°“· of their commanding officer. Approved, March 3, 1849. Mareh3, 1849. CHAP. CLXXXI.-.,9:1. Het for the Relief of Peter Capella, Administrator of -····—;* Andrew Capella, deceased, and for the Relief of Jo/an Capo, and for the gmc? Ehgalt Petty and Hannah Petty, his Wife, Heirs of John Beardon, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ,'£;ftlEgg°g;f1hr: United States of America in Congress assembled, That the judge of the Og the U_ S_ ,-0, District Court of the United States for the northern district of Florida the ¤¤r;h%q¤ dg- be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and adjudicate 3,‘§Qj§d,c,,‘f,'lh; the claim of Peter Capella, administrator of Andrew Capella; and claims of Ps- also the claim of John Capo, and also the claim of Elijah Petty and f)‘;{1£;P°H° ’““l Hannah, his wife, heirs of John Beardon, and also the claim of Francis ` P. Ferreira, administrator of Francis Pass, deceased, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the twenty-sixth day of June, eigh- 18% ¤h· 87· teen hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida," and that said several claims may be settled pmvssa by the treasury as are other cases under said act: Provided, bowever, That the petition for the allowance of such claim shall be presented to said judge, by the proper parties entitled to prefer the same, within one year from the passage of this act: And provided, also, That said parties shall respectively allege in such petition, and prove to said judge, reasonable cause for such petition not having been presented within the time prescribed and enacted by said act of June twenty- sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. Approved, March 3, 1849. March 3, 1849. CHAP. CLXXXlI.—-An Aet for hthe Relief of Thomas W. Chinn and ‘_i·;— others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 01E33m::, OX; United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ,,,.8 discharged of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to discharge Thomas from the pay- W. Chinn and Micajah Courtney and the other sureties of Thomas
0,9: jug'; Gibbs Morgan, late collector for the district of Mississippi, from the
ment rendered payment of one third of the principal and interest of a judgment ren- Eggglszhehlgsf dered against them in the Circuit Court of the_ United States in and ing, ,,, ,,,,,,,,,3 for the fifth circuit and district of Louisiana, upon their paying or thqtpaymeuaql securing the payment of the residue of said judgment to the saus-
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Pibiiso. shall not be authorized to make the compromise of this claim as aforesaid, unless he shall be satisned that, from the party’s pecuniary ability, said collector and his sureties, the said claim is not collectable;
