Chapter CCIV. for the relief of the legal representative of Thomas Robinson, deceased
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Chap. CCIV.— An Act for the relief of the legal representative of Thomas Robinson, deceased. May 26, 1824. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasuryAccount to be settled at the Treasury. department be, and hereby are, authorized and directed to settle and adjust, upon principles of equity and justice, the account of Thomas Robinson, now deceased, who was one of the sureties of Sharp Delaney, deceased, lately collector of the customs for the port of Philadelphia, in the Pennsylvania district; charging the said Thomas Robinson with the balance ascertained, at the treasury department, to be due from the said Sharp Delaney, collector as aforesaid, without interest, and allowing him credit for all sums of money which have been paid by him, or his co-sureties, in the said obligation, and for all other sums that have been paid or secured to the United States, towards satisfaction of the balance claimed to be due from the said Sharp Delaney, as collector aforesaid, and which, according to the principles of equity, ought to be allowed; and, upon such settlement, if no balance shall be found against the said Thomas Robinson, or if any balance shall be found against him, then, upon the payment of such balance by his legal representative, the Secretary of the Treasury shall release and discharge the legal representative, and the estate of the said Thomas Robinson, from all further claim and demand by the United States, for, or on account of, the obligation by which he became bound to the United States, as surety for said Sharp Delaney, and for, or on account of, any judgment or judgments heretofore obtained by the United States against the said Thomas Robinson, in his life-time, upon the said obligation, or for any sum of money claimed from him, as surety of the said Sharp Delaney: *Provided, always,* That nothing herein shall release the estate of theProviso.Sharp Delaney’s estate not released. said Sharp Delaney from the claim of the United States.
Approved, May 26, 1824.