bill, bank note, or other note, check, draft, Treasury note, or other valuable security, or effects, belonging to said bank, or deposited in said bank; or, if any person so employed as president, cashier, clerk, or servant, shall fraudulently embezzle, sccrete, or make away with, any money, goods, bond, bill, bank note, or other note, draft, Treasury note, or other valuable security or effects, which he shall have received, or which shall come to his possession or custody by virtue of such employment, every person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five thousan dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shail falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any paper, writing, or instrument, in imitation of, or purporting to be, an indent, certificate of the public stock, or debt, Treasury note, or other public security of the United States, or any letters patent, issued or granted by the President of the United States, or any bill, check, or draft, for money drawn by or on the Treasurer of the United States, or by or on any other public officer or agent of the United States, duly authorized to make, draw, accept, or pay the same, on behalf and for account of the United States; or if any person or per. sons shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any such talse, torged, or counterfeited paper, writing, or instrument, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud the United States, or any body politic or corporate, or any other person or persons whatsoever; or if any person or persons shall falsely alter any indent, certificate of the public stock or debt, Treasury note, or other public security of the United States, or any letters patent, issued or granted by the President of the United States, or any bill, check, or draft for money drawn by or on the Treasurer of the United States, or any other public of ficer or agent of the United States, duly authorized to make, draw, accept, or pay, such bill, check, or draft; or if any person or persons shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true and unaltered, any such falsely altered indent, certificate, Treasury note, or other public security, letters patent, or bill, check, or draft, knowing the same to be falsely altered, with intent to defraud the United States, or any body politic or corporate, or any person or persons whatsoever; every such person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any paper, writing, or instru nent, in imitation of, or purporting to be, any letter of attorney, or other authority or instrument to assign, transfer, sell, or convey, any share or sum in the public stock or debt of the United States, or in the capital stock of the President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of the United States, or to receive any annuity or annuities, dividend or dividends, due or to become due on any such stock or debt; or to receive any pension, prize money, wages, or other debt or sum of money due, or to become due, from the United States; or shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in forging or counterfeiting, the name or names of any of the holders or proprietors of any such public stock or debt, or of any person entitled to any such annuity, dividend, pension, prize-money, wages, or other debt or sum of money, as aforesaid, in or to any such pretended letter of attorney, authority, or instrument; or shall knowingly and fraudulently demand, or endeavor to have or obtain, such share or sum in such public stock or debt, or capital stock of the said bank, or to have any part thereof transferred, assigned, sold, or conveyed, or such annuity, dividend, pension, prize-money, wages, or other debt or sum of money, or any part thereof, to be received or paid, by virtue of any such false, forged, or counterfeited letter of attorney, authority, or instrument; or shall falsely and deceitfully personate any true or real proprietor or holder of such share or sum in such public stock or debt, or capital stock of the said Bank, or any person entitled to such annuity, dividend, pension, prize money, wages, or other debt or sum of money as aforesaid, and thereby transferring, or endeavoring to transfer, such public stock or debt, or capital stock of the said Bank, or receiving, or endeavoring to receive, the money of such true or lawful holder or proprietor thereof, or the money of such person or persons, really and truly entitled to receive such annuity, dividend, pension, prize money, wages, or other debt, or sum of money, as aforesaid, as if such offender were the true and lawful owner thereof, and entitled thereto, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished, by fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any instrument in imitation of, or purporting to be, an abstract or official copy, or certificate of the recording, registry, or enrolment of any ship or vessel, in the office of any collector of the customs of the United States, or a licence to any ship or vessel for carrying on the coasting trade, or fishery or fisheries of the United States, or a certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea-letter, or clearance, granted for any ship or vessel, under the authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or other official document, granted by any collector or other officer of the customs, by virtue of his or their office; or shall falsely alter any abstract, official copy, or certificate, of any recording, registering, or enrolling of any ship or vessel in the office of any collector of the customs of the United States, or any license to any ship or vessel for carrying on the coasting trade or fisheries of the United States, or any certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea-letter, or clearance, granted for any ship or vessel under the authority of the United States, or any permit, debenture, or other official document granted by any collector, or other officer of the customs, by virtue of his or their office; or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited instrument, or any such falsely altered abstract, official copy, certificate, license, pass, passport, sea-letter, clearance, permit. debenture, or other official document as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, or falsely altered, with an intent to defraud the United States, or any other body politic or corporate, or person whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding three years.

Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of the gold or silver coin, which has been, or hereaf

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ter may be, coined at the Mint of the United States, or in the resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin, which, by law, now is, or hereafter may be, made current in the United States; or shall pass, utter, publi lish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any other person, or per sons, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That, if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin, in the resemblance or similitude of any copper coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the Mint of the United States, or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell, as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any other per son or persons, whatsoever; every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding three years.

Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons upon the high seas, or in any arm of the sea, or in any river, haven, creek, basin, or bay, within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the ju risdiction of any particular state, on board any vessel belonging in whole or in part, to the United States, or any citizen or citizens thereof, shall, with a dangerous weapon, or with intent to kill, rob, steal, or to commit a mayhem,or rape, or to perpetrate any other felony, commit an assault on another, such person shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding three thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding three years, according to the aggravation of the offence.

Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That, if any person or persons shall, on the high seas, or within the United States, wilfully and corruptly conspire, combine, and confederate, with any other person or persons, such other person or persons being either within or without the United States, to cast away, burn, or otherwise destroy, any ship or vessel, or to procure the same to be done, with intent to injure any person, or body politic, that bath underwritten, or shall thereafterwards underwrite, any policy of insurance thereon, or on goods on board thereof, or with intent to injure any person, or body politic, that hath lent or advanced, or thereafter shall lend or advance, any money on such vessel, on bottomry or respondentia, or shall, within the United States, build or fit out, or aid in building or fitting out, any ship or vessel, with intent that the same shall be cast away, burnt, or destroyed, for the purpose or with the design aforesaid, every person, so offending, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be punished by fine, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor, not exceeding ten years.

Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the Mint of the United States, shall be debased, or made worse, as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained, or shall be of less weight or value than the same ought to be, pursuant to the several acts rela tive thereto, through the default or with the connivance of any of the officers or persons who shall be em ployed at the said mint, for the purpose of profit or gain, or otherwise, with a fraudulent intent; and if any of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which shall, at any time, be committed to their charge for the purpose of being coined, or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mint, every such officer or person who shall commit any or either of the said offences, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be sentenced to imprisonment and hard labor for a term not less than one year, nor more than ten years, and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.

Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, nevertheless, That all such acts, and parts of acts, shall be and remain in full force for the punishment of all offences committed before the passing of this act.

Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive the courts of the individual states of jurisdiction, under the laws of the several states, over offences made punishable by this Approved-March 3, 1825.

act.

AN ACT for the relief of Stephen, Arnold, David, and George Jenks, second.

Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury settle and adjust the claim of Stephen, Arnold, David, and George Jenks, second, for the manufacture of three thousand nine hundred and twenty-five muskets, manufactured for the United States, under a contract with Tench Coxe, entered into on the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and to make them such further allowance as shall be equal to that allowed to others, who contracted about the same time,to manufacture arms for the United States, and who have had their accounts settled under special acts of Congress, keeping in view the quality of the arms delivered, with the additional labor bestowed, more than would have been necessary to have made muskets equal to the pattern gun, and such allowance, so made, deducting therefrom such sums, if any, as the claimants are indebted for advances, already made on said contract, with the interest thereon from the twenty sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved-March 3, 1825,

AN ACT for the relief of Walter Story Chandler.

Be it enacted, etc. That the proper officers of the Treasury be hereby authorized and directed to pay to Walter Story Chandler, or to his legal representatives, the amount of principal and interest due on the five following final settlement certificates, which are alleged to have been destroyed while in the possession of the said Walter Story Chandler, viz: Number eighty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-six, dated November first, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, issued to Christopher Henson, amount forty-seven dollars sixty cents, interest from first January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; number eighty-four thousand six hundred and fiftyone, dated first November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, issued to John Gray, amount forty-three

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dollars thirty cents, interest from first January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; number eightyfour thousand four hundred and eighty-nine, dated first March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, issued to Solomon Barret, amount forty-three dollars thirty cents, interest the same as the foregoing; number eightyeight thousand three hundred and twenty-nine, dated first January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, issued to William Lewis, amount, forty-eight dollars forty-one cents, interest the same as the foregoing; number seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-one, issued the eleventh of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, to Thomas Auboney, for one hundred and twenty-three dollars, thirty cents, interest the same as on the foregoing. The same to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said Walter Story Chandler, or his legal representatives, execute a satisfactory security to the Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify the United States against all claims for the future payment of the said certificates to any person whatever.

AN ACT concerning Wrecks on the coast of Florida.

Approved-March 3, 1825,

Be it enacted, etc. That, if any ship or vessel shall, after the passing of this act, be engaged or employed in carrying or transporting any property whatsoever taken from any wreck from the sea, or from any of the keys or shoals within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, to any foreign port or place, every such ship or vessel, so engaged and employed, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States, or territories thereof, having competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all property, of every description whatsoever, which shall be taken from any wreck from the sea, or from any of the keys and shoals within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, shall be brought to some port of entry within the jurisdiction aforesaid.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all and every forfeiture or forfeitures, which shall be incurred by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall accrue one moiety to the informer or informers, and the other to the United States, and may be mitigated or remitted, in manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for miti. gating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and made perpetual by an act passed eleventh of February, one thousand eight hundred.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT to authorize the surveying and opening of a road from Detroit to Chicago, in the state of Illinois.

Be it enacted, etc. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint three Commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from Detroit, in the territory of Michigan, to Chicago, in the state of Illinois: And said Commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States, who, if he approves of said survey, shall sause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the Treasury

of the United States.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents each, for each and every day which they shall be necessarily employed in exploring, surveying, and making said road, and making out the plat and field notes above required: And for the purpose of compensating the said Commissioners and their Assistants, there shall be, and is hereby, appropriated the sum of three thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of Michael McKewen.

Be it enacted, etc. That the Attorney General of the United States be authorized and directed to cause satisfaction in full to be entered upon certain judgments of the United States against Michael McKewen, upon condition that the said Michael McKewen, or his legal representatives, execute a full release of all claims of the said Michael McKewen, for an assignment of an account of John Morris, a wardmaster in the Revolutionary war, for one hundred and seven dollars and forty-four ninetieths, and also for two final settlement certificates, the one of them numbered eighty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four, for eighty dollars, and the other of them numbered eighty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-four, for forty-three dollars and thirty ninetieths, as well as for all other claims of the said Michael McKewen against the United States.

AN ACT for the relief of Reuben Ewing and others.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Agent of the Treasury be empowered and directed to cause that the judg ment recovered in the state of Kentucky against Reuben Ewing and others, the security of William Whitsell, late Regimental Paymaster, be endorsed satisfied, on the payment of sixty dollars, the interest on this sum, and the

costs of suit.

AN ACT for the relief of Rachel McClure.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department settle the account of Wil. liam McClure, deceased, late a soldier in the United States' army, for balance of bounty and monthly pay, due him at the time of his discharge; and that the same be paid to Rachel McClure, widow of said William, and adminis tratrix of his estate, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War issue a warrant to the heirs of said William M'Clure for the bounty land to which their father was entitled by his enlistment and service in the army of the United States.

AN ACT for the relief of William P. Yonge.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted, etc. That there be paid to William P. Yonge, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and thirty-eight dollars, being the amount of extra tonnage duty and light money illegally exacted by the Collector of St. Mary's, of the owners of the British brig Henry, in the year eigh teen hundred and eighteen.

AN ACT for the relief of John Heck.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted, etc. That John Heck be, and he is hereby, released from a judgment obtained against him, as the surety of Nicholas Krehl, late a Postmaster at Shippingsburg, by the Postmaster General, for the use of the United St tes: Provided, That the said Heck shall pay the legal costs which have accrued in the prosecution of said demand.

AN ACT for the relief of John Crain.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted, etc. That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they hereby are, authorized to audit and settle the claim of John Crain, on account of a certificate, No. eight thousand three hundred and fourteen, issued in favor of James Swart, by John Pierce, and dated thirteenth of August, one thousand seven bundred and eighty-four, for one hundred dollars; which certificate has been lost, and appears to be outstanding and unpaid, and to pay to the said John Crain, or his legal representatives, the principal of the said certificate, and so much of the interest as appears to be due thereon, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said John Crain, or his legal representatives, execute and deliver to the Comptroller of the Treasury, a bond of indemnity, in such sum, and with such security, as the said Comptroller may approve. Approved-March 3, 1825,

AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of Frederick Goetz and Charles W. Westfall.

Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department settle and adjust the claim of the representatives of Frederick Goetz and Charles W. Westfall, for the manufacturing of one thousand and nineteen muskets, for the United States, under a contract with Tench Coxe, entered into on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and make them such further allowance as shall be equal to that allowed to others who contracted about the same time to manufacture arms for the United States, and who have had their contracts settled under special acts of Congress, keeping in view the quality of the arms delivered, with the additional labor bestowed, more than would have been necessary to have made muskets equal to the pattern gun; and such allowance, so made, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That, before the representatives of Frederick Goetz and Charles W. Westfall be entitled to receive any money under the provisions of this act, they shall exhibit to the said officers satisfactory proof of their appoint.

ment.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of the Companies of Mounted Rangers, commanded by Captains Boyle and M‘Girth. Be it enacted, &c. That the provisions of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of the Officers, Volunteers, and other persons, engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians," be, and the same are, extended s as to embrace the officers and men who composed two companies of Mounted Rangers, commanded by Captain Thomas H. Boyle and Captain McGirth, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, on the southern frontier of the United States; and the officers and men composing the companies beforementioned shall be entitled to receive all the benefits of said recited act, as those who served in the campaign against the Seminole Indians, and no more.

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AN ACT for the relief of James Lenox and William Maitland, G. B. Abeel, Gulian Ludlow, and Hector Scott. Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to pay to J.Lenox and W. Maitland, G. B. Abeel, Gulian Ludlow, and Hector Scott, the amount of their several debentures, which were issued to the persons above mentioned, in their own rights, or held by them as legal representatives or assignees of persons to whom such debentures were originally issued, by Joshua Sands, when Collector of the customs for the port of New-York for the payment of the drawback of duties on merchandise exported to New Orleans, between the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the tenth day of Febru ary, one thousand eight hundred: Provided, however, That satisfactory proof be first given to the Secretary of the Treasury, that the goods, wares, or merchandise, on which the drawback of duties is hereby allowed, were landed

at New Orleans.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum, not exceeding seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the debentures above mentioned.

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AN ACT for the relief of John M. Moody and Samuel Moody, and Elijah Baily, and others. Be it enacted, &c. That the Collector for the District of Bath be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to John M. Moody and Samuel Moody, owners of a fishing schooner, which was called the Welcome Return, of one hundred and six tons, and to the persons composing the crew of the said vessel, or their legal representatives, the amount of the allowance to which they would have been, by law, severally entitled, if said vessel had returned into port, after completing her fishing term.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Collector of New London, in the state of Connecticut, be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Elijah Bailey, Christopher Lester, Daniel Douglas, and Noyes Barber, owners of a fishing schooner, called the Lucy Anne, of forty-seven tons and twenty-three ninety-fifths of a ton, and the persons composing the crew of the said vessel, or their legal representatives, the amount of the allowance to which they would have been by law severally entitled, if said vessel had returned into port after completing her fishing term. Approved March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of John McLure.

Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to settle, upon principles of equity, the accounts of John McLure, of Virginia, lately engaged as a contractor, in making a road from Cumberland, in Mary land, to the state of Ohio; and that the balance which may be found due to the said John McLure be paid to him out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of Captain Richard Hightower.

Be it enacted, etc. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department admit to the credit of Capt. Richard Hightower, the sum of five hundred dollars, and if that sum shall exceed the amount of his account, or the judgment which the United States have obtained against the said Hightower, that such remaining balance be paid to him, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT for the relief of Gregory Ennis and William R. Maddox.

Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay, out lof any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to Gregory Ennis and William R. Maddox, the sum of three thousand and eighteen dollars and fifty-five cents, in full for a balance due them by the Corporation of Washington, for the graduation and improvement of the circular road round the Capitol Square.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT to authorize the building of ten sloops of war, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, etc. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be built, in addition to the present naval force of the United States, a number of sloops of war; not exceeding ten, to carry not less than twenty guns, each, of such description and weight of metal as the President may direct; and that the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the aforesaid purpose, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be sold, at such time, and in such manner, as he shall judge best for the public interest, the whole, or a part, of the vessels which were purchased under the authority of the act, entitled "An act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of piracy;" also, the whole of the public vessels upon Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Chaplain, except the ships of the line New Orleans and Chippewa, now on the stocks, under cover, at Sackett's Harbor.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of such sales shall be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, to the repairs and building of sloops of War, which have been, or may be, authorized to be built.

Approved-March 3, 1825.

AN ACT authorizing the payment of Interest due to the State of Virginia.

Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the claim of the state of Virginia against the United States, for interest upon loans or moneys borrowed and actually expended by her, for the use and benefit of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in ascertaining the amount of interest, as aforesaid, due to the state of Virginia, the following rules shall be understood as applicable to and governing the case, to wit: First, That interest shall not be computed on any sum which Virginia has not expended for the use and benefit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to Virginia by the United States. Second, That no interest shall be paid on any sum on which she has not paid interest. Third, That, when the principal, or any part of it, has been paid or refunded by the United States, or money placed in the hands of Virginia for that purpose, the interest on the sum or sums so paid or refunded, shall cease, and not be considered as chargeable to the United States, any longer than up to the time of the repaymen as aforesaid.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the amount of the interest, when ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved-March 3, 1825.