Chapter LXXI. authorizing the discharge of Edward Martinfrom imprisonment
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Chap. LXXI.— An Act authorizing the discharge of Edward Martinfrom imprisonment. March 3, 1815. *Be it enacted, &c., * To be discharged from imprisonment. That the marshal of the district of Rhode Island be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed, to discharge from imprisonment Edward Martin of Newport, in the state of Rhode Island, now confined in jail at Newport, in said district, at the suit of the United States: Provided, That the said Edward Martin shall remain liable to the United States for the amount of the bond executed by Andrew Oburg, captain of the Swedish schooner Lichlighten, as principal, and by the said Martin and George W.
Martin, sureties, and renew his obligation to the United States for said amount, payable in two years from the day of his discharge, in such form as the attorney of the United States for the district aforesaid shall think proper. Approved, March 3, 1815.