CHAP. 161.-AN ACT for the settlement of the accounts of Silas Deane. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Proviso relative commissions. assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Certain accounts Department be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and to be settled. settle the accounts of Silas Deane arising under a contract with the committee of secrecy of Congress, dated the nineteenth of February, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, and under his appointments as commercial and political agent, and afterwards as commissioner in France: Provided, That the commission of five per cent. specified in said contract, be allowed on the to the allowance of sum of two hundred thousand dollars, only; and that on all purchases or supplies furnished by Mr. Deane beyond that sum, a commission of two and a half per centum, and no more, be allowed; and further, that no commissions be allowed on any purchases or supplies made or contracted for by him, subsequent to the twenty-eighth day of December, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, the day on which he commenced the discharge of his duties as an ambassador: And provided further, That the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, ordered to be paid said Deane for his attendance on Congress, by a resolution of that body of the twenty-sixth of August, seventeen hundred allow ed, how. and seventy-nine, be allowed as payable in paper money, and not in specie; and the sum found due shall be paid to the heirs at law of the said Deane, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said sum shall not exceed the sum found due to the said Silas Deane by a report of the Treasury Department to the Senate made in pursuance of a resolution of the twenty-sixth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Approved, August 11th, 1842, Further proviso: sum ordered to be paid for attendance on Congress, to be Sum due, to be paid to his heirs at law. Proviso limiting the amount. CHAP. 162.-AN ACT for the relief of George W. Paschal. as indemnity for discharge of an of [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That George W. Paschal be, and hereby is, allowed Allowed $287 50, the sum of two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, responsibilities & to indemnify him in full for responsibilities and losses incurred losses incurred in by him, in consequence of the discharge of an official act in the ficial act. destruction of a quantity of whiskey intended for the Cherokee Indians, and owned by Robert Kirkham, pursuant to an order of General John E. Wool, h commanding officer; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 11th, 1842. Amount of penalty ture bonds to be refunded.** CHAP. 163.-AN ACT for the relief of Robert Miller. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, of certain deben- authorized and required to refund to Robert Miller, of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, the amount of the penalty of two debenture bonds, executed by him and James Macbeth, running to the United States, dated March seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, which amount he has paid to the United States: Provided, That the said Miller shall prove to the satis faction of the said Secretary, by competent evidence, that the merchandise named in said bonds was re-exported from the United States, and not relanded therein within the period required by law to entitle them to the benefits of debenture. Approved, August 11th, 1842. Proviso. To be released bond executed by all further de ies on payment CHAP. 164.-AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Solicitor of the Treasury of the United from the obliga. States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to release on of a certain Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins from the obligation of a them; and from bond executed by them to the United States, April fourteenth, mmands upon them eighteen hundred and forty-one, conditioned for the payment growing out of their indebtedness of seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars fortyto the U. S., as nine cents; and from all further demands upon them growing principals or sure. certain out of their indebtedness to the United States, as principals or sureties, on certain bonds for payment of duties, which bonds were secured by a deed of trust conveying lands of the said Thomas and Ralph to the United States, bearing date December twenty-six, eighteen hundred and seventeen, the said Thomas and Ralph having paid to the United States the principal of said bonds: Provided, That the said Thomas and Ralph shall first release the United States and all persons holding the said lands under a quit claim from the United States from all claims against them for any liability by reason of the trustship or agency of the United States in respect to said lands or any part thereof from any person whatever. Proviso, Approved, August 11th, 1842. CHAP. 165. AN ACT for the relief of Hezekiah L. Thistle. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress To be paid $75 assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, as food by the U. authorized and directed to pay to Hezekiah L. Thistle, the sum of seventy-five dollars, in compensation for a horse owned by for a horse used troops. him, which was killed and used as food, by the troops of the United States, on their march through Florida, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 11th, 1842. CHAP. 166. AN ACT for the relief of Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher and Peter Bloom. Proviso: this confirmation only [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal Certain land cor representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and firmed to them. Peter Bloom, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in and to two tracts of land in the State of Missouri, to wit: One tract of four hundred arpens, about six miles from Mine a la Motte, the plat of which is in the land office at Jackson; and another tract of twelve hundred arpens, situated on the waters of Grand or Big River, a plat of which to be produced by them; the claims of the persons aforesaid to these tracts of land having been recommended for confirmation by the commissioners appointed under the "Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri," approved the ninth day of July, one thousand eighthundred and thirty-two, in their report dated the twenty-seventh of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-threė : Provided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States to the said tracts of land, and is not intended to affect or interfere with the rights of other persons claiming title thereto; but in the case of the existence of other legal title to said tracts of land, or to any part land, S. Butcher, thereof derived from the United States, by pre-emption or other and the heirs and right, then the said Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal tives of B. and M. representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Bloom, may locate Peter Bloom, be, and they hereby are, authorized to locate a other land. quantity of land equal to that which may have been so taken up from out said claims by virtue of pre-emption or other rights derived from the United States, in legal divisions and sub-divisions, not less than half sections, on any of the unlocated lands of the United States in the State of Missouri, now subject to entry at private sale; for which the proper officer of the Government is hereby authorized and directed to issue patents, on the production of a certificate of the register of the land office within whose district such location may be made. Approved, August 11th, 1842.. a relinquishment and not to affect the rights of others. In case of other legal title to said legal representa To be paid $3, sustained in conse- CHAP. 167.-AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Richard [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers be, and they 206 09, for losses hereby are, directed to pay to Richard T. Banks, of the State of Arkansas, the sum of three thousand two hundred and six dolcontracts with Go- lars and nine cents, to remunerate him for the actual losses he sustained in consequence of three contracts he made with the Government to supply provisions for the use of Indians expected to emigrate from the eastern to the western side of the river Mississippi, agreeably to treaty stipulations between them and the United States, but who failed to emigrate. vernment. Appropriation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of money be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 11th, 1842. CHAP. 168.-AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Kleiss. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress • To be paid $83 assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Daniel 52 for services. Kleiss out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighty-three dollars and fifty-two cents, as compensation for his service in the gang of armorers at Key West, from the third of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, to the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. Approved, August 11th, 1842. CHAP. 169.-AN ACT for the relief of Isabella Hill, widow, and John Hill, [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-. presentatives of the United States of America in Congress To be allowed assembled, That there be allowed and paid to Isabella Hill, 9640, paid by S. widow, and John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel Hill, childwhich they were ren and minor heirs of Samuel Hill, late of the county of Monsion of the Su- roe, and State of Illinois, deceased, or their legal representatives, preme Court of Il- out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not ejected by a deci otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred and forty dollars the amount of consideration money paid by the said Samuel Hill to the United States in his lifetime, for three hundred and twenty acres of land, purchased at the land office at Kaskaskia, in said State, from which said tract of land the said Isabella Hill, widow, and the said John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel Hill, children and minor heirs of the Samuel Hill, 1 deceased, were ejected (the said Samuel Hill having died during to be paid and dis SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of Said money, how money be paid to Isabella Hill, widow, as aforesaid, for herself, tributed. and as guardian for the said minor heirs of the said Samuel Hill, deceased, to be accounted for and distributed among the said persons concerned, according to the laws of Illinois, in cases of the distribution of the personal property of such persons as die intestate in said State. Approved, August 11th, 1842. CHAP. 170.-AN ACT for the relief of George Sheffler. Pension of [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be placed on the roll of invalid pensioners per month allowthe name of George Sheffler, and that said Sheffler be paid at the rate of four dollars per month, from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Approved, August 16th, 1842. CHAP. 171.—AN ACT granting a pension to Mary Johnson. Pension of $20 allowed. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Mary Johnson on the roll of revo- year, for 5 years, lutionary pensioners, and pay her, at the rate of twenty dollars per year, for five years, according to the provisions of the act of the seventh of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, granting pensions to certain widows. Approved, August 16th, 1842. CHAP. 172.-AN ACT for the relief of John Jorden. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be directed to place the name of John Jorden, of Tompkins county, in the State of month allowed. Pension of $ € |