tPuBLlc--No. 69.l
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AN ACT authorizing the payment of interest


due to the State of Delaware.


Be enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of H.
nerica in Congress assembled, That, the
proper accounting Officers of the Treasury
Department be, and they are hereby, autho-
rized and directed to liquidate and settle the
claim oe the State of Delaware against the
United States, for interest upon loans or mo-
news born owed, and actually expended by
her, for the use and benefit of the United
States, during the late war with Great Bri-
tain.


SEC. 9. And be il further enacted, That,
in ascertaining the amount of interest as a
foresaid, due to the State of Delaware, the
following rules shall be understood as appli-
cable to, and governing the case, to wit
FIRST. That interest shall not be computed OF
any sum which Delaware has not expended
for the use and benefit of the United States
as evidenced by the amount refunded or re
paid to Delaware by the United States
Second, That no interest shall be paid Oh
any sum on which she has not paid interest
Third, That, when the principal, or an.
part of it, has been paid or refunded by tn,
United States, or money placed in the hand
of Delaware for that purpose, the interest OIL
the sum or sums so paid or refunded, shall
cease and not be considered as chargeable t
the United States, any longer than up to tn
time of the payment as aforesaid.


SEC. 8. Ind be Nturther enacted, Tha
the amount of interest, when ascertained a
aforesaid, shall be paid out of any money il
fthe1 Treasury not otherwise appropriated


JOHN w. TAYLOR,


Speaker of the House of Representatives


JOHN C. CALHOUN,


e-President of the United States, and


President of the Senate.