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 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 55, 56, 57, 58. 1819. 229 the interest thereon, which he alleges is due to him from the United States, for certain lands by them holden in the District of Columbia, reserved for a marine hospital; and the attorney for the District aforesaid is hereby directed to appear and defend, in said bill in equity, in behalf of the United States. Approved, March 2, 1819. Srnvm II. CHAP. LV. ——An Act for the rclij of Phebe Stuart. Much 3, 1819. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension list, Phebe Stuart, widow of James To be placed Stuart, deceased, under the provisions of an act, passed the sixteenth on the pension day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, making provision 1***- for the widows and orphans of the militia who had died in the service of the United States. Arr-novnn, March 3, 1819. '*""- Snrum II. CHAP.LVI.—An Act for the relief of John Bice Jones. March 3, 1819. Be it enacted, &c., That the accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized to audit and settle, on Account to be equitable principles, the account of John Rice Jones, for services ren- $***]**6 ¤¤' dered, and expenses incurred, as an interpreter and translator of the E;;};;?;?` md French language, to the board of commissioners appointed for inquiring into the validity of claims to land in the district of Kaskaskia; and the amount found to be due, on such settlement, shall be paid to him out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The sum to be paid shall not exceed two hundred and eighty-one dollars. Apraovan, March 3, 1819. ——-—- Snrcrs II. CHAP. LVII.—-An Act in behug of the Connecticut Asylum for leaching the March 3, 1819. caf and Dumb, ___"""""" Be it enacted, <§·c., That there be granted to the Connecticut Asylum for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons, a township Gr¤n\_0f ¤ of land, or a tract of land equal thereto, to be located, under the direc- {;’;‘;,"”h'P °f tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, in tracts of not less than four ` entire sections each, in any of the unlocated lands of the United States to which the Indian title has been extinguished; which land shall be and forever remain to the use of said asylum, for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons; or, if said asylum shall sell said land, which they are authorized to do, the money arising from such sale shall be and remain for ever to the same use. Armtovan, March 3, 1819. ... Srnur: II. Cnnv. LVI]I.—.An Act in addition lo an acl, supplementary la an act, entitled Mami; 3, 1919. “ ./Zn actfor the relief of Thomas T/lGls0n." ·····—···—··— Be it enacted, ¢$··c., That [the] Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to revise, adjust, and settle, the accounts Secretary of and claims of Thomas Wilson, arising under his contracts entered into War aurhprized with the department of war, dated the third and fourth of August, one  lm thousand eight hundred and three; and that all the powers vested in ` the accounting officers of the war department, by an act of Congress for the relief of Thomas Wilson, passed on the eighth day of April, one Actor Apyil8’ thousand eight hundred and twelve, and to the accounting officers of 1812,¤h·52· the treasury department, by the act supplementary thereto, passed on the twenty-eighth of March, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, Act of March be, and are hereby, vested in the Secretary of War. @1814. ¤h·33· Aernovan, March 3, 1819. U