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''Fourteenth.'' That all such advances of money as may be made to the said Daniel Vertner towards the supplies to be furnished, pursuant to this contract, and all such sums of money as th commander in chief may be obliged to disburse, in order to procure supplies, in consequence of any failure on the part of the said Daniel Vertner -"- in complying with the stipulations herein contained shall be duly accounted for by him, by way of set off, against the amount of such supplies, and the surplus, if any, repaid to the United States immediately after the expiration of the term of this contract, together with an interest at the rate of siz per centum per annum, from the time of such expiration until the same shall be actually paid. And that if any balance shall, on any settlement of the accounts of the said Daniel Vertner, his executors and administrators, be found to be due to him or them, for or by reason of the rations which shall be supplied, pursuant to this agreement, the same shall  immediately be paid. And that no unnecessary or unreasonable delay, on the part of the officers of the United States, shall be given to the settlement of the accounts of the said Daniel Vertner his executors or administrators.
 
''Fourteenth.'' That all such advances of money as may be made to the said Daniel Vertner towards the supplies to be furnished, pursuant to this contract, and all such sums of money as th commander in chief may be obliged to disburse, in order to procure supplies, in consequence of any failure on the part of the said Daniel Vertner -"- in complying with the stipulations herein contained shall be duly accounted for by him, by way of set off, against the amount of such supplies, and the surplus, if any, repaid to the United States immediately after the expiration of the term of this contract, together with an interest at the rate of siz per centum per annum, from the time of such expiration until the same shall be actually paid. And that if any balance shall, on any settlement of the accounts of the said Daniel Vertner, his executors and administrators, be found to be due to him or them, for or by reason of the rations which shall be supplied, pursuant to this agreement, the same shall  immediately be paid. And that no unnecessary or unreasonable delay, on the part of the officers of the United States, shall be given to the settlement of the accounts of the said Daniel Vertner his executors or administrators.
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AND WHEREAS, by a certain agreement made on the Fourth day of September, 1800 between Samuel Dexter <s>James M<sup>c</sup>Henry</s>, then Secretary of War, and Edward Thomson, of the state of Pennsylvania it was stipulated , that the party of the second part should deposit furnished