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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 62. 1831.

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For contingencies of the army, ten thousand dollars.

For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

For the armament of the fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixty-eight thou-sand dollars.

For arsenals, ninety-four thousand four hundred dollars.

For the recruiting service, thirty-five thousand six hundred and nine-ty-six dollars, in addition to an unexpended balance of four thousanddollars.

For contingent expenses of the recruiting service, fifteen thousandnine hundred and fifty-two dollars, in addition to an unexpended balanceof five thousand dollars.

To Thomas Fitzgerald, an invalid pensioner, two hundred and eighty-four dollars, twenty-two cents, being arrearages of pension due him bylaw.

For arrearages prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hun-dred and fifteen, five thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of War to pay for medals to be distributedamongst the Indian chiefs, three thousand dollars.

For completing the Mars hill road in Maine , and making bridges onthe same, five thousand' dollars.

For the further extension, and the completion of the walls and em-bankments for conveying water to the works at Harper’s Ferry armory,Virginia, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Approved, March 2, 1831.

Contingencies.Armories.Fortifications._ Ordnance ser-vice.

Arsenals.Recruiting ser-vice.

Thomas Fitz-gerald.

Arrearages.

Medals.

Road in Maine .Harper’s Ferry .

Statute II.

Chap. LXII.— An Act for ike relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United

States , (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That any person who was aninsolvent debtor on or before the first day of January last, and who isindebted to the United States for any sum of money then due, which heis unable to pay, unless such person be indebted as the principal in anofficial bond, or for public money received by him, and not paid over oraccounted for according to law, or for any fine, forfeiture, or penalty,incurred by the violation of any law of the United States , may makeapplication in writing, under oath or affirmation, to the Secretary of theTreasury, for the purpose of obtaining a release or discharge of the saiddebt; which application shall state, as near as may be, the time whenthe applicant became insolvent, how soon thereafter he made known hisinsolvency to his creditors, the cause or causes, and the amount of suchinsolvency; and, also, all the estate, real and personal, which the saidapplicant owned at the time of his insolvency, and the manner in whichsuch estate has been disposed of; and what estate, if any, he has sinceowned, and still owns.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasuryis hereby directed to transmit to the district attorney of the United States for the district or territory within which the said applicant shall reside, a

March 2, 1831.[Expired.]Certain insol-vents to applyfor discharge.

Nature of ap-plication.

Proceedings

thereon.

(a) An act in addition to an act, entitled “ An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of theUnited States , 55 July 14, 1832, ch. 230.

An act to revive and amend ee An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States , 55passed on the 2d day of March, 1831, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the 14th of July, 1832.June 7, 1834, ch. 45.

An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of certain insolventdebtors of the United States , March 2, 1837, ch. 23.

An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of insolvent debtorsof the United States , May 27, 1840, ch. 26.

An act to re-enact and continue in operation the several acts now in force for the relief of insolventdebtors of the United States , January 28, 1843, ch. 20.