of November, eighteen hundred and sixteen, and of the fifth of November, eighteen hundred and seventeen, upon principles of justice and equity; and that the balance, if any, which may be found due to the said William P. Rathbone, be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2d, 1836. 1836. CHAP. 280. An ACT for the relief of Henry Newman, and others. ers of certain see corrected. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the irregular numeration of the fractional sections west of Erroneous pudy the Tombeckbe river, of township number four, in range num- tons of land to te ber two east, marked on the official maps or plats returned by the Surveyor General as being numbers thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven, be corrected on the maps in the office of the Surveyor General, and on those returned by him to the General Land Office, and to the land office for the district of St. Stephen's, so that the number five shall stand thereon instead of the number thirty-five, the number six instead of the number thirty-six, and the number seven instead of the number thirty seven. William Craw corrected. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the letter patent Patents isened to, issued on the fifteenth day of September, in the year one thou- ford, and to Hen sand eight hundred and thirty, granting to William Crawford, y Newman to be assignee of Ann Dunham, the fractional section then designated on the said maps by the number thirty-five, and the patent issued on the first day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, granting to Henry Newman the fractional section then designated on the same maps by the number thirty-six; and also the patent issued on the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, granting to William Crawford the fractional section then designated on the same maps as number thirty-seven, all lying in the township number four, of range number two, east, aforesaid, be, and all, each of them, equally legal and valid, as if the same fractional sections had been designated on said maps by their regnlar numbers, when said patents were issued; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the register of the land office at St. Stephen's, are hereby directed to note the foregoing correction in the proper places on the books, maps, and records of their respective offices, referring to this act by its date; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby also directed to certify, accordingly, the correction affecting each of the said patents, in this respect, upon the back thereof, when presented, with special reference to this act, by which it is authorized. Approved, July 2d, 1836. 1836. CHAP. 281. An ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of David Caldwell, deceased. D. Caldwell to be wettled. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, The account of That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and required to settle the account of the legal representatives of David Caldwell, deceased, late clerk of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, for fees and allowances certified by the said court to be due to the said Caldwell, for official services to the United States, and to pay or cause to be paid to them, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars thirty-eight cents, with interest thereon, after the rate of six per centum per annum, from the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty, till paid. Approved, July 2d, 1836. on several protusory no:es. CHAP. 282. An ACT for the relief of Gabriel W. Denton, and others. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, seharged from That Gabriel W. Denton, and his sureties, namely, H. W. and payment of joint S. Hills, C. Adams, jr., G. W. Huntington, and John Barstow, be, and they are hereby, acquitted and discharged of and from a certain joint and several promissory note, executed by them to William W. Mann, for the sum of thirty-two thousand seven hundred and six dollars and thirty cents; which said note bears date New York, July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, is payable twelve months after date, at the city of Augusta, in the State of Georgia, and was given in consideration of five several judgments rendered in August eighteen hundred and nineteen, by the District Court of the United States for the District of Georgia, in favor of the United States, against Joshua E. White and others, of whom said Denton was one, and which said note, though made payable to William W. Mann, is really and in truth for the use and benefit of the United States: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall be held to discharge the other parties against whom said judgments were rendered, or to prevent the enforcement thereof against them, their heirs or representatives. Proviso Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 283. An ACT providing for the further payment of a pension to Mary [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the provisions of a law approved the second day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-three, granting a pension to Mary 1836. J, Babbit, be further extended for the time of five years from Pension extendeůl the twenty ninth day of November last, provided she lives so five years. long, otherwise, during her life. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 284. An ACT for the relief of William B. Stokes, Richard C. Stockton, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore. their claims [SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representalises of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Solicitor of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, autho- Solicitor of Trea rized and directed to settle and adjust the claims of William B. sury to adjust Stokes and Richard C. Stockton, of Maryland, and Lucius W. Stockton and Daniel Moore, of Pennsylvania, for extra services performed by them as contractors for carrying the mail under and by virtue of certain contracts therefor by them alleged to have been made and entered into with them by William T. Barry, late Postmaster General of the United States, and for this. purpose, to inquire into and determine the equity of the claims of them or any of them for or on account of any contract or additional contract with the said Postmaster General on which their pay may have been suspended by the present Postmaster General, and to make them such allowances therefor as, upon a full examination of all the evidence, may seem right, according to the principles of equity; and that the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to credit such mail contractors with whatever sum or sums of money, if any, the said Solicitor shall so decide to be due to them for and on account of any such service or contract; and the Solicitor is hereby authorized to take testimony, if he shall judge it to be necessary to do so; and that he report to Congress at its next session, the law and the facts upon which his decision has been founded: Provided the Provi99. said Solicitor is not authorized to make any allowance, for any suspension, or withholding of money by the present Postmaster General, for allowances, or overpayments, made by his predecessor, on route number thirteen hundred and seventy one, from Philadelphia to Baltimore, for carrying the mail in steamboats, when it was not so carried by said Stockton and Stokes, but by the steamboat company. Nor for any suspension or withholding of money as aforesaid, for allowances or overpayments made as aforesaid, for carrying an express mail from Baltimore to York, or Lancaster. Nor for any suspension or withholding of money, as aforesaid, for allowances or overpayments made as aforesaid, on route number thirteen hundred and ninety-one, from Westminster to McConnerstown as described in the improved bid. Nor for any suspension or withholding of money as aforesaid for allowances or overpayments made, as aforesaid on the route from Baltimore to Wheeling for running a certain daily, line between Hagerstown and Wheeling, from the first of 1836. September eighteen hundred and thirty-two, to the first of April, sion to be allowed to her. CHAP. 285. An ACT for the relief of the widow of Peter Smith. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen talives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Amount of pen: That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the widow of Peter Smith, of Walpole, in the State of Massachusetts, the amount of pension which would have accrued to her husband, if he had been placed on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty dollars a year, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to the time of his death. Approved, July 2d, 1836. 1836. CHAP. 286. An ACT for the relief of Larned Swallow. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 824 per month, That the Secretary of War be directed to place the name of from 4th March, Larned Swallow on the invalid pension list, and cause him to he paid at the rate of twenty-four dollars a month, during life, to commence on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in lieu of the pension to which he is now entitled by Approved, July 2d, 1836. law. May, CHAP. 287. An ACT for the relief of Ephraim Page [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. month, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to place the name of Ephraim Page, a soldier in the late war, upon the list of invalid pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars a month, during his natural life, commencing on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 288. An ACT for the relief of Parker Chase." 1836. from 1st June, [SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to $9 75 per ninths place the name of Parker Chase, an officer of the late war, on 1536 the roll of invalid pensioners, and allow and pay to him a pension at the rate of nine dollars and seventy-five cents a month, during his natural life, commencing on the first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 289. An ACT for the relief of John Randolph Clay and others. be paid to J. R. [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 officer of the Treasury do pay to 31 41, to be John Randolph Clay, the sum of three thousand three hundred clay eighty-one dollars and forty-one cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. to be paid to T. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That there be paid to Outfit and salary Thomas P. Barton, an outfit and salary as Charge d'Affaires at P. Barton. the court of France, to commence on the twenty eighth of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, deducting therefrom any sums which may have been, or may be paid to him as Secretary of Legation for the same period. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pass to the credit of Thomas L. L. Brent, in the settlement of his accounts, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five dollars, being the amount suspended on account of payments made by hit for transtations and copying papers, in relation to claims on account of spoliations. $2.955, to be pass. ed to credit of T. L. Breat Brown. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That there be paid to 82789 74.2 3. George F. Brown, out of any money in the Treasury not other- be paid to F wise appropriated, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and "ghty-nine dollars, seventy-four and two-third cents in full settlement of his accounts as Consular Agent of the United States, at Algiers. Approved, July 2d, 1836. CHAP. 290. An ACT to extend the privilege of franking letters and packages to Dolly P. Madison. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all letters and packages to and from Dolly P. Madison, relict of the late James Madison, shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage, for and during her life. Approved, 2d July, 1836. |
