Chapter L. for the relief of Nathaniel Cheever and others
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Chap. L.— An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Cheever and others. March 2, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be paid, out of any money in the Certain moneys illegally demanded of them as sureties, &c., to be refunded.treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Nathaniel Cheever, Ariel Mann, Benjamin Dearborn, Thomas B. Coolidge, and Stephen Tuckerman, who were formerly inhabitants of the town of Hallowell, in the state of Maine, each and severally, the principal sum of three hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-three cents, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and, also, the further principal sum of one hundred dollars each, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty; the said several sums having been illegally demanded and received by the United States of each of the several abovementioned persons, as one of the sureties of Daniel Evans, formerly a collector of the direct taxes and internal duties for the fourth collection district in Massachusetts.
Sec. 2. In case of death, may be paid to executors, &c. *And he it further enacted, *That, if said Cheever, Mann, Dearborn, Coolidge, and Tuckerman, or any of them have deceased, or shall decease before the payment shall be made to each of them, respec- TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 51, 52, 53, 54. 1831. 457 tively, as above provided, then said sums of three hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-three cents, and one hundred dollars, with interest as aforesaid, shall be paid to the executors or administrators of each of the said persons so deceased.
Approved, March 2, 1831.