Chapter XLVII. *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to correct a mistake in relation to the payment of money into the treasury awarded to Fortesque Whittle, surviving partner of the firm of Conway and Fortesque Whittle, under the late treaty of indemnity with France.*April 4, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That
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Chap. XLVII.— An Act *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to correct a mistake in relation to the payment of money into the treasury awarded to Fortesque Whittle, surviving partner of the firm of Conway and Fortesque Whittle, under the late treaty of indemnity with France.*April 4, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to correct any mistake which may haveAny mistakes which may have occurred, to be corrected. occurred in the payment into the treasury, to the credit of the United States, of the first, second, third and fourth instalments of money due to Fortesque Whittle, surviving partner of Conway and Fortesque Whittle, by the award of the commissioners appointed to carry into effect the convention with France of the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the said instalments having been considered as the private property of the said Fortesque Whittle, and paid into the treasury to satisfy debts due from the said Fortesque Whittle individually to the United States, whereas the said moneys were the property of the late firm of Conway and Fortesque Whittle, and as such were first liable for the payment of the debts of the said firm:
And the said Secretary isAmount mistakenly paid to be refunded, &c. hereby authorized to pay out of the treasury to the person or persons, legally entitled to receive the same, the sum of eleven thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars and fifteen cents, that being the amount 710 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 48, 49, 50. 1838. so received upon the said instalments and mistakenly paid into the treasury; and in case the said amount, or any part thereof, has been credited upon the books of the department, to be endorsed or otherwise applied upon, the bonds of the said Fortesque Whittle, due to the United States, then the said Secretary is hereby further authorized and directed to recharge the said amount to the said Fortesque Whittle, or otherwise to cancel the credit given to him for such payment.
Approved, April 4, 1838.