1836: the debt of the United States, under the act of August fourth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety; and that, after deducting from the amount so ascertained, the sum paid to the legal representatives of said George Hurlbut, under the act of June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four for their relief, the balance be paid to the said legal representatives, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 322. An ACT for the relief of James F. Sothoron. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Amount of loss of That the Third Auditor of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, buildings de- authorized and directed to ascertain the amount of loss sustained certained and by James F. Sothoron, on account of the damage to, and the de stroyed to be as paid. struction of the buildings upon his farms in St. Mary's county, in the State of Maryland, by the enemy, during the late war, in consequence of the military occupation of the said buildings by troops in the service of the United States; and that the amount thereof when so ascertained, be paid to the said James F. Sothoron, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2d, 1836. furnished by him to be paid. CHAP. 323. An ACT for the relief of John M. Gamble. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Value of rations That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to John M. Gamble, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, twenty-five cents for each ration furnished by him to seventeen seamen and four marines, together with six prisoners of war, under his command, when left by Commodore Porter in charge of prizes in the Pacific ocean. during the years eighteen hundred and thirteen, and eighteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, July 2d, 1836. cate a quarter CHAP. 324. An ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Nathaniel [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. Authorize to lo- That the legal representatives of Nathaniel Shaver, deceased, to nection of land in whom a certificate was issued by the recorder of land titles at St. Louis, Missouri, pursuant to the act entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes," approved Missouri. the seventeenth of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, for CHAP. 325. An ACT to refund the duties paid upon the importation of certa a bells. 1836. Bells imported Christ Church, Philadelphia [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 he is hereby, directed Duty paid upos to refund to the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry-men, of by Rector, &c, of Christ Church, in the city of Philadelphia, the amount of duties Phidepan to be which they have paid on the importation of two bells belonging to the said church, one whereof was heretofore exported by the said church from the port of Philadelphia to England, and the other has been cast in England, to supply the place of a broken bell of the said church, also exported as aforesaid. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 326. An ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Thornton refunded to be settled, and sig. [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 of the Treasury be, and they Account of TT are hereby, required to settle the account of Thornton. Taylor, allowance made deceased, and allow to his legal representatives five years' full for pay as an eapay as an ensign in the Virginia line, on continental establishment, without interest; which five years' full pay is the commutation of his half pay for life; to be paid to the said legal representatives of Thornton Taylor, deceased, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 327. An ACT for the relief of Josette Beaubien and her children. certain [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Josette Beaubien be, and she hereby is, permitted, under Allowed to rein such instructions as may be given by the Secretary of the Trea- quish sury, for herself, and her children, to relinquish to the United others. States all the right, title, interest, claim, and demand that she and her children have, or ever had, to two sections of land reserved to lands, and exter 1836. her and them in, and by virtue of, a treaty made at Tippecanoe, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, between the United States and the Pottawatamie tribe of Indians; and that, in lieu thereof, she be permitted to locate, for herself and her said children, twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, upon any of the public lands subject to private entry, situate and lying within the bounds of the lands to which the Indian title was extinguished by virtue of said treaty. Approved, July 2d, 1836. ant to be allowed and paid. CHAP. 328. An ACT for the relief of James Sutherland and Rebecca his wife, formerly Rebecca Parkerson. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Seven years half That the proper accounting officers shall ascertain the amount pay of a linuten due to the said Rebecca, the only child of James Parkerson, who was a lieutenant in the continental line during the revolutionary war, and who died in the service, for the seven years' half pay of a lieutenant, promised by a resolution of the Congress of the United States, and when ascertained, that they pay said sum to the said James Sutherland and Rebecca his wife, in full compensation for said seven years' half pay, as promised by said resolution. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum found to be due be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2d, 1836. a captain to be al CHAP 329. An ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Captain [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Five years pay of That the proper accounting officers ascertain the amount of five lowed to them. years' full pay of a captain serving to the end of the revolutionary war on continental establishment, and pay the same, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of the late Captain David Hopkins, in full satisfaction of the commutation money promised by a resolution of the Congress of the United States. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 330. An ACT for the relief of Duncan L. Clinch. [SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, a tract of 3,000 That Duncan L. Clinch and John H. McIntosh, assignees of acres of land in George J. F. Clarke, be authorized to enter, at the minimum Allowed to enter E. Florida. price for which the public lands are sold, a tract of land in East 1836. CHAP. 331. An ACT for the relief of Hiram A. Hunter. him. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not other- $70 to be paid o wise appropriated, to Hiram A. Hunter, late orderly sergeant of Captain Robert F. Crittenden's company of volunteers, the sum of seventy dollars, being the value of a horse lost by him in the service of the United States. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 332. An ACT for the relief of Elijah Simmons. locate 640 acres of land in Alabama. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Elijah Simmons be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate Authorized to le six hundred and forty acres of the public lands of the United States within the State of Alabama, subject to entry at private sale, in lieu of eight hundred arpens situated on the east side of the Alabama river, in what is commonly called the fork, near the Tensaw river, and to which he was entitled by the laws of Spain, on which he had settled, had cultivated and inhabited in seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, and which has been sold by the United States as public lands: Provided, That the Proviso. said location be made in conformity with the legal divisions and subdivisions of public lands, and in quantities not less than one hundred and sixty acres; and on the execution, by the said Elijah Simmons, of a good and sufficient release to the United States of all his right, title, and interest to the said lands as aforesaid, to be filed in the proper land office, patents shall be issued to him for the quantity of one section, as abovementioned. Approved, July 2d, 1836. 1836. ter an entire sec Alabama. CHAP. 333. An ACT for the relief of Samuel Smith, Lynn MacGhee, and [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Authorized to en- That Samuel Smith, Linn MacGhee, and Semoice, friendly tion of land in Creek Indians, who were entitled, under the treaty with the Creek nation of Indians, ratified on the sixteenth of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, to reservations of six hundred and forty acres of land each, including their improvements, which lands have been sold by the United States, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, with the register and receiver of the land office for the land district in which the same may lie, in Alabama, one entire section each of land subject to entry at private sale; to be held by them on the same terms and conditions as the reservations given by said treaty. Approved, July 2d, 1836. en tion of land in Alabama. CHAP. 334. An ACT for the relief of Susan Marlow. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Susan Marlow, only surviving child of James Marlow, a ter an entire sec. Creek Indian, who lost his life at the destruction of Fort Mimms, be, and she is hereby, authorized to enter with the proper land officers for the district, without payment, one entire section of any of the public lands of the United States within the State of Alabama subject to entry at private sale; to be held by her upon the same terms and conditions as reservations allowed to the friendly Creek Indians by the treaty of Fort Jackson. him. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 335. An ACT for the relief of Joseph Hertick. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, $140 to be paid to That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is directed to pay to Joseph Hertick, of the State of Missouri, the sum of one hundred and forty dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; the same being the value of a boat, belonging to said Hertick, that was pressed into the service of the United States, and lost in the year eighteen hundred and twelve. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 336. An ACT to extend two patents of James Barron. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ry, 1819, for mak. That there be, and hereby is, granted to James Barron, his heirs, ng corks, extend- administrators, and assigns, for the term of fourteen years from Patent of Janua ed 14 years. |