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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 176, 177, 178. 1857. 521 eighteen hundred and forty-two, by order of Colonel R. E. De Russey, for and on account of Fort Monroe, Virginia., and lost by the vessel getting aground at Old Point Comfort. APPROVED, March 3, 1857. Gun. CLXXVI.-··An Act for the Relief of George Ohorpenning, Jr. Much 3, 1857, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be and he hereby is required to adjust and settle the claim of said Chor- Claim of Geo. penning, as surviving partner of Woodward and Chorpenning, and in his £h°":’:lf’£::§vJ’·· own right, for carrying the mails by San Pedro, and for supplying the p,,,.,,,,,,. 0;- wgod. post-office in Carson’s Valley,·and also for carrying part of the Indepen- ward & Choi:] dence mail by California; allowing a pro rata increase of compensation §§§};';§’,g°{,::g_ for the distance by San Pedro, for the service to Carson’s Valley, and for justed and setsuch part of the eastern mail as was carried by California, during all the mdtime when said services were performed, as shown by the affidavits and proofs on Ele in the House of Representatives. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the Postmaster-General be and he hereby is required to adjust and settle the claim of said Chorpen- Also, ,,,,0,;,,,, ning, as surviving partner of Woodward and Chorpenning, for damages claim by the on account of the annulment or suspension of Woodward and Chorpen- $f“£'Q`,cg;l‘°’ ning’s contract for carrying the United States mail from Sacramento, in California, to Salt Lake, in Utah Territory, as shown in the aiiidavits and proofs on file in the House of Representatives. Sec. [3] 4. And be it farther enacted, That the Postmaster-General be required to allow and pay to said Chorpenning, his full contract pay, payments m during the suspension of Woodward and Chorpennings contract, from said Cborpwthe fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, to the first ’“”g‘ day of July of the same year; and, also, to allow and pay to said Chorpenning, thirty thousand dollars per annum from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, when he resumed service under the contract of Woodward and Chorpenning, down to the termination of his present contract, which said sum of thirty thousand dollars per annum shall be in lieu of the contract pay under both contracts. And the sums in this act authorized to be allowed shall be paid out of the treasury. Approved, March 3, 1857. Cntr. CLXXVII.-An Act for the Relief q/' William Walton, a Soldier of the War March 8, 1857- qf eighteen hundred and twelve. _""`"" Be it enacted by the Senate and [Ruse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized and required to place the name of William Walton, of the State of Indiana, on the invalid pension roll, and wm, Walton that he be entitled to receive a pension at the rate of four dollars per *° b? Pl”~Tfdc°’_; month as an invalid, from the third day of December, eighteen hundred pgfslggglh 2.;,, and fifty-five, during his life. lbec. 3, 1855, for Approved, March 3, 1857. l‘f°· CHAP. CLXXVIII.—An Act for the Relief of Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill. March 8, 1857. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he hereby is directed out of any money in the treasury ,8;*:20 .5:0;;, not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Aus- lineage me Jem. till, the sum of four thousand dollars, in full, for their expenses in con- miah Ammi-