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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 177, 178, 179,180. 1854. 807 Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and by’sc1uimst<>a Settle the claims of `W. P. Buckner, passed midshipman, and Pierce P;}“]°fl;.’°‘;f°“ (jyosby, passed midshipman and acting master in the United States Navy, g,13~,;g,;°,,$,;·¤· for 3. share of the proceeds of the sale of the schooner Oregon and car- cargo to b<¤_¤<¢¤- go, seized and confiscated in the month of April, eighteen hundred and md ““d P‘“d‘ forty-eight, under the Presidemfs regulations of the iirst bf March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, at the port of Tampico, during the war with Mexico, and to pay the said claims, out of any moneys in the trea- What fund to Suyy arising from military contributions collected in Mexico in pursuance M PW} mmgf the regulations of the President before }`€{.@I`PBd. to: Pwovideet That Provisvbeforc any money is paid in these cases, any claim submitted by the owners of the vessels beforementicned, for the remission of the penalty and the payment of the proceeds under the confiscation, shall first be duly examined smd decided by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States. Approved, August 1, 1854. Ch.u—. CLXXV1I.—A:zAct_jbrtlte Relief ty' William G. Smith. Aug. 1, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of.AmeM'ca in Congress assembled, That the Socretzu·y of the $6Q0F¤b¢é>=M Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of g) Wxmm_ _ mat for recap any money m the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of 1'ive turing¤.yvarvcs— hundred dollars to XVillia.m G. Smith, for rccztpturing a vessel in the war °°1=&°··*“ 181* of eighteen hundred and twelve, together with a. midshipmzm and four seamen of the British Navy; which prisoners were delivered to Commodore Perry, at. Newport, Rhode Island. A1>1>1c0vm>, August 1, 1854. Crnr. CLXXVIII. -—An Act jor the Reliefqf the Legal Representatives of Major Caleb AUS-11 185*- Swan, deceased. ·-—····‘·‘-"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United Representa- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the gv? °Y hwg; Trczxsury be directed to pay to the legal representatives of Major Caleb I,,,,,;":;,?,;,,;,, Swan, deceased, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- sums of money- priated, the amount of his compehsation as paymaster of the army, from the first day of July to the thirty-first day of December, (inclusive,) eighteen hundred and eight, and an commission of one per ccntum on the amount of bills of exchange negotiated by him under directions of the Wm- Department, for the purpose of raising money for the usc of the arm. Azernovmn, August 1, 1854. C111w. CLXXIX.—-An Act for the Relbfqf Iknry La Reintrie. Aug. 1, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the $598 to be paid Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Henry §ft§;’“g;_ git]?!; · La. Reintric, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, 50mgés_ the sum of five hundred and ninety-three dollars, ,which shall be in full satisfaction and discharge of said La, Reintric's claim for services rendered to the United States Lcgzmtion near the Government of Chili, and as bearer of despatches from that legation to Washington. APPROVED, August 1, 1854. CHAP, CLXXX.-An Act Ito proviae Compensatinnjor the Services of George Morell, AVE- 1: 185% an adjustzng Zttles tc Land m lllzclugan. ’_'P0”s‘t" P-'8'69. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United widow G_ M-0_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mu, Wm. Wood-