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Private Law 15–LXXXV
for the relief of Major Loring Austin and George R. Wells.
Approved April 20, 1818
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Major Loring Austin and George R. Wells.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby
Claim of Major Loring Austin to be settled.
authorized and empowered to compromise and settle, upon such terms as in his discretion shall appear just and reasonable, the claim against Loring Austin, major by brevet in the army of the United States, for six thousand six hundred and seventy-three dollars and ninety cents, on account of nine judgments obtained against the said Major Austin in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, for the arrest, detention, and confinement, of nine persons, to wit: Elisha Dennison, Asa Day, George C. Conant, Thomas Stedman, David Coffeen, John Philips, Willard Seaton, James Goddard, and Uriah H. Orvis, in obedience to an order of the twenty-fifth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, issued to the said Loring Austin by the late Brigadier-General Zebulon Pike, commanding at that time the forces of the United States in and around Sackett’s Harbor.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be also authorized and empowered to compromise and settle, upon such terms as in his discretion shall appear just and reasonable, the claim of the said Major Austin for six hundred and seven dollars and twenty-six cents; the sum, as he alleges, necessarily expended in making defence against the nine suits aforesaid.
Sec. 3.
And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be also authorized and empowered to settle, upon the terms aforesaid, the claim of George R. Wells, of New York, for five thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents, the amount of damages obtained against him by the nine persons aforesaid: And also, the claim of six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and four cents, the necessary costs incurred in defending the nine suits aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the claims FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 89, 93, 95, 96, 99. 1818. aforesaid, when so ascertained, as aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, .