United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/2nd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 28
Allowance for education of Hugh Mercer.Be it enacted, &c., That the annual allowance to be made for the
education of Hugh Mercer, son of the late General Mercer, pursuant to
the resolution of the former Congress of the date of the eighth of April
one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, shall be four hundred
dollars from the time for which he has been last paid until his education
shall be finished, or he shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years. Comptroller to settle his account.And
that the comptroller of the treasury be authorized to revise and settle
the account of the said Hugh Mercer for his pension to the present
time; the balance of which, as also the annual allowances aforesaid,
as they shall become due, shall be paid to his guardian at the treasury.
Approved, March 2, 1793.