Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXVI.—An Act authorizing the importation of statues of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, free of duty.
Statue of Washington, and Alexander Hamilton, authorized to be imported free of duty.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Washington Monument Association in Massachusetts be, and are hereby, authorized to import into the United States, from the city of London, a statue of Washington, free of duty; and that the Merchant’s Exchange Company, of the city of New York, be, and they are hereby, authorized to import into the United States, for the use of the New Exchange Building, in the city of New York, a statue of Alexander Hamilton, free of duty.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXVII.—An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of Delaware.
The claims of Delaware against the United States, to be settled.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the claim of the state of Delaware against the United States, for interest upon loans of moneys borrowed, and actually expended by her, for the use and benefit of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain.
Rules adopted to govern the case.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in ascertaining the amount of interest as aforesaid, due to the state of Delaware, the following rules shall be understood as applicable to, and governing the same, to wit: First, that interest shall not be computed on any sum which Delaware has not expended for the use and benefit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to Delaware by the United States. Second, that no interest shall be paid on any sum on which she has not paid interest. Third, that, when the principal, or any part of it, has been paid or refunded by the United States, or money placed in the hands of Delaware for that purpose, the interest on the sum or sums so paid or refunded, shall cease and not be considered as chargeable to the United States, any longer than up to the time of the repayment as aforesaid.
Amount of interest, when ascertained, to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the amount of interest, when ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in [the] treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXVIII.—An Act for improving certain harbours, and the navigation of certain rivers and creeks, and for authorizing surveys to be made of certain bays, sounds, and rivers, therein mentioned.
Specific appropriations.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to accomplish the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to wit:
Maine.In the state of Maine, one thousand two hundred dollars, for building a pier, on Steels’ Ledge, near the harbour of Belfast.
Massachusetts.In the state of Massachusetts, three thousand five hundred dollars, for the preservation of the point of land forming Provincetown harbour.
New York.In the state of New York, fifteen thousand dollars, for building a pier, and repairing the old one, at the mouth of Buffaloe Creek; and three thousand dollars for clearing out and deepening the harbour of Sackett’s Harbour.