Chapter CLV. *for the Relief of James Edwards and others.* July 27, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War be, The value of the property of James Edwards, Edward M
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Chap. CLV.— An Act *for the Relief of James Edwards and others.* July 27, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War be, The value of the property of James Edwards, Edward M. Wanton, and Nehemiah Brush, destroyed in 1836, to be proved and paid.and he is hereby, directed to ascertain, by the best evidence which the nature of the case will admit of, the value of the houses and other property of James Edwards, of the late Edward M.
Wanton, and of the late Nehemiah Brush, destroyed at Micanopy, Florida, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, by order of Lieutenant-Colonel B. K. Pierce, the commanding officer of that post, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy, and that the amount so ascertained be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* The Proviso.amounts so to be paid shall not exceed two thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-two cents, in the case of James Edwards; one thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents in the case of the late Edward M.
Wanton, or eight hundred dollars in the case of the late Nehemiah Brush. Approved, July 27, 1854.