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Statute I.March 31,1826.
[Obsolete.]
Certain claimsdescribed in tbesupplementaryreport of thecommissionersof the westerndistrict of Lou-isiana , confirm-ed.
1816, ch. 159.
Statute I.April 5, 1826.
[Obsolete.]Sums respect-ively appropri-ated for thenavy, for 1826.
Pay and sub-sistence of pettyofficers and sea-men, &c.
Provisions.
Medicines, &c.
Repairs, &c.of vessels.
To be paidfrom the trea-sury.
Proviso.
Proviso.
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vided, also, That nothing in this section shall be construed to extend tobalances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes, receivedby such person to be expended in the public service ; but in all caseswhere the salary or pay of any person is withheld in pursuance of thisact, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by theparty, his agent or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Trea-sury Department the balance due, and it shall be the duty of the saidagent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced againstsuch delinquent and his sureties.
Approved, March 25, 1826.
Chap. XVIII .—An Act to confirm the supplementary report of the commissionersof the western district of Louisiana .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the claims marked B,described in the supplementary report of the commissioners of the west-ern district of the state of Louisiana , dated the 11th of May, one thousandeight hundred and fifteen, and recommended by them for confirmation.,be, and the same are hereby, confirmed in the same manner, and underthe same restrictions, as the report, to which this was supplementary, wasconfirmed, by the act of the twenty-ninth of April, one thousand eighthundred and sixteen.
Approved, March 31, 1826.
Chap. XXI .—An Ad to provide for the employment of an additional naval force.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and they are hereby, respectively appropriated, for defraying the expensesof the navy for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, inaddition to the sums heretofore appropriated by law for that object, thatis to say:
For pay and subsistence of petty officers, and for pay of seamen, otherthan those at navy yards, shore stations, and in ordinary, sixty-six thou-sand eight hundred and ninety-seven dollars.
For provisions, forty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-eightdollars.
For medicines and hospital stores, four thousand dollars.
For repairs, and wear and tear of vessels, ninety thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriationshereby made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not other-wise appropriated: Provided, however, That no money appropriated, bythis act, shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is inarrears to the United States , until such person shall have accounted for,and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable : Pro-vided, further, That nothing in this section contained shall extend tobalances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes receivedby such person to be expended in the public service, but in all caseswhere the pay or salary of any person is withheld in pursuance of thisact, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by theparty, his agent or attorney, to report forthwith, to the agent of the Trea-sury Department , the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the saidagent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced againstsuch delinquent and his sureties.
Approved, April 5, 1826.