United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/10th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 32
Chap. XXXII.—An Act for the relief of Edward Weld, Samuel Beebee, and John Davidson.
To be paid for certain certificates.Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to pay out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edward Weld, the sum of one hundred dollars; to Samuel Beebee, the sum of fifty dollars; and to John Davidson, the sum of fifty dollars, together with interest on each of the said sums at the rate of eight per centum per annum, agreeably to the terms of the loan of five millions of dollars, proposed under a treasury regulation, pursuant to an act of Congress, passed on the sixteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitledAct of July 16, 1798, ch. 79. “An act to enable the President of the United States to borrow money for the public service,” being the amount of three certificates issued at the bank of the United States, as part of the said loan; one of which, being number two hundred and twenty-seven, issued in the name of the said Edward Weld, for one hundred dollars, and has been since lost by him, not having been funded; one other, being number eight hundred and ninety, issued in the name of John Fox, for one hundred dollars, the one moiety of which has been funded, and the other moiety remaining still unfunded, has been regularly assigned the said Samuel Beebee; and the remaining one of said certificates, being the unfunded moiety of number seventeen hundred and twenty-seven, for one hundred dollars, issued in the name of George Willis, and regularly assigned to the said John Davidson; upon which certificates all the instalments have been paid conformably to the terms of the said loan:Proviso. Provided, That the said Edward Weld shall, previous to the said sum being paid to him, give bond with sufficient security, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify the United States against any future. claim made on them, on account of the said lost certificate.
Approved, March 11, 1808.