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 TVVENTY—EIG1lTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 139, 140, 141, 142. 1844. 925 tificate number three thousand four hundred and twenty-six, be, and the same is hereby, connrmed; and the Commissioner of the General Land Oflice is authorized to issue a patent therefor. Ammovr-zo, June 17, 1844. S1·A·rcr1a I. CHAP. CXXXlX. —An Act jizr the relief tf Marcny Olds. _],,,,,, 17, 1844_ Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Marcay Olds, of Chenango county, To be placed New York, on the pension roll, under the act of July seven, eighteen °¤ P8¤Si°¤ wuhundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An act granting hall`-pay and pen- 1§;§tg,J;'g,g7’ sions to certain widows," at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from l i i the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and also from the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, to the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the services of her first husband, John Stewart, during the revolutionary war. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Marcay Olds shall be Entitled to beentitled to the full benefit of all laws and resolves which shall hereafter MH! Qi all laws be passed, continuing in force the said act of July seven, eighteen hun- ?l§f°T°g1g§g°f dred and thirty-eight, and the several acts and resolves amendatory Y ’ i thereof: Approved, June 17, 1844. """—' Srnurs I. CHAP. CXL.—-.xfIn Alcifor Ure relief of Lund Washinglon. June 17, 1844. Be ii enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Lund Washington the sum of two hundred To_be paid for dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Sefvicesldkhis being the amount due for the services of his minor son, William T. Son MCH ' Washington, as a clerk in the war department during the first quarter 0f the year eighteen hundred and eighteen. Ariucovnn, June 17, 1844. ··—·· Sruurm I. CHAP. CXLI. —a€n dc! for i/ze rclifqf PV?/[iam P. Duval. June 17, ]844, Be it enacted, 8·c., That the proper accounting officers be, and they are hereby, directed to settle according to principles of vanity and jus- His accounts tice, under the direction of the Secretary of War, the account of Wil- ¤St$*'P;*?‘°¤d; liam P. Duval, for his services and the disbursements made by him and ?,§,;,nlHgE€,,; expenses incurred as superintendent of Indian Afl"airs in the Territory to be settled. of Florida; and that he be paid such sum of money as shall be found on such settlement to be due to him. A1~rnovnr>, June 17, 1844. Srarurz I. CHAP. CXLH. ——An Alot fir the boned! if James Andcrs0n, of the Territory of _;,,,,,, ,7, 1844_ Iowa. —————-——— Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the said James Anderson be, and he hereby is, permitted to enter, at the minimum price of the public lands, the Authorize_d to fractional sixteenth section in township sixty-nine north, range two west, $***3* °"”`“““ containing two hundred and eighteen acres, and forty-five one-hundredths, an ' in the district of lands subject to entry at Burlington, in the Territory of lowa. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the authority having charge Olherland ,0 of the said school land, is hereby authorized to select and report to the be selected for register and receiver of the district i11 which said land is situate, other ¤$° °f s°h°°lsunzippropriated lands of the United States subject to private entry in the said Territory, of a similar quantity to that which sthel have been en-