Thirtieth Congress,
thiFirst Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain whether the lead exacted of John P. B. and Henry Gratiot, as rent, by the United States agents of lead mines, was mined and smelted within the territory and upon the lands of the Ottawa,—Pottowatomie, Chippewa, or other tribes of Indians; and, if so, to ascertain the amount, or value, so paid to said agents for the United States by said Henry and John P. B. Gratiot, and, after deducting the amount appearing on the books of the Treasury, or found to be really due from said Gratiots, or either of them, to the United States, to pay the balance, if any, to John P. B. Gratiot and ^to^ the legal representatives of Henry Gratiot, deceased, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.