Chapter XXXVI. for the Relief of William Duer
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Chap. XXXVI.— An Act for the Relief of William Duer. Jan. 12, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, directed to audit, settle, and adjust an account of theAccount of William Duer to be settled. necessary expenses incurred by William Duer, while consul of the United States at the port of Valparaiso, in Chili, during the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, in the support and defence of William N.
Stuart, an American citizen, arrested and arraigned before the courts of Chili upon a charge of murder, and for the transportation of said Stuart to the United States after his release, together with an equitable advance upon the amount thus ascertained, for the use of the money during the interval, and pay the same to said William Duer, his heirs or assigns, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 12, 1855.