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Private Law 14–XXXII
for the relief of Robert Burnside.
Approved March 3, 1817
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Robert Burnside.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be paid to Robert Burnside the nett
Amount paid by him in consequence of a forfeiture, to be refunded.
amount paid by him for the use of the United States, in consequence of a forfeiture incurred by importing certain articles of British merchandise from Liverpool into New Orleans, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and that a sum not exceeding six thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated for this purpose, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, .