at the time it was delivered, by the request of Charles D. Coxe, Esq. to the Bey of Tunis, in such manner and upon such terms as may be equitable and just.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said William Haslet, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Apporved, January 22, 1817.
Statute II.
Chap. VI.—An Act directing the discharge of John Ricaud from imprisonment.
To be discharged from imprisonment.Be it enacted, &c., That John Ricaud, late paymaster of the thirty-sixth regiment of infantry, now, and for some time past, confined in the jail of Baltimore, upon a judgment at the suit of the United States, which he is wholly unable to pay, be discharged and remain free from imprisonment and arrest, on account of the said judgment:Proviso. Provided always, That the said John Ricaud shall, before he be discharged as aforesaid, secure, to the satisfaction of the district attorney of the proper district, all and any property or credits he may now have, or be entitled to, for the payment of said judgment, and all property he hereafter may have or acquire shall be and remain liable for the payment of the said judgment, costs, and charges, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed:Proviso. And provided further, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the right of the United States to any estate which the said John Ricaud has assigned or conveyed to any person or persons whatever; nor shall affect the liability of any person who may have been bound with the said John Ricaud for the payment of any sum of money to the United States.
Apporved, January 22, 1817.
Statute II.
Chap. VIII.—An Act directing the discharge of Oliver Spellman from imprisonment.
To be discharged from imprisonment.
Proviso.Be it enacted, &c., That Oliver Spellman, who is now imprisoned in a jail in the State of Rhode Island, on a judgment at the suit of the United States, by which he was sentenced to pay a fine to the United States, be discharged from his imprisonment: Provided, however, That any estate which the said Oliver Spellman may have or hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken to satisfy the sentence against him in the same manner as if he had not been imprisoned and discharged.
Apporved, January 22, 1817.
Statute II.
Chap. XI.—An Act for the relief of Henry Malcolm.
$1000 to be passed to his credit.Be it enacted, &c., That the secretary of the treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pass to the credit of Henry Malcolm, collector of the customs for the district of Hudson, in the State of New York, one thousand dollars, being the amount of a sum of money collected by said collector, and lost in its transmission from the city of Hudson to the city of New York, in the mail.
Apporved, February 8, 1817.
Statute II.
Chap. XII.—An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Joseph Stewart and others.”
Act of April 21, 1816, ch. 161.Be it enacted, &c., That the money authorized to be paid to Joseph Stewart and his associates, of Dorchester county, in the State of Maryland, or to their legal representatives, by an act of Congress approved on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, shall be paid to the following persons, their legal representatives, viz: The said Joseph Stewart, Moses Navy, John Bell, Moses
