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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 155, 156, 157, 158. 1854. 801 vgys ; and that a patent shall issue therefor : Provided, That this act shall be P¤*°¤?*>° issuhgld and taken onhy as 0. relinquishment on the part of the United States. Pr°"S°' A1>1>xt0vm>, Ju y 27, 1854. Cusr. CLV.—- An Act for the Relief of James Edwards and others. July 27, 1854. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House af Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretamy of Wm- be, The value of and he is hereby, directed to ascertain, by the best evidence which the gm P"‘;l’§*“Y (ff nature of the case will admit oi the value of the houses and other pro- Efhnaggd Km S’ perty of James Edwards, of the late Edward M. Wmzton, and of the late W¤r5¤¤¤¤.¤¤<iN¤- Nehemiah Brush, destroyed ut Miczmopy, Florida., in the year eighteen §gQ;g;£‘}:Sh’ hundred and thirty-six, by order of Lieutenant-Colonel B. K. Picrcc, 1886,tobe rovmc commanding othecr of that post, to prevent them from falling into the °d Md Pm? hands of the enemy, and that the amount so ascertained be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropria.tcd: Provided, Tho Pmviso. amounts so to be paid shall not cxcccd two thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-two cents, in the case of James Edwards; one thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and Efty cents in the case of the late Edward M. Wa¤to¤, or eight hundred dollars in the case of the late Nehemiah Brush. APPROVED, July 27, 1854. Cmlr. CLVI.—-An Act for the Reli»%qf Sylvester IZ Jerauld, Asswiqnee af the interest July 27, 1854- gf cnry Richard. --—-·-———·—·—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House af Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the location numbered _ one hundred and eightccn, containing four hundred :1.cres, in township ofEgg_£:§£$als one south, of range ten west of the second meridian, Indiana, which has in Indiana conbeon made in favor of Nathaniel Ewing as assignee of the claim number 2;",I9d;gr§l{};°* fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, entered in favor of the heirs of H. assig;|gg°f Hf Richard in the report dated thirt -first December, eighteen hundred and Richardnine, of the commissioners at Klaskaskia, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, upon the production to the General Laud—OfHcc of a patent certificate from the register at Vincennes, Indiana, for said claim, to cause a patent to be issued therefor to the said Sylvester T. J emuld as WEE: pmnt assignee of the interest of the original claimant: Provided, That this act, and the patent which may be granted in pursuance of the same, shall Y'°Vl’°- only opcratc as a relinquishment on the part of the United States and shall in no way prejudice any valid adverse right if such exist, to the said land. APPROVED, July 27, 1854. Cru?. CLVH. -An Act far the Relief of James Wcnnsley, July 27, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives af the United James Worms_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Icy to be ,,;,,,,0,; tcrior bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of on Fusion mu James W01'mSlCy on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and pay him Isgu3{;“;`]Y• the sum of ninety-six dollars per annum from the fourth of July, one 1848, for mé nre. thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and during his natural life. Ammovmu, July 27, 1854. Cmw. CLVIII. —·AnAct for the Relief of Samuel H Hempstead. J“1Y 27*18% Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of eighteen hunv0L. x. Pmv. —— 101