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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 130,177,178.1842.
Clerk of thecourt may ap-point a deputy;his powers.
Deputy to takean oath.
Clerk respon-sible for acts ofhis deputy.
Act of Aug. 3,1842, ch. 120.
Constructionof the 1st sectionof the act.
The act to takeeffect from andafter 3d August1842.
1842, ch. 120.
Sum found dueto be paid.
Proviso.
Chap. CXXX. — An Act in relation to the district court for the northern districtof New York. ( b )
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawfulfor the clerk of the district court for the northern district of New York,to appoint a deputy, who, in his absence, may exercise all the officialpowers of the said clerk, at the village of Auburn, in the county ofCayuga, in the said district. And such deputy, before he enters on thedischarge of his duties, shall take the usual oath for the faithful per-formance of his duties as such deputy. And nothing herein containedshall be held to excuse or release the said clerk from legal responsibilityfor acts performed by his said deputy, in behalf of said clerk in theoffice aforesaid.
Approved, August 11, 1842.
Chap. CLXXVII. — An Act explanatory of an act entitled u An act to constitute theports of Stonington , Mystic river, and Pawcatuck river, a collection district.'"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sectionof the act entitled “An act to constitute the ports of Stonington , Mysticriver, and Pawcatuck river, a collection district,” shall be construed inthe same manner it would have been had the words “ from and after thethirtieth day of June next” been wholly omitted in said section.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid act, entitled“An act to constitute the ports of Stonington , Mystic river, and Paw-catuck river, a collection district,” approved August third, eighteenhundred and forty-two, shall take effect in all its provisions, and be inforce as hereby explained, from and after the said third day of August,eighteen hundred and forty-two.
Approved, August 16, 1842.
Chap. CLXXVIII. — An Act authorizing the settlement and payment of certainclaims of the State of Alabama .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ofWar be, and hereby is, directed to audit and adjust the claims of theState of Alabama , under such laws and regulations as have heretoforegoverned the Department in auditing and allowing the claims of theStates on the United States , for moneys advanced and paid by said Statefor subsistence, supplies, and services of local troops called into serviceby and under the authorities of said State, but not mustered into theservice of the United States , and for provisions and forage furnished thefriendly Indians during the Creek and Seminole hostilities, in the yearseighteen hundred and thirty-six and eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,in all cases in which the payment was for subsistence, supplies, service,provisions, and forage, which would have been paid for under existinglaws and regulations, if such troops had been mustered into the serviceof the United States , and the provisions and forage had been furnishedby an agent of the United States ; and that the sum so found due to saidState be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-priated-. Provided, That, in auditing and adjusting said claims, dulyauthenticated copies of papers which have been lost or destroyed, upondue proof of such loss or destruction, shall be received as evidence.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be,