Chapter LXXX. for the relief of Daniel Bickley and Catharine Clark, administratrix of John Clark, deceased
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Chap. LXXX.— An Act for the relief of Daniel Bickley and Catharine Clark, administratrix of John Clark, deceased. May 8, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be paid to Daniel Bickley and to Catherine Clark, administratrix of John Clark, deceased, out of anyTo be paid the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by the U.S minister in France, in favor of Bickley and Clark. money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount in value of a bill of exchange for twelve thousand francs, drawn the twenty-ninth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and five, by the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in France, upon the treasury of the United States, in favor of Bickley and Clark, and recorded in the office of the first auditor of the treasury, number seventy: *Provided, always,*Proviso.
That, before the said payment shall be made as aforesaid, security be given, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify the United States against any claim that may be made on account of the said bill of exchange. Approved, May 8, 1820.