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 TW1;]N'1`Y-1S1G11'1`11 CONGRESS. SBSS.1. Ch. 121, 122,122},124. 1844. 921 Srsrvu I. Crew. CXXI. —./fn dc! for the relief of Richard Snead. June py, 1844_ Be it enacted, dye., That the Secretary of the Treasury he, and he is ——-_T~_- hereby, authorized to make any arrangement or compromise with Richard Judgment Sneed, in the settlement of a judgment had against him, as one of the *1g“1”S*1‘1m *1** executors of Stephen Sneed, in the circuit court of the United States €§i,°s;%r,},g:§Q’ for the district of North Carolina, rendered at May term, one thousand mised. eight hundred and forty-two, upon such terms as he may deem most conducive to the best interest of the United States. Aiuutovrzn, June 17, 1844. """"" Sawrurre I. CHAD. CXX11.—-dn ./2ct for {hc re]ig"zy".x]be/ard Guthrie. June 17, 1844. Be it enacted, <f~c., That the entry made by Abelard Guthrie at the Lima land office, in the state of Ohio, on the twenty-First day of May, Land entry eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, of a tract of land known and distin· °°“11'“‘€‘r and guished on the plan of the surveys of the United States’ public lands as pal8ml°1sSu8’ the east half, and the north-west quarter of section thirteen, in township three south of range five east, be and the same is hereby confirmed: and that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be issued, on said entry, a patent for the same, to the said Abelard Guthrie, his heirs and assigns, as in other cases where a legal entry has been made. .AP1’ROVED, June 17, 1844. —— Srnurz I. CHAP. CXXIII.-An ict for- the rclirf of True Putney and Hugh Riddle. June 17, 1844. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to True Putney and Hugh Riddle, of the city Payment for of Baltimore, the sum of sixteen hundred and seventy-two dollars and ‘{j"éa,:‘;,‘;_;1,§,;’l;8 sixty-one cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- m';;P,,,i,,m0,B_ priated, being the amount of extra work and material not embraced by their contract to do the stone-work of the United States warehouse in said city in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, but furnished for said building by direction of the architect and superintendent thereof Size. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of A¤ ¤¤¢<>¤¤¤¢<> ‘ » · . · be stated bethe treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to exa- tweemhem and mine all papers and proofs in the case, and to state an account between the U_ s_ go. the United States and the said Putney and Riddle, allowing them such V€1`¤m¤¤¥» &<>· sum as may seem equitable by way of indemnity for the losses sustained by them in consequence of the Government not providing for the building of the custom-house at Baltimore, in time to allow the said Putney and Riddle to execute their contract in the time stipulated therein, and that the sum so allowed be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : 1’ro1=ided, The same do not exceed eight thou- Proviso. sand dollars. Approved, June 17, 1844. Srarurr I. CHAP. CXX1\T.—./977 Ac1'_fm· the re/ij of George W Clarke, Iiarris Cache, and -11*1*6 17, 18*14- Jahn Bwrrbzerd, second, of lhc stale of Rhode Is/ond. Bri it crzaezferi, <§»c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to George WV. Clarke, Harris Cooke and John Amount for- Brainerd, second, the sum of three hundred and sixteen dollars and ffgifg gycgllim sixty-seven cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- mcg ,0 be ,0- printed, being the amount forfeited by them under a contract to deliver funded a certain quantity of stone at Fort Adams, state of Rhode Island, on the second day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. A1*1>novnr>, June 17, 1844. 1115