Aug. 14, 1848.
Chap. CXCVII. — An Act for the Relief of John P. B. Gratiot and the legal Representatives of Henry
Gratiot.
Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain the value of certain lead illegally exacted
from John P. B. Gratiot and others as rent by the agents of United States, and after
deducting therefrom the amount which may be due the United States, to pay the balance
to said Gratiots.
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, Pottawatomie, Chippewa, or other tribes of Indians; and, if so, to
ascertain the amount, or
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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.
Approved, August 14, 1848.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Private Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 741-42