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 558 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 20, 24, 25, 29. 1859 PF<>Vi¤<>t*><> be vided, That the same be accepted in full satisfaction of all manner of Eggigggoflu  claim for compensation for work, time, or money expended in the collec- ’ tion of materials for said book by Henry R. Schoolcraft. Approved, January 25, 1859. Feb. 2, 1859. CHAP. XX.-—-An Act authorizing the Secretaryof the Treasury to grant a Register for the —····—·—··‘ Schooner “William A. Hamill/’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y" Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted, under the Register grant- direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the schooner °d· “William A. Hamil1," lying in the port of Baltimore, and now owned by pl-ovlso_ Robert Dorritie, a citizen of the United States: Provided, It he proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that she was built at May’s Landing, in the State of New Jersey; that she was enrolled as an American vessel, and that she was owned in whole by citizens of the United States at the time she was stranded on a reef near Abaco, one of the Bahama islands, and that she is now owned by Robert Dorritie, who is now a citizen of the United States. APPROVED, February 2, 1859. Feb. 5, 1859. CHAP. XXIV.—An Act for the Religef Thomas Laurent, surviving Partner of the Firm "";"`“ m' Benjamin and Thomas Laurent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Thomas Laurent, surviving partner of the firm of Benjamin and Thomas Laurent, or to his legal repre- $15,000 and in- sentatives, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, with interest at the rate of $,€’;£i;;;’I;;£‘;€ six per cent. yearly, from the eleventh day of November, eighteen hundred or, &o_ ’ and forty-seven, being the amount paid by the same firm, on that day, to Major General Winheld Scott, in the city of Mexico, for the purchase of a house, in said city, out of the possession of which they were since ousted P*‘°Vl$°· by the Mexican authorities : Provided, The amount so appropriated shall bc in full of their claim therefor against the United States. APPROVED, February 5, 1859. Feb 5v 1859- CHAP. XXV.-——An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Accounts of the late Liéutm- W ant Colonel Lewis S. Craig, for his Services in Command of the military Escort on the Mexican Boundary Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Certain per rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in the settlement of the lllom ollowmlooo accounts of the late Lieutenant Colonel Lewis S. Craig, to grant to his S. Craig. commission; the same to be paid out of the surplus fund now in the treasury heretofore appropriated to cover the expenses of said boundary survey. APPROVED, February 5, 1859. _F€b· 9, 1859- CHAP. XX1X.—An Act jbr the Revge/`Pqf Rdwaz·d Habic/xt, Ad1IZ2·71iSl7'G(O7` of .L . . ts. Be it enacted Zn; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any &?§’%8‘§7d:;’;g money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to C. Edward Habicht, iiubicht. administrator of J. W. P. Lewis, the sum of twenty-two hundred and
 * 0 be meds to legal representative the same allowances per diem for his personal ex-
 * $*}f€_s%’§ft}Y;;iS penses which were made to other officers of the army of his grade in said