tended act of the state of Georgia, passed January the seventh, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, who have not duly released their claims to the United States, so as to entitle them to the indemnification provided by the act of Congress, passed the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, entitled “An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi territory,” and the acts supplementary thereto, shall be allowed further time to execute and file with the commissioners appointed to decide on such claims, good and sufficient legal releases of their claim, as by said acts are required, until the first Monday of March next.1815, ch. 24, 96. And the commissioners aforesaid are hereby authorized and empowered to decide on such claims, and to adjudge to every such claimant or claimants the proportion of indemnification to which he or they may be respectively entitled.
Commissioners authorized to send to the counsel employed by them original papers and documents.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid shall be, and they are hereby authorized, in all cases where they shall direct suits to be commenced for the recovery of money fraudulently withdrawn from the treasury of Georgia, to transmit to the counsel or attorney appointed to institute and conduct such suits or prosecutions, all original papers or documents in their possession, that may furnish evidence to sustain the same.
Additional compensation to commissioners and their secretary.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid, out of the treasury of the United States, to each of the said commissioners and their secretary, the further sum of one thousand dollars, as a compensation for the additional services required by this act.
Approved, April 20, 1816.
Statute I.
Chap. LXIV.—An Act concerning field officers of the militia.
Officers of the militia after May 1, 1816.
Act of May 8, 1792, ch. 33.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of May next, instead of one lieutenant colonel commandant to each regiment, and one major to each battalion of the militia, as is provided by the act entitled “An act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States,” approved May the eighth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, there shall be one colonel, one lieutenant colonel and one major to each regiment of the militia, consisting of two battalions. Where there shall be only one battalion, it shall be commanded by a major: Provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to annul any commission in the militia which may be in force, as granted by authority of any state or territory, in pursuance of the act herein recited, and bearing date prior to the said first day of May next.
Approved, April 20, 1816.
Statute I.
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Chap. LXV.—An Act respecting the late officers and crew of the sloop of war Wasp.
Whereas, there is reason to apprehend that the sloop of war Wasp, an armed ship of the United States, and lately commanded by Captain Johnson Blakely, is lost:
Twelve months’ pay allowed to the representatives of Capt. Blakely, his officers and crew.Fifty thousand dollars to be distributed as prize money.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed and paid to the representatives of Captain Johnson Blakely, and of each of the officers and crew aforesaid, as is hereinafter directed, twelve months’ wages; and that there be paid to the aforesaid representatives,
