“House bill (No. 426) ‘ for the relief ofthe legal representatives of Lieutenant Francis Ware.’

The bill provides that it appears from the books in the Register’s office of the Treasury Department, that there is now outstanding and unpaid in favor of Lieutenant Francis Ware, deceased, a final settlement certificate for commutation pay for the sum of $251 10 No. 92,816, that the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be published, for the space of two weeks, in two of the weekly papers of the city of Washington, a notice that he has been directed to pay said ” final settlement certificate,” and calling upon any person or persons who may own said certificate to produce it to him for payment; and if, at the expiration of three months from the date of said notice, no person or persons shall present it for payment, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the amount of said certificate, No. 92,816, with interest on the same, at the rate of three per centum, from January 1, 1791, to January 1, 1832, to the heir or heirs-at-law of said Lieutenant Francis Ware; provided, that before such payment shall be made, the said heir or heirs, as the case shall be, shall execute a bond, payable to the United States, in double the amount to be paid, with two good and sufficient securities, conditioned to indemnify the Government of the United States against the legal claim of any person or persona for the payment of said “final settlement certificate for commutation pay,” alleged to be lost or destroyed.

The report was then read; and the bill was laid aside to be reported to the House, with a recommendation that it pass.”

Reference Data:

The Congressional Globe, by United States Congress, Blair, J.C. Rives and F. Rives, 1854, page 1869