Chapter CXV. *to provide for the settlement of the claims of Walter Jones against the United States.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That all further proceedings in a certain judgment,Proceedings in a certain judgment against him to be suspended, &c. for the United States of America, against Walter Jones, r
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Chap. CXV.— An Act *to provide for the settlement of the claims of Walter Jones against the United States.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That all further proceedings in a certain judgment,Proceedings in a certain judgment against him to be suspended, &c. for the United States of America, against Walter Jones, rendered at May term, eighteen hundred and thirty, in the circuit court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, be suspended; and that the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the accounts and claims between the United States and the said Walter Jones upon principles of equity and justice; and if, upon such settlement, it shall appear that the United States are indebted to the said Jones in a sum over and above the amount of said judgment, it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia to enter said judgment satisfied; and the balance due to said Jones shall be paid to him out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided, however*, That said settlement shall be made within twelve months from the date thereof.
Approved, March 3, 1839.