Chapter LXII. granting compensation to Rebecca Blodget, for her right of dower in the property therein mentioned
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Chap. LXII.— An Act granting compensation to Rebecca Blodget, for her right of dower in the property therein mentioned. May 19, 1828. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Postmaster-General shall, out of the Allowance to her for her right of dower in certain property in Washington.Proviso.proceeds of the General Post-Office, pay to Rebecca Blodget, during her natural life, the yearly sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, commencing from the twentieth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six: *Provided,* That before any payment be made, the said Rebecca Blodget shall, in due form of law, execute a release to the United States of all her right of dower, in the building now occupied as a General Post-Office, in the city of Washington, and the lots whereon the same is erected, and which are occupied as appurtenances thereto, particularly the lots number one and number four, in square number four hundred and thirty.
Sec. 2. Part of the annuity to be paid, when. *And be it further enacted, *That the part of the annuity which shall be due for the time between the said twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and the time of executing the release above provided for, shall be paid when the said release shall be delivered, and that part which shall grow due thereafter, shall be paid in quarterly payments. Approved, May 19, 1828.