Chapter CCLXI. for the relief of David E
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Chap. CCLXI.— An Act for the relief of David E. Twiggs, Joseph M. Street, and Stephen W. Kearney.July 14, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That for defraying the expenses actually incurred by Major David E. Twiggs, to be ascertained by the accounting officers Expenses of D. E. Twiggs in defending suits, &c., to be ascertained and paid. of the treasury, in defending suits brought against him for certain acts done in performance of his official duties, and in obedience to orders from the President of the United States, the sum so found to have been incurred, be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* That the said David E.
Twiggs shall not be allowed Proviso. any travelling expenses, except those actually incurred on journeys performed for the sole purpose of attending to the defence of the said suits. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of one thousand Appropriation for discharge of a judgment against J. M. Street and S. W. Kearney. three hundred and seventy-four dollars seventy-eight and three-fourth cents, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for discharging, under the direction of the Secretary at War, a judgment rendered against Joseph M.
Street, and Stephen W. Kearney, at the October term of the United States’ Circuit Court for the counties of Crawford and Loway, in the Michigan Territory, for and on account of a procedure in the discharge of their official duties. Approved, July 14, 1832.