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of this act, the sum of sixty-nine thousand six hundred and thirty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, February 19, 1833.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any mounted militiaman or volutneer whilst in the service of the United States, in the late expeditions against the Indians, on the frontiers of Illinois and the territory of Michigan, who sustained damage by the loss of any horse which was killed in battle, or died in consequence of a wound received therein, or in consequence of a failure, on the part of the United States, to furnish such horse with sufficient forage whilst in the service, or in consequence of the owner being dismounted, or separated and detached from the same, by order of the commanding officer, or in consequence of the rider being killed or wounded in battle, shall be allowed and paid the value of such horse at the time of going into service: Provided, Such loss was not the result of negligence on the part of the owner; the time employed in going to the place of rendezvous, and returning home after being discharged, to be taken and considered as actual service.

. And be it further enacted, That any person in the aforesaid service of the United States, as a volunteer or drafted militiaman, who furnishes [?] [sic] himself with arms and military accoutrements, and has sustained loss by the capture or destruction of the same, without fault or negligence on his part, shall be allowed and paid the value thereof.

. And be it further enacted, That all claims arising under this act shall be examined, allowed, and paid in the same manner by the third auditor that similar claims were under “,” passed the ninth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and the, passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; this act to be and remain in force three years form and after its passage.

, February 19, 1833.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the librarian of Congress be, and he hereby is, authorized to purchase, for the library of Congress, the remaining copies, not exceeding two hundred in number, of Watterston and Vanzandt’s Statistical Tables, at the subscription price of two dollars and fifty cents per copy: Provided, The supplementary tables marked page ninety-four, be furnished for the said copies and for the copies now on hand in the library; and that the librarian be further authorized to subscribe for seven hundred and fifty copies of the continuation of the said tables, proposed to be published by Watterston and Vanzandt, at three dollars per copy; the said copies to be distributed as provided for by the first section of a joint resolution, approved twenty-fourth