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Be it resolved, &c., That Purser D. M. F. Thornton be credited with the sum of eight hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-three cents in his accounts with the United States; that sum being in full for the value of his stores destroyed or injured on board the United States' ship Erie, during a hurricane, on the third of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.

, February 13, 1845.

No. 6. A Resolution for the relief of Mrs. Mary W. Thompson. Be it resolved, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be audited and settled the accounts of Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, for all services which shall appear to have been rendered by her husband, the late Lieutenant-Colonel A. R. Thompson, of the United States' army, for the Government, and to allow her therefor the same rate of pay and emoluments as may have been heretofore allowed to any other officer of the line or staff of the army, or agent, who may have rendered services of the same grade, character, or denomination; and the amount so found due shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Mrs. Thompson: Provided, That any money which may have heretofore been received on account of said services shall be credited to the Government.

, March 1, 1845.

No. 12. A Joint Resolution for the benefit of Frances Slocum and her children and grand-children of the Miami tribe of Indians. Be it resolved, &c., That the portions or shares of the annuities or other moneys which are now or may hereafter become payable to the Miami tribe of Indians due to the following named persons members of said tribe of Indians shall be hereafter and forever payable to them and their descendants at Fort Wayne or Peru, or such other place in the state of Indiana as the Secretary of War shall direct, viz: To Frances Slocum, Ke-ke-na-kush-wa, We-saw-she-no-qua, Te-quoc-yaw, Ke-po- ke-na-mo-qua, Wa-pa-noc-shi-no-qua, Ke-no-sack-qua, Ching-shing-gwaw, Petu-loc-a-to-qua, Spo-quang-gwaw, Waw-pop-e-tah, So-eel-en-je-sah, No-ac-co-mo-qua, Coch-e-no-qua, Po-con-da-maw, Tah-he-qua, Ki-ki-o- qua, Te-quoc-yaw, junior, Soc-o-chu-qua, Peem-y-o-ty-maw, So-eel-en-je- saw, junior, and Pun-ge-she-no-qua.

And be it further resolved, That if the aforesaid Indians, their descendants, or any part thereof, shall hereafter remove to the country west of the Mississippi river assigned to the Miami tribe of Indians, then and in such case the portions or shares of annuities or other moneys payable to said tribe shall be paid to such persons so removing at the place of payment of annuities to said tribe of Indians.

, March 3, 1845.