Private Law 18–LXXXVIII

That the Third Auditor of the Treasury ascertain (by the best evidence the nature of the case will admit, the rules for

Value of certain property owned by him to be ascertained.

taking of which he shall prescribe,) the value (at the time of seizure,) of the property owned by Gilbert C. Russell, at Mobile Point, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, that was seized by an armed force acting under the orders of Captain De Russey, of the United States’ army.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the said auditor, in like

Also, of labor performed by said Russell towards erection of a fort, &c.

manner, ascertain the value of the labor performed, by the said Gilbert C. Russell, towards the erection of a fort at Mobile Point; whether the same was in erecting barracks, or in preparing materials for the further prosecution of the works at that place; and that the said auditor report the amounts, so ascertained, to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is authorized and directed to pay the same to the said Russell, out of any

To be paid.

money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.