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f" An act concerning invalid PENSIONS"
passed the third of March, one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen; but the
said fourth section of the said last men,
toned act shall be, and hereby is declares
to be, in full force and effect; any thing
in the said act hereby revived and made
perpetual, TO the contrary notwithstand-
ing,
Sec. Q. ind be it further enacted,
That the right any person now has, or
may hereafter acquire, to receive pen
sion in virtue of any law of the United
States, be considered to commence at
the time of completing his testimony,
pursuant to the act hereby revived and
continued in force.
Sec. 5. ind be it further enacted,
That the agents for the payment of in
valid pensioners of the United States
shall, in future, be required to give bond,
with two or more sureties, to be approved
by the Secretary for the Department of
War, in sum not exceeding FIVE thou
sand dollars, for the faithful discharge OF
the duties con6ded to them, respectively
Washington, May Is, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT for the relief of Angus o. Fraser
and others.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
| and he is hereby, authorized and directed
| to pay, out of any moneys in the Trea-
sury not otherwise appropriated, to An
gus O. Fraser and others who, at the
time of the seizure of the British vessel
Ardent, in or near the river Mississippi,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eleven, by the United States reve-
nue. cutter Louisiana, were officers of the
said cutter, or to their legal representa-
tlves, the sum Of five thousand two hum
dred and thirty -nine dollars and sixty
two cents, in such proportions, as, by
law, they are severaIly entitled to; be-
ing one half of the amount paid into the
Treasury as the United States moiety
of the net proceeds of the said vessel and
cargo, condemned in the district court
of the United States for the district Of
New-Orleans and to which half the
said officers were entitled under the pro-
visions of the " Act to prohibit the i'm
portation of certain goods, wares, or
merchandise" passed on the eighteenth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and six, to be distributed among the said
officers, or their legal representatives.
as provided by the said act.
Washington, May II, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT for the relief of Samuel B. BealI-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States
Of .Hmerica in Congress assembled, That
the proper accounting officers of the
Treasury Department be, and they are
hereby, authorized and directed to pay
to Samuel B. Beall, the amount of two
final settlement certificates, issued to the
said Samuel B. Beall on the first of
February, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty five, for his services as a
lieutenant in the army Of the United
States during the Revolutionary war,
and numbered eighty mine thousand four
hundred and fifty-six, and eighty-nine
thousand four hundred and fifty-seven,
together with interest on the said certi-
ficates, at the rate of six per centum per
annum from the times they bore interest,
respectively, which said certificates we're
lost by the said Samuel B. Beall, and
remain yet outstanding and unpaid=
Provided, That, before payment is
made as aforesaid, the said Samuel B.
Beail shall give bond to the United
States, to be approved of by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, to refund the mo-
ney, should the said certificates hereafter
be presented for payment.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That the sums to be paid, in pursuance
of the first section of this act, shall be-
paid out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Washington, May II, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT fixing the time for the next meeting
of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States
Of america in Congress assembled.
That, after the adjournment of the pre-
sent session, the next meeting of Con-