Expenses of Camanches, &c. of the appropriation. the two former tribes, viz. 'the Sac and Fox, and Winnebagoes, six thousand two hundred dollars. For this sum in addition to the appropriation per act of treating with the eighteen hundred and thirty-five, for the expenses of treating with the Camanches and other wild tribes of the Western tribes, eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars fifty-five cents: ProProviso relative vided, That no part of the money appropriated by this act, shall to the application be applied to the payment of any salary or other compensation to, or on account of, any officer or office, unless the same has been created by law or treaties, or is specifically provided for in the appropriations in this act: Provided, further, That the limiting the allow-commissioners appointed to negotiate treaties with the Indian sioners to negoti- tribes shall not be allowed more than ten cents per mile for traate with Indians. velling on the most direct route to and from his residence to the place of making the treaties, and eight dollars per day while engaged in making said treaties. Further proviso ances to commis Approved, July 17th, 1842. of certain lots at ter the same. Terms. CHAP. 65.-AN ACT granting a right of pre-emption to certain lots in the town of Perrysburg, in the State of Ohio. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Purchasers, &c., assembled, That each purchaser, his or her heirs or assigns, of tax sales may en- any lot or lots in the town of Perrysburg, in the State of Ohio, at any sale for taxes thereon assessed by the laws of the State, the title to which has not been divested from the United States in any other manner than under color of such tax sale, shall have the right to enter the same at any time within one year from the passage of this act, at the land office in the district within which said town is situated, at the price for which the same was or were struck off at the public sale of lots in said town, held at the town of Wooster, in July, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, with interest from that date; and on making such entry, and paying for such lot or lots, as aforesaid, Patents to issue, patents shall issue for the same, in the manner they are issued for other land sold by the United States: Provided, however, Proviso: rights That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect or not affected, and prejudice the rights of third persons to any such lot or lots, or U. S. not to be to hold the United States to any warranty of title purporting to ranty of title. be conveyed by said patents. when. of third persons held to any war Approved, July 27th, 1842. CHAP. 66.-AN ACT to regulate the value to be affixed to the pound sterling by the Treasury Department. ing to be comput [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all payments by or to the Treasury, whe- The pound sterlther made here or in foreign countries, where it becomes neces-ed at $4 84. sary to compute the value of the pound sterling, it shall be deemed equal to four dollars and eighty-four cents, and the same rule shall be applied in appraising merchandise imported where the value is by the invoice in pounds sterling. Acts, &c., inconsistent here SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with these provisions, be and the same are with repealed. hereby repealed. Approved, July 27th, 1842. CHAP. 67.—AN ACT making appropriation for the repair of the custom house in Providence. pairs limited to [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized Expense of reand directed to cause the custom-house at the port of Provi- $1,000. – dence, in the State of Rhode Island, to be repaired, at an expense not exceeding one thousand dollars; and that the sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated therefor. Approved, July 27th, 1842. CHAP. 68.—AN ACT to amend "An act for altering the time of holding the district court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania at Williamsport," approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and forty. changed to the October. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the October term of the district court of the Time of holding United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, which is the October term now directed to be holden at Williamsport, in Lycoming first Monday in county, on the third Monday of October in each year, shall hereafter commence and be holden on the first Monday of October in each and every year; and all process, pleadings, motions, suits, and business heretofore begun, pending and undetermined, or which may hereafter be commenced or instituted, prior to the next October term, shall be held returnable and be returned to the first Monday of October next. Approved, July 27th, 1842. · Process, &c., returnable 1st Octo ber next. bounty land war unsatisfied, may CHAP. 69.—AN ACT to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands, for military services in the late war with Great Britain, and for other purposes. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Persons to whom assembled, That in all cases of warrants for bounty lands for rants were issued, military services in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve which now remain with Great Britain, which remain unsatisfied at the date of this enter land, &c, act, it shall be lawful for the person in whose name such warrant shall have issued, his heirs or legal representatives, to enter at the proper land office in any of the States or Territories in which the same may lie, the quantity of the public lands subject to private entry to which said person shall be entitled in virtue of such warrant in quarter sections: Provided, Such rants to be located Warrants shall be located within five years from the date of this Proviso: war within 5 years. Acts of 27th Janu tinued for 5 years. act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms prescribed ary, 1835, con- for the issuing warrants by the Secretary of the Department of War, under the act entitled, "An act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants during the late war, " and under the act entitled "An act to extend the time of issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army," both of which acts were approved January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, be, and the same are hereby, respectively, renewed and continued in force for the term of five years from and after Cases not final- the date of this act; and all cases which shall not, within the ly disposed of time aforesaid, be finally disposed of, shall be thereafter for ever barred from the benefits of all claim to bounty land for services performed within the spirit and meaning of said acts: Provided, That warrants issued under the provisions of this section may be located as is provided for warrants under the first section Further proviso: of this act: And provided further, That the certificate of locacertificates of lo- tion obtained under the provisions of this act, shall not be assignable, but the patent shall in all cases issue in the name of the person originally entitled to the bounty land, or to his heirs or legal representatives. within that time, forever barred. Proviso: warrants to be located how. cation not assigna ble. Approved, July 27th, 1842. To be paid $1114 1839. CHAP. 70.—AN ACT for the relief of James Morrow and Jonathan Tipton. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress 57, with interest assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to James from 26th October, Morrow and Jonathan Tipton, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eleven hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty-seven cents, with interest thereon from the twenty-sixth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirtynine, until the passage of this act, as indemnity for the recovery of damages and costs had against them for a supposed trespass Proviso: payment not to be committed while acting, as they have alleged, under the order of the commanding general, in the military service of the United States: Provided, however, That the same shall not be paid until the Secretary of War shall have made examination, and made until, &c. reports to the Secretary of the Treasury that, in his opinion, the said Morrow and Tipton incurred said liability while acting in obedience to a military duty imposed on them while in the public service, and that, in his opinion, they have a just and equitable claim to indemnity from the Government. Approved, July 27th, 1842. CHAP. 71.-AN ACT for the relief of Henry J. Defrees and Stephen Jenny. SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Henry J. Defrees and Stephen Jenny, the Released from a only surviving sureties in a bond executed by them, together bond executed by with sundry other persons, in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen, on behalf of John B. Fanning, then a purser in the United States navy, and to secure the faithful performance of his duty as such, be, and they are hereby, released and discharged from said bond. Approved, July 27th, 1842. them. CHAP. 72.-AN ACT for the relief of Joshua Atwood, jr. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector of the port of Barnstable, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to Joshua Atwood, jr. and the other owners, officers, and crew of the schooner Abelino, of seventy-one and twenty ninety fifths tons burden, which was lost at sea, to be distributed according to law, the same sum they would have been entitled to receive, as bounty or drawback, if the said schooner had completed her fishing term, and returned to port. Approved, July 27th, 1842. CHAP. 73.-AN ACT for the relief of Joseph J.Martin. [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, To be paid a requested to place the name of Joseph J. Martin, of the State of pension of $8 per Tennessee, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Approved, July 27th, 1842. month. 186 50, J. Barnes' covered by the U. S. CHAP. 74.-AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress To be paid $2,- assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is distributive share hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of a judgment re- not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of John Barnes, deceased, late a collector of customs for the district of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, two thousand one hundred and eighty six dollars and fifty cents, in full for his distributive share of a judgment recovered by the United States against Robert Beverly, Josias M. Speake, and Robert Ober, on a bond executed by them to the United States, bearing date the fourteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and eight, in the penal sum of eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars, conditioned that the same should be void, if a vessel called the "Acteor" should not proceed to a foreign port, &c. Approved, July 27th, 1842. discharged from of certain propo CHAP. 75.-AN ACT for the relief of Jabez L. and Asa White, of the State of Connecticut. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Released and assembled, That Jabez L. White and Asa White be, and they all claims and lia- are hereby, released and discharged from all claims and liabilibilities on account ties on account of their proposals, made to the Postmaster Gensals made by them eral in the month of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, for conveying the mail on post routes numbered four hundred and thirty-five and four hundred and thirty-six, from Hartford to New London, in the State of Connecticut; said proposals having been made under a misapprehension as to the character of the service required to be performed. for carrying the mail. Approved, July 27th, 1842. act 7th July, 1838, CHAP. 76.-AN ACT for the relief of Sarah Besly, widow of William Besly, deceased, and, previous thereto, widow of Doctor Henry Adams. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress To be allowed assembled, That Sarah Besly, widow of William Besly, and, the benefit of the previous thereto, of Doctor Henry Adams, a surgeon in the in the same man army of the Revolution, be placed on the pension roll, and that ner as if she had she be allowed the benefit of the act of July seventh, eighteen second time. hundred and thirty-eight, in the same manner, form, and extent, as if she had never married the second time, and had been the widow of said Doctor Henry Adams on the passage of said act. Approved, July 27th, 1842. not married the |