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 200 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11.15, 17, 20. 1818. Concerns to eight hundred and thirty-seven; and on the dissolution orexpiration of be closed on this charter, the president and drrectors for the time berng shall take 'll”°l““°“· &*°· prompt and effectual measures for closing all its concerns; but no sue}; dissolution or expiration shall operate so as to prevent any suits being brought or continued by or against the said corporation for any debt or claim due by or to the same, and which arose previously to said dissolution or expiration; but, for the purpose of closing its concerns, IES corporate powers shall remain ummpaired, · (30,, es, mp Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That_C0ngress may, at any time repcalbr nrmuly during the period for which this charter IS granted, repeal and armul uw °l“‘"°"‘ the same. Approved, February 16, 1818. Sururs I. ""‘ Mar-ch9, 1818. Cru?. XV. —An det to authorize certain purchasers of public land to withdraw "‘··•·i···· their entries and transfer the moneys paid thereon. Be it enacted, dec., That the following persons shall be permitted to u€§‘;,°l’:  withdraw their respective entries, made with the register of the land draw their- en. oH·ice for the district of Jeffersonville, for the purchase of land in said {tis; frgm dls district, viz: Abraham Wiseman, for the northeast and northwest quar- J';';,-egossufglc ters of section four, township four south, range one east; John Bones, for the northwest quarter of section thirty-four, township three south, range one east; Gory Jones, for the southeast quarter of section four, township four south, range one east; Abraham Van Winkell, for the northwest quarter of section three, township four south, range one east; and Joseph Tibbs, for the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight, Receiver to township three south, range one east. And the receiver of public mo- ¤ll<>W ¢¤‘¤•li¤ Y0? neys for the said district shall be authorized to allow to any of the said mh" l°"d°’&'°‘ persons, who shall withdraw his entry as aforesaid, a credit, on any purchase he shall or may have made of other public lands in the same dispmvgm trict, for the moneys paid on the entry by him withdrawn: Provided, That the said entries shall not be withdrawn until it shall be made appear, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of public moneys for the said district, that the said entries, or either of them, were made in mistake, in consequence of the erroneous marks of the surveyor; and in case of patents having been granted, the same shall be returned to tlrelfegister, and, by him, to the general land office, and shall be there cance e. Approved, March 9, 1818. Srnnra I. *·‘* March 9, 1313, CHAP. XV 11.-An Act for the relief tf Major-General Arthur St. Clair. Pemion to Be itenaoted, &o., That the Secretary for the Department of War be, G,,n_`S,_ Cl,,,,._ and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension list of invalid pensioners of the United States Major-General Arthur St. Clair, at the rate of sixty dollars a month, to commence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. paymemhcw Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the pension aforesaid shall to bs made. be paid at the treasury of the United States, or in the same manner as invalid pensioners are paid, who have heretofore been placed on the list of pensioners, at the option of the said pensioner. Approved, March 9, 1818. S·rn·urs I. March 18, 1818. Cnn. XX. - An Aer for the relief of Israel Smith. Crcdimucwed Be it enacted, d$~c., That the proper accounting officers of the war ,0 mm, department be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to place to the credit of Israel Smith, of the State of Vermont, four hundred dollars, which sum has been paid by the said Smith to a detach-