Chapter CV. for the relief of James Leander Cathcart
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Chap. CV.— An Act for the relief of James Leander Cathcart. May 15, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers in the treasuryAccounts to be settled. department be, and they are hereby, authorized to settle the account of James Leander Cathcart, and to allow his claim for one half of a bill of exchange drawn by John Robertson, master of the brig Independent, on the Secretary of State of the United States, paid by him, and charged to said James Leander Cathcart; also, for one thousand dollars paid by said Cathcart, for the support of American captives at Algiers; and two thousand dollars paid by him for his ransom from Algerine captivity; and five thousand six hundred dollars, for twentyeight months’ service, between October, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, and July, seventeen hundred ninety-seven, in originating and promoting the negotiation with Algiers, for the liberation of American captives, the conclusion of a treaty of peace, and the procuring in the United States the presents afterwards forwarded to Algiers.
And that the said claims and services be paid to said Cathcart, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law; the said Cathcart receiving the same in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United States. Approved, May 15, 1820.