Chapter CXVI. for the relief of Ambrose Vasse
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Chap. CXVI.— An Act for the relief of Ambrose Vasse. May 15, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Ambrose Vasse, of the town of Alexandria,Award to him in the case of the ship Olive Branch. in the District of Columbia, the sum of thirteen thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-three cents; being the sum awarded to be paid him for the cargo of the ship Olive Branch, by the Board of Commissioners, under the seventh article of the treaty of the twentieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, between the United States and Great Britain: *Provided,* There is asProviso. much money remaining of the fund which, by law, was appropriated for the payment of the awards under the said seventh article of the said treaty or to pay such part thereof, as the fund aforesaid, remaining in the treasury, will enable.
Approved, May 15, 1820.