THATthe Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to ascertain, by the best evidence which the nature of the case will admit of, the value of the houses and other property of George Center, destroyed at Micanopy, Florida, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six, by order of Lieutenant Colonel B. K. Pierce, the commanding Officer at that post, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy; and that the amount so ascertained be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the sum so paid shall not exceed five thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty cents.