Chapter XXXI. for the relief of William Edwards and John G
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Chap. XXXI.— An Act for the relief of William Edwards and John G. Stubbs. April 3, 1818. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the accounting officers of the treasury departmentAccounts for surveying to be settled. be, and they are hereby, directed, on equitable principles, to audit and settle the accounts of William Edwards and John G. Stubbs, for the respective expenses incurred under contracts entered into between Edward Tiffin, surveyor-general of the United States, and the said William Edwards and John G.
Stubbs, on the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, for surveying lands in the Illinois territory; and the amount found to be due on such settlement shall be paid, respectively, to the said William Edwards and John G. Stubbs, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : *Provided,* That the sum so to be allowed shall not exceed sixProviso. hundred dollars in either case : *And provided further,* That no allowanceProviso. shall be made to them, or either of them, for personal services by them rendered.
Approved, April 3, 1818.