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 744 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 23, 25, 26, 27. 1853. meucing on the twenty-fifth dey of July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirteen, being the day on which he was wounded at the battle of Bridgewater, and ending on the thirtieth dey of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty, being the day on which he resigned his commission in the army. Approved, January 20, 1853. Jan. 20, 1863. CHAP. XXIH. -An Act for the Relid of the Heirs or Legal Representatives of Joseph ———;—-- Amvw, deceased. Bc it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of lthe United States of America in Ocngress assembled, That the Judge of the District Chim, of th, Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Florida, be, and hem &c·, of Jo- he is hereby authorized and directed to receive and adjudicate the claims fgph  of the heirs or legal representatives of Joseph Amcw, deceased, under upon and paid. the provisions of the Act of Congress of the twenty-sixth day of June, 1pm16h_ 8; one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, entitled “An Act for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida," and that said claims be Pmvisos. settled by the Treasury as are other cases under said act: Provided, hvwevcr, That the petition for the allowance of said claims shall be presented to said judge by the proper parties entitled to prefer the same within one year from the passage of this act: And provided, also, That said parties shall respectively allege in such petition, and prove to said Judge, reasonable cause for such petition not having been presented within the time prescribed and enacted by said act of June twem.y—sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four: And provided further, That the said claims shell not have been previously hereto adjudicated and settled at the Treasury. Armovmn, January 20, 1853. JUL gg, 1g5g_ CHAP. XXV.—An Act for the Relief ofPlnilo Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Philo Philo Smithtc Smith, of the State of Indiana, out of any money in the Treasury not b° Wd $19-9* otherwise appropriated, the sum of nineteen dollars and ninety-six cents, for the amount due him as an ordinary seaman on board the Macedonian, as his share of the amount awarded to the captors of certain Algeriue vessels under Commodore Decatur. Approved, January 22, 1853. Jan, 22, 1858. Gun. XXVI.—An Act for the Relief of Lim J Sykes. Ba it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General John J. Sykes be, and he is hereby directed, out of any money in the Treasury not QH2g:;, P"'! otherwise appropriated, to pay to John J. Sykes, the sum of twelve ’ hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-three cents, ($1,298 33) being in full for clerk hire, office rent, and salary, as special agent for - v,,,,,,;,,,,, 4,, the Post-Office Department in California: Provided, That the sum of b¤ BM med fw four hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-three cents, ($446 63) part $$63 °f th°‘° of the above sum, being for the service of said Sykes as special agent as aforesaid, shall not be paid to him until he shall have filed in the Post- Oiiice Department, such vouchers in proof of his services, as the Postmaster-General shall certify to be satisfactory. APPROVED, January 22, 1853. ` _ ,),_¤_ gg, 18S2A CHAP. XXVIII.-An Ad for the Relief of Thomas P. Dudley. — “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rsprescmatives of the United Thomas P_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Int Dudley to be terior be, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to place the name