United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 13


March 27, 1792

Chap. ⅩⅢ.An Act for the relief of certain Windows, Orphans, Invalids, and other persons.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Comptroller of the Treasury adjust the claims of the Widows and orphans respectively,Comptroller to adjust the claims of certain widows and orphans for seven years’ half-pay, &c. as the case may be, of the late Colonel Owen Roberts, Captain William White, Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Elliott, Major Samuel Wise, Major Benjamin Huger, Lieutenant John Bush, and Major Charles Motte, deceased, all of whom were killed or died in the service of the United States, for the seven years half pay stipulated by the resolve of Congress of the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty; and that the Register of the Treasury do issue his certificates accordingly.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,Timothy Mix and Abel Turney placed on pension list. That the Secretary of the department of war be, and he hereby is required to place on the invalid list, Timothy Mix, disabled in the late war, by the loss of his right hand, while in the service of the United States, at the rate of five dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. That the said Secretary place on the invalid list, Abel Turney, mariner, disabled while in the service of the United States, at the rate of one dollar per month, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,Act of March 23, 1792, ch. 11. That the arrears of the said pensions be paid as the laws direct in similar cases.

Comptroller to adjust the account—
Of Joseph Pannil.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller of the treasury be, and he hereby is required to adjust the accounts of Joseph Pannil, a lieutenant-colonel in the service of the United States, as a deranged officer, upon the principles of the act of the late Congress, of the third of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, and to allow him the usual commutation of the half pay for life of a lieutenant-colonel, and that the register of the treasury be, and he hereby is required to grant a certificate for the amount of the balance due to him. That the comptroller adjust the account of the late brigadier-general De Haas,Of the late Brig. Gen. De Haas. admitting to the credit of the said account, such sums as by evidence shall appear to have been advanced for the public service, and which have been charged by the United States to the officers who have received the same for the public service, and that the said register do grant a certificate for the balance due on such settlement. That the said comptroller adjust the account of Thomas M’Intire,Of Thomas M’Intire. a captain in the service of the United States, during the late war, and allow him the usual commutation of the half pay for life of a captain, andRegister to issue certificates. that the said register grant a certificate for the amount thereof accordingly.

Comptroller to adjust the account of—
Francis Suzor Debevere.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller of the treasury be, and he hereby is required to adjust the account of Francis Suzor Debevere, a surgeon’s mate in the service of the United States during the late war, and who remained in captivity to the end thereof, and that the register of the treasury be, and he hereby is required to grant a certificate for the amount which shall be found due for the services of the said Francis Suzor Debevere. That the said comptroller adjust the account of Robert King,Robert King. as a lieutenant, deranged, upon the principles of the act of the late Congress, passed the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, and that the said register grant a certificate accordingly. That the comptrollerLemuel Sherman.
Register to grant certificates.
adjust the account of Lemuel Sherman, as a sailing-master of a galley on Lake Champlain, and as such taken prisoner; and that the said register grant a certificate accordingly.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,Grant to N. F. Westfall. That there be granted to Nicholas Ferdinand Westfall, who left the British service and joined the army of the United States, during the late war, one hundred acres of unappropriated land in the western territory of the United States, free of all charges, and also the sum of three hundred and thirty-six dollars, out of any money appropriated to the contingent charges of government.

Approved, March 27, 1792.