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Private Law 22–XL
for the relief of Edward Livingston.
Approved March 15, 1832
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Edward Livingston.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Third Auditor of the Treasury ascertain the quantity and value of the timber necessarily taken and used from the land of Edward Livingston, at Pass Christian, by the troops of the TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 41, 42, 43. 1832. United States, in the years eighteen hundred and thirteen, eighteen hundred and fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and eighteen hundred and sixteen; computing the said value as the same was, considering the situation of the timber, whether standing or prepared for market; and that the Secretary of the Treasury, on the requisition of the said Auditor, pay the amount so found due to the said Edward Livingston, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided,
Proviso.
The said Auditor shall make no allowance for any time he is not satisfied the said Livingston had a title to said land.
Approved, .