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 842 PHIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 88, 89, 40. 1855. Jan. 12, 1855. Cnnr. XX.XVIII.—An Actfw the Relief of the Legal Representatives 9/"Jamcs Erwin, -————-—-· of Arkansas, and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and Jbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, paymcygwm. and is hereby, directed to investigate, audit, allow, and pay, out of any Eggltgm fg money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal represeu. 10SM_ tatives of James Erwin, of Arkansas, a fair and full renumeration for the actual losses he sustained in consequence of a contract he made with the United States in September, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, to supply provisions and transportation for the use of the Greek Indians expected to emigrate from the eastern to the western side of the Mississippi River, but who did not emi rate. Sec. 2. And be if further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, Pnyrnentbore- and he is hereby, directed to investigate, audit, allow, and pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal represen- Dgnig] (hm,. tatives of James Erwin, and to the heirs or legal representatives of Dauh<>¤¤¤· fel Greathouse, deceased, a full and fair renumeration for the actual losses sustained in consequence of a contract made by said Erwin and said Daniel Greathouse, in his lifetime, and the United States, in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-tive, to supply provisions and transportation for the use of the Seminole Indians expected to emigrate from _ the eastern to the western side of the Mississippi River, but who failed P’°“S°~ to emigrate: Provided, That in estimating the loss in eitherease, the Secretary of War shall first ascertain the actual cost of delivering the several articles named in the contract at the places appointed for their delivery, and then what they could have been sold for at auction or otherwise, in the hands of a prudent agent, and the difference, if any, shall be considered the sum actually lost. Approved, January 12, 1855. Jen. 12, 1855. Crm}-. XXXIX. —— An Act fw the Relief of Susan Goody, and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of nineteen 11undred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-two cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise suiggygggg gd appropriated, to be paid to Susan Goody and others, of the Cherokee other kdm}; fm. tribe of Indians, for property destroyed near Fort Gibson, by United propprtydogtroy- States soldiers, on the twelfth of March, eighteen hundred and forty- gzmgulgglgd five, in the proportion and sums respectively due them according to Pthe report of the Committee of Indian Affairs_ of the Senate of date June To be in {uu twenty-four, eighteen hundred and fifty: Provided, That the same shall of su! claims. be received in full of all demands against the government on this account. Approved, January 12, 1855. Jim. 12, 1855. Cmm. XL.——·An Act for the Relief of the Representatives of _ Thomas D. Anderson, ————i;· deceased, late Consul of the United States, atnpoli. B0 it enacted by the Sonata and lmuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongrass assembled, That the proper accounting Settlement of officers of the treasury be, and they hereby are, directed to settle an !l]ll$o1;\>$;(0l)ntSA(£ account with the PVOPEF personal Npresentatives of Thomas D. Anderdqgggn.son, deceased, late consul of the United States, at Tripoli, for contingent expenditures of said consulate, from the thirty-first December, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, up to the period when he ceased acting as such consul; and in full for all claims for such expenditures and other demands arising out of said consulate, after said thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, to allow them at the rate of seven hun-