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 TIVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS,]. Ch. 42, 43, 48, 76, 77. 1844. 913 section of this act; and that nothing in this act contained shall be S0 Act ma be construed as to prevent Congress from altering, amending, or repealing alwfvdi éc- the same. Armrovzn, June 10, 1844. ·;·· Summa I. CHAP. XLII.—An Act for the relief of Edward Kennard. June 10, 1844. Be it enacted, <§~c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Edward Kennard the sum of lilly dollars, raymsntto The same being one moiety of the penalty collected of the said Ken- hm'}- b°*?€ °¤° nai-d, by the collector of the port of New Orleans, in the year one thou- {23::g,,;,Q?°r` sand eight hundred and l`orty-two, for a breach of the revenue laws: it having been made to appear that the said penalty was incurred without wilful negligence, and without any design to violate the law. Approved, June 10, 1844. _;" Sn·r¤·r¤ I. Cust-. XLIII. —-—.t:i dot for the relief of Daniel G. Skinner, of dkxbama. Jung 10, ]344_ Be it enacted, cys., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and adjust the account of Daniel G. Accounts to Skinner, of Alabama, for supplies of ammunition and subsistence, be ”“|°d· &°· alleged to have been taken by military authority in May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, for the necessary use and support of the Alabama militia, then in the service of the United States. And that he pay to said Skinner whatever balance, if any, there may be found due to him, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Aemzovmn, June 10, 1844. Crue. XLVII[.—·—An Act for the relief of Joseph Bryan, Harrison Young and June 12, 1844, Benjamin Y ming. *7** Be it enacted, dm., That the claim and title of Joseph Bryan, Harrison Young, and Benjamin Young, to the north half of section nineteen, L¤¤d ¢l¤im in township twenty-one, in range twenty-four, in the Tallapoosa land °°“6'm°d‘ district, in the state of Alabama, purchased by them jointly of Benjamin Chambers, the head of a Creek Indian family, who was entitled to the same under the provisions of the treaty between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians, concluded on the twenty-fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. , APl’ROVED, June 12, 1844. —·-—· Srurrra I. CHAP. LXXVI.-An Act for the relief of George Wallis. June 15, 1844. Be it enacted, cyc., That the Secretary of War of the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to George Wallis the sum of three Pnlyrgcntford thousand dollars, it being for the destruction of the cattle of the said ,‘;':&;di:§;'€°Y° George Wallis by the Sac, Fox, and Iowa tribes of Indians: and that said sum of money be paid out of the annuities payable to said tribes of Indians in equal proportions: that is to say, one thousand five hun: dred dollars out of the annuities due the Sac and Fox’s of the Missouri river, and one thousand five hundred dollars out of the annuities due the Iowas, Approved, June 15, 1844. ,_, S·n·rv·ra I. CHAP. LXXVII.—An Act authorizing a patent to be issued to Joseph Campau for a certain tract of land in the sta/e of Mchigan. Be it enacted, Qc., That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to lzeéssued to Joseph 115
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