Chapter XCI. *for the relief of Jesse Smith and others.* June 14, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed Certain accounts to be investigated and settled.to apply on the judgments and notes mentioned in schedules A and B, that accompany the report of N
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Chap. XCI.— An Act *for the relief of Jesse Smith and others.* June 14, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed Certain accounts to be investigated and settled.to apply on the judgments and notes mentioned in schedules A and B, that accompany the report of N. S. Benton, the United States attorney for the northern district of New York, dated December third, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, and addressed to the Solicitor of the Treasury, the official notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts given by Thomas Tupper, late assistant deputy quartermaster-general, held and possessed by the persons against whom judgments have been recovered as mentioned in schedule A, and held and possessed by the persons mentioned in schedule A, and held and possessed by the persons mentioned in schedule B, against whom the United States hold notes given for property purchased at Sackett’s Harbor, provided said Secretary shall be satisfied that said notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts, were given for work and labor done and performed in the erection of barracks at Sackett’s Harbor, or for materials furnished for that object, or for other expenditures in the Quartermaster’s Department, and re-main unpaid.
And the said Secretary is authorized to investigate the consideration of said notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts, so given by said Tupper, if he shall deem such investigation necessary to protect the United States against imposition and fraud, giving to the party interested reasonable notice of the time and place for taking testimony. If the sums found due to each person, respectively, be equal to, or greater than the judgment or judgments recovered against him without cost, then such judgment or judgments is to be discharged by said Secretary, in a case where said due bills were purchased after suit was commenced; and in such case the costs against the defendants shall be considered and taken, in settling said judgment, as a part there-of.
And if the sum found due to any person mentioned in schedule B, on notes, due bills, drafts, or accountable receipts given by the said Tupper as aforesaid, be equal to, or greater than such indebtedness to the United States, then the said Secretary is directed to cancel the said debt to the United States, by applying thereto the sum so found due: Proviso.*Provided,* That no such application shall be made in any case where the applicant purchased the due bills, drafts, notes, or accountable re-TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 92, 93, 94. 1836.635ceipts, signed by said Tupper as aforesaid, after suit was commenced, until said applicant shall have paid the costs when suit is commenced. And in all instances where the United States have charged interest on the debt due to the United States, interest is to be computed on the claims of such person for a corresponding period. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the said Secretary be directed to make the like credit upon a judgment, or note, against a surety, as he shall make on a judgment, or note, against the proper principal.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the judgments recoveredJudgments to remain uncollected for one year.Proviso. remain uncollected for one year, to enable the claimants to obtain the benefit of this act, and that the suits be continued for that period, for the like purpose: *Provided,* The sureties file their written consent to said indulgence with the Solicitor of the Treasury within one month after the approval of this act by the President. Approved, June 14, 1836. Chapter XCII: for the relief of Henry Darling. 6 Stat. 635 1836-06-14 Chapter XCII Charles C.
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- Chapter XCI*for the relief of Jesse Smith and others.* June 14, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed Certain accounts to be investigated and settled.to apply on the judgments and notes mentioned in schedules A and B, that accompany the report of N
- Chapter XCII*for the relief of Henry Darling.* June 14, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Henry Darling, of Bucksport,Payment of a moiety of a certain forfeiture. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
- Chapter XCIII*for the relief of Joseph Gresham.* June 14, 1836. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Joseph Gresham, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,Payment to him of a certain forfeiture. one hundred and five dollars, being the forfeiture retained on a cont
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