Chapter C. for the relief of the president and directors of the Washington bridge company
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Chap. C.— An Act for the relief of the president and directors of the Washington bridge company. April 26, 1816. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the commissioner to be appointed by virtueCommissioner to settle the claim of Washington bridge company.Act of April 9, 1816, ch. 40. 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 president and directors of the Washington bridge company, for the injury done to he south-western end of the said bridge by order of the government, or any of its authorized agents, in August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value thereof, in the manner and form prescribed by the provisions of the aforesaid act.
Sec. 2. Appropriation. *And be it further enacted, *That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said president and directors out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 26, 1816.