Acts of the Thirty-first Congress of the United States. STATUTE I.-1849-50. Relief of Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church. An act to enable the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to hold certain property for the purposes therein recited. Feb. 14, 1850, ch. 2.......... ...... Conrad W: Faber. An act for the relief of Conrad W. Faber, Leopold Bierwirth, and Theodore Vietor. March 6, 1850, ch. 4... ..... 795 795 Pension of Thomas Dennis. An act for the relief of Thomas Dennis. March 29, 1850, ch. 5. 796 Register to be issued to the Barque Royal Saxon. An act to grant a register to the barque “Royal Saxon." April 19, 1850, ch. 7.... ...... 796 796 Duties due from the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company. An act for the relief of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company. April 19, 1850, ch. 8... Payment to Brown & Tarbox. An act for the relief of Brown & Tarbox. May 6, 1850, ch. 9.. 797 Lease of Margin of Black Warrior River. An act giving the assent of Congress to the leasing of a portion of the margin of the Black Warrior River for the purposes therein mentioned. May 23, 1850, ch. 13.................. Bonds given by Smith and Hersey to be cancelled. An act for the relief of Smith and Hersey. May 23, 1850, ch. 14.....' ...... Register to issue to the Barque Cornwallis. An act to authorize the issuing of a register to the barque "Cornwallis." May 23, 1850, ch. 15....... ....... .... 797 797 796 .... 798 ..... 798 Payment to Jesse Sutton. An act for the relief of Jesse Sutton. June 5, 1850, ch. 18................ Fine refunded to Heirs of Dr. Thomas Cooper. An act to refund the fine imposed on the late Pension of Benjamin P. Smith. An act for the relief of Benjamin P. Smith. Aug. 10, 1850, ch. 36....... ....... 799 800 800 Aug. 10, 1850, ch. 38..... 800 Aug. 17, 1850, ch. 41... 800 Aug. 17, 1850, ch. 42. 801 Judgment against William Maxwell to be cancelled. An act for the relief of William Maxwell, ........ .... 801 ch. 57.. 802 Pension of Skelton Felton. An act for the relief of Skelton Felton. Sept. 16, 1850, ch. 58.... 802 Payment to and Pension of Sarah Jane West. An act for the relief of Sarah Jane West. Sept. 16, 1850, ch. 59.. 802 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. An act giving the assent of the United States to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the December session, eighteen hundred and forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty-seven. Sept. 20, 1850, ch. 62.. 803 Payment to D. A. Watterston. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act for the relief of D. A. Watterston." Sept. 20, 1850, ch. 66.................. ........ Pension of Leuright Browning. An act for the relief of Leuright Browning. Sept. 20, 1850, ch. 67..... 803 803 Settlement of Accounts of Nathan Adams. An act for the relief of Captain Nathan Adams, of Tennessee. Sept. 20, 1850, ch. 68... 804 804 804 ...... .... Thomas Ginnatty authorized to hold certain Real Estate. An act to authorize Thomas Ginnatty to hold and transmit certain real estate. Sept. 26, 1850, ch. 74..... Payment of a Company of Indian Volunteers. An act for the payment of a company of Indian volunteers. Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 83. Payment to Charles Stuart. An act for the relief of Charles Stuart. Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 87,..... 805 Pension of William Paddy. An act for the relief of William Paddy. Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 88... 805 Pension of William Whicher. An act for the relief of William Whicher. Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 89. 805 JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 3. Adjustment of Accounts of Newton Lane. A resolution directing the accounting officers of the treasury to adjust the account of Newton Lane, late pension agent at Louisville, Kentucky. Feb. 12, 1850... ......... 6. Land Title of certain Indians. A resolution to extend the provisions of a "joint resolution for the benefit of Frances Slocum and her children and grandchildren, of the Miami tribe of Indians," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, to certain other individuals of the same tribe. May 1, 1850..... 12. Adjustment of Accounts of Pierce M. Butler. A resolution for the settlement of accounts with the heirs and representatives of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, late agent for the Cherokee Indians. Aug. 10, 1850...... 806 806 806 14. Same Subject. A resolution for the settlement of accounts with the heirs and representatives of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, late agent for the Cherokee Indians. Sept. 16, 1850...... 807 18. Payment for Children of Sarah Stokes. Joint resolution for the relief of the children of Sarah Stokes, deceased. Sept. 28, 1850...... 807 Relief of Gamaliel Taylor and his Sureties. An act for the relief of Gamaliel Taylor (late marshal of the district of Indiana) and his sureties. Dec. 24, 1850, ch. 1.......... 808 Charter of the Potomac Fire Insurance Company. An act to renew and continue in force the charter of the "Potomac Insurance Company" of Georgetown. Jan. 27, 1851, ch. 3....... 808 Payment to Charlotte Lynch. An act for the relief of Charlotte Lynch. Feb. 5, 1851, ch. 4 809 Amendment of Act for Relief of Frederic Durrive. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act for the relief of Frederic Durrive," approved August fourteen, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Feb. 14, 1851, ch. 5... 809 Exchange of Part of Site of Fort Hamilton. An act to authorize the exchange of a lot on the military site of Fort Hamilton, for an equal quantity of ground adjoining said site. Feb. 14, 1851, ch. 6...... ..... Payment to Dunning R. McNair. An act for the relief of Dunning R. McNair. Feb. 27, 1851, ch. 15.... Payment to the Representatives of General Walker K. Armistead. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of the late General Walker K. Armistead, of the army of the United States. Feb. 27, 1851, ch. 16........... Payment to Sayles J. Bowen. An act for the relief of Sayles J. Bowen. Feb. 27, 1851, ....... 809 810 810 ch. 17 810 Payment to Representatives of R. S. Burrough and S. Hopkins. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Robert S. Burrough and of Stephen Hopkins. Feb. 27, 1851, ch. 18... 811 ........ ........... Payment to Widow of Lt. Col. Wm. Gray. An act for the relief of the widow of the late Payment to William Hardin. ........ ........ ............ ....... 811 811 811 811 March 3, 1851, 812 812 /:::\ ......... Payment to H. J. McClintock, H. Gill, and M. Carter. An act for the relief of H. J. JOINT RESOLUTION. 3. Adjustment of the Accounts of J. D. Colmesneil. A resolution providing for an adjustment of the accounts of John D. Colmesneil, president of the Ohio and Mississippi Mail Line Company. Feb. 27, 1851.. ..... 7. Accounts of J. De Neufville and Son. A resolution in relation to the accounts of John De Neufville and son. March 3, 1851.. 812 813 813 814 814 THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the first Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the 1st Day of December, 1845, and ended on the 10th Day of August, 1846. JAMES K. POLK, President; GEORGE M. DALLAS, Vice-President, and President of the Senate up to the 8th Day of August, 1846; David R. ATCHISON, President of the Senate pro tempore on and after August 8th, 1846; JOHN W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAPTER V.- An Act for the Relief of James Bogardus. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the patent granted to James Bogardus, bearing date on the eighteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for his invention of a new and useful mill, now known as " Bogardus' Excentric Universal Mill," be and the same is hereby renewed and extended for the term of fourteen years from and after the eighteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and the Commissioner of Patents is hereby directed to make a certificate of such renewal and extension. APPROVED, January 14, 1846. CHAP. IX. - An Act for the Relief of William Elliot, junior, of Fulton County, March 11, 1846. State of Illinois. William Elliot Jun. permitted to enter a uarter section of and. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William Elliot, junior, of Fulton county, State of Illinois, be and he is hereby permitted to enter, at the minimum price per acre, the north-west quarter of section thirty, in township numbered five, north of range numbered four, east of the fourth principal meridian, the same being within the Quincy land district in said State; and upon the payment of the purchase money therefor, a final certificate and patent shall issue as in and patent to isother cases: Provided, That if any bona fide assignment or sale of said tract were made by said William Elliot, junior, after his erroneVOL. IX. PRIV. 85 (649) Final certificate sue. Proviso, in case of assignment. |