Chapter CLVII. for the relief of John Lacy
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Chap. CLVII.— An Act for the relief of John Lacy. July 3, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasuryAccount to be settled, &c. be, and they are hereby authorized and required to audit, adjust, and settle, upon principles of justice and equity, the account of John Lacy, for losses said to have been sustained by him in consequence of the non-compliance on the part of the United States, with the conditions of a contract into which the said John Lacy had entered with Captains 502 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 158, 159, 160. 1832. Porter and Warrington, acting in behalf of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four; and that the amount ascertained to be due, be paid to the said John Lacy, or to his legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : *Provided, however,* That the said accounting officers do not allow any estimate for salvage on account of the loss of the schooner Mary and Elizabeth. Approved, July 3, 1832.