The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-03-30
PUBLIC, No. 4.

AN ACT for the relief of the sufferers by
the fire in the city of New York.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States of A.
mcriea IN Congress assembled, That the
collector of the port of New York, be and
he is hereby, authorized, as he may deem
hest calculated to secure tie interest of the
United States, o.cause to be extended with
the assent of the sureties thereon to all per-
sons who have suffered loss of property by
the confagration at that place, on the six
ieen,h day of December last, by the burning
of ther buildings or merchandise, the time
Of payment of all bonds heretofore given by
them for duties, to periods not exceeding
three, four, and five years in equal install
meats from and after the day of payment
specified in the bonds or to allow the said
bonds TO he cancelled, upon giving to the
said collector new bonds with one or more
surctics, to the satisfaction Of the said col
lecior, for the sums Of the former bonds,
respectively, payable in equal instalments
in three, four, aud five years, from and af-
ter the day of payment specified in the bonds
to he taken up or cancelled MS aforesaid +;
und the said collector is hereby authorized
and directed to give up, or cancel all such
bonds upon the receipt of others described
in this section; which last mentioned bonds
shall be proceeded with, in all respects, like
other bonds which are taken by collectors
fo- duties to the United States, and shall
have the same force and validity: PrOuided,
That those who are within the provision of
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bonds subsequent to the late fire, shall also
be entitled 10 the benefit of this section, and
that the said bonds shall he renewed from
the day when the same were paid, and said
payments refunded, if not previously put in
to bank to the credit of the Treasurer OF
the United States. Ind proridtd also,
That the benefits of this section shall not be
extended to any person whose loss snail no,
he proved to the satisfaction of the collector,
to have exceeded the sum of one thousacd
dollars.
SECTION .. Ind be it further enacted,
That the collector of the port of New York,
is hereby authorized and directed to extend
the payments in the manner prescribed in
the first section of this act, of all other bonds
given for duties at the port of New York,
prior to the late fire, and not provided for
in the first section as aforesaid, for six, nine,
and twelve months, from aud after the date
Of payment specified in the bonds; which
bonds, when executed agreeably to the pro-
visions Of this section, shall be payable with
interest, mt the rate of five per centum per
annum, which interest, shall be computed
from the times the respective bonds would
have fallen due, if this act had not passed
Prorided hocerer, That nothing contained
in this act, shall extend to bonds which had
fallen due before he Eth day of december
last: Proyided also, That if in the opinion
of the collector aforesaid, any of the bond.
which may be given under this net or the
payment of which may be postponed, shal
at any time be insecure, it shall be the dut,
of the said collector to require such additi.
onal security as shall be satisfactory to him
and on the failure of such additional secur.
ity being furnished, the payment of sucl
bond shall be enforced forthwith.