Chapter CXV. for the relief of Major Abraham A
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Chap. CXV.— An Act for the relief of Major Abraham A. Massias.March 2, 1833. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That the proper accounting officers of the treasury Amount of certain judgments, &c. to be paid. department settle and pay to Abraham A. Massias, the amount of a judgment, with interest, which Thomas Backhouse lately recovered against the securities of the said Abraham A. Massias; and, also, the amount of a judgment, with costs, which W. C. Clarke lately recovered against said Massias, or, if undischarged, to the person or persons entitled thereto; and all such fees as may have been paid by said Massias in defending the cases of W.
C. Clarke and Thomas Backhouse, with such reasonable expenses for attending to said trial as may seem just and equitable. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That a sum not exceeding three Appropriation. thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of said expenses and damages. Approved, March 2, 1833.