United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 85
Chap. LXXXV.—An Act for the relief of the supervisors of the county of Clinton, in the State of New York.
Compensation for property destroyed.
Act of April 9, 1816, ch. 40.Be it enacted, &c., That the commissioner to be appointed by virtue of the act, entitled “An act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes,” passed April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, to audit and settle the claim of the supervisors of the county of Clinton, in the State of New York, for the destruction of the court-house of the said county, by order of General Alexander Macomb, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value thereof, in the manner and form prescribed by the provisions of the aforesaid act.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said supervisors for the benefit of the county of Clinton, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 24, 1816.