United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 48
Chap. XLVIII.—An Act for the relief of Isaac Lawrence and others, merchants, residing in the city of New York.
Certain debentures to be paid.Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, to pay to Isaac Lawrence, Gilbert Aspenwell, John Shaw, George Rozier and Roulet, John B. Desdorty by his executor, John S. Roulet, Isaac Roget, Joseph Bouchard, Robert Steuart, Joseph Winter, Robert Bowne, Peter Mackie, Peter Kemble for Governeur and Kemble, Abraham Ogden, Robert H. Bowne, William Hill, H. L. Steuart, Nathan M’Vicar, William Radcliff, I. L. Steinback, Falconer and Stewart, I. P. Longchamp, Alexander M’Gregor, William Maxwell, James Thompson, John R. Murray, Martin Hoffman, Archibald M’Vicar, and Wait and Pierce, merchants, now, or lately, residents of the city of New York and of Salem, the amount of their several debentures, which were issued to the persons above mentioned, in their own rights, or held by them as legal representatives or assignees of the persons to whom such debentures were originally issued by Joshua Sands, when collector of the customs for the port of New York, and by Joseph Hillar, when collector of Salem and Beverly, for the payment of the drawbacks of duties on merchandise exported to New Orleans between the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred:Proviso. Provided, however, That satisfactory proof be first given, to the Secretary of the Treasury, that the goods, wares, or merchandise, on which the drawback of duties is hereby allowed, were landed at New Orleans.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the debentures above mentioned.
Apporved, March 3, 1817.