Aug. 14, 1848.
1814, ch. 68.
Chap. CLXXIV. — An Act supplementary to "An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to liquidate certain
Claims therein mentioned," passed eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred
and fourteen.
Secretary of State to examine, according to principles of equity, the claim of Joseph
De la Francia.
1814, ch. 68.
Amount found due to be paid him.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, directed to examine, according to
principles of equity and justice, the claim of Joseph De la Francia for advances made,
for the use and benefit of the United States, prior to and since the taking of that portion of the late province of West Florida described in the act (approved
eighteenth April, eighteen hundred and fourteen) to which this is a supplement, as
included within the limits of the State of Louisiana, or of the Mississippi Territory, by the United States; and that such sum of money
as he may find to be justly
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due to the said De la Francia be paid to him, or his legal representatives, 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, 736-37