Chapter V. for the relief of Elias Parks
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Chap. V.— An Act for the relief of Elias Parks. Dec. 29, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the proper accounting officers of the treasuryClaim for goods destroyed in 1814 to be paid. department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Elias Parks, of Oswego, in the state of New York, the amount of his claim against the United States, for goods destroyed by the British, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, in consequence of the boat in which said goods had been placed being impressed, by military authority, into the service of the United States: *Provided, however,*Proviso.
That no allowance shall be made to the said Elias Parks for the loss of his account books: And, before he shall be entitled to the payment hereby directed to be made, he shall produce, to the accountingSatisfactory proof that the goods were in the boat, &c. officers, satisfactory proof that the goods, for the loss of which he claims, were in the boat, and that the price at which they are charged is just and reasonable. Sec. 2. Appropriation. *And be it further enacted, *That the amount of the aforesaid claim, when ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, December 29, 1820. 254