Private Law 16–XXX

That the proper accounting officers of the treasury

Claim to be settled.

department be authorized to audit and settle the claim of the heirs and legal representatives of Nicholas Vreeland, deceased, on account of a certificate issued to the said Nicholas Vreeland, on the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for two hun- SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 31, 32, 33, 34. 1820. dred and forty-five dollars and sixty-six ninetieths, and numbered sixteen hundred and fifty; which certificate is alleged to have been accidentally destroyed, and appears, by the records of the treasury, to be outstanding and unpaid; and to pay to the surviving executors of said deceased, for the use and benefit of the heirs and representatives of the said deceased, the principal of said certificate, and so much of the interest thereof as may remain due thereon: Provided, That the said

Proviso.

surviving executors 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 direct and approve.