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The
COMMITTEE to whom was referred the
MEMORIAL of MR. P. LANDAIS,
REPORT,
THAT they have examined the claims and accounts of Mr.P. Landais, late captain of the frigate Alliance; and that there appears to have been due to Mr. Landais, on the 6th of January, 1781, when he went out of service, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and five tenths, for expenses and subsistence, exclusive of monies received by him of doctor Franklin, for which he hath accounted. Which sum with the interest thereon to the 6th day of May, 1785, amounts to seven hundred and fifty six dollars and five-tenths; and the committee are of opinion should be paid to Mr. Landais in specie.
The committee farther report, that there was due to Mr. Landais, for his pay as a captain in the navy, on the said 6th January, 1781, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars, which together with interest thereon, to the 6th day of May, 1785, amounts to two thousand two hundred and sixty-either dollars. This sum the committee are of opinion should be paid to Mr. Landais, in the manner in which foreign officers have usually been paid, viz. One fifth part thereof in specie, and the remainder by funding it on the public credit.
The committee farther report, that Mr. Landais, by a resolve of Congress of the sixth March, 1779, was allowed the sum of twelve thousand livres as a gratuity for his services in transporting military stores to America. Which sum was ordered to be paid immediately to Mr. Landais, in France; and for which he stands credited in the treasury books twenty four hundred dollars. The committee find that Mr. Landais has been ever desirous of receiving the said gratuity, but it hath not been paid to him; whereupon they are of opinion that the same, with the interest thereon from the date of the resolve, to the 6th of May, 1785, amounting to three thousand two hundred and eight-eight dollars, be paid in specie to Mr. Landais.
With respect to Mr. Landais's claims relative to prize carried into France, Holland and Norway, as that business is unsettled, the committee conceive, that Congress will not at present decide on the claims of Mr. Landais, on that subject. Whereupon they submit the following resolves.
RESOLVED, That the board of treasury take order to pay to Mr. Peter Landais, on the 6th day of May 1785, four thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and one tenth, that sum being the amount of a gratuity allowed him by a resolve of Congress of the 6th day March, 1779, with the interest thereof from that date to the 6th day of May aforesaid, added to the amount of his extra expences, subsistence, and one fifth part of his pay as a captain in the navy while in public service, with the interest thereon from the 6th day of January, 1781, to the 6th day of May aforesaid.
RESOLVED, That the commissioner for settling the accounts of the marine department, issue a certificate to Mr. Peter Landais, for eighteen hundred and fourteen dollars and four tenths, bearing an interest of six per cent. and dated the 6th day of May 1785, that sum being the balance of his account for pay, subsistence and extra expences while in public service.