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 386 TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 131, 132, 133, 134, 135. 1828. 5-.-;-.-;;-;-;,; {_ C:-rn. CXXXI.—-AnAct for the reliqfofillary James, of Bedford county, Vivginia. Ma? 94: *828- Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury pa mmm, hc, department are hereby authorized and required to pay to Mary J ameg, i¤ ml! f¤¤’ ¤ half- the widow of Johnson James, lute of the county of Bedford, in the stare {'Q°`;gyhf§;;;§:‘ of Virginiaadeceased, the sum of twq hundred and forty dollars out of pursuantto act of any money H1 the t!‘BHSl1l'y of the United States l10t 0th0l‘W1SB appt0- f£'g5 16: 1816: priated, in full of her claim for a half monthly pay pension for the term of five years, in pursuance of the act of Congress of the sixteenth April, proviso_ eighteen hundred and siicteen; Provided, That the said Mary J ames, shall make it satisfactorily appear, that she was the lawful wife of the said Johnson James at the time of his death, and that she remained unmarried for the term of five years immediately thereafter. STATUTE L Avrnovmn, May 24, 1828. May 24,, ]828_ Cru?. CXXXII.—-- An Act for the relief af Samuel Ward. Be it enacted, ¢§•e., That the sum of one thousand and forty-seven Payment of dollars and fil`ty-two ninetieths be paid to Samuel Ward, urviving partner £:;°'§::tg':fe;€‘ of the late firm of Samuel Ward and Brothers, out of any money in the certificate. treasury not otherwise appropriated, being the principal sum due on a final settlement certificate issued by Benjamin Walker to Abraham Whipple, Esq., datecl the iyventy-third day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, number two hundred and eighty—0ne; which certificate is alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and appears Pr<>vi¤<>· by the books of the treasury to be outstanding and unpaid : Provided, The said Samuel Ward shall first execute, and deliver to the Comptroller of the Treasury, a bond of indemnity in double the amount of the sum so to be paid, with such sufficient security as the said Comptroller shnll direct and approve. S ¤ I L Approved, M ay 24, 1828. ————-— May 24, 18*28. CHAP. CXXXI1l`.—.»9n Act for the relid of Allan B. M'Alhany. A mmm? Be it enacted, QM., That the Secretary of War be authorized, and bounty lend wu;. he is hereby required, to cause to be issued, in favor of Allan B. M’Al- {1*;:: *° '”“° '° hurry, who served as a private in the seventh regiment United States ’ infmitry, during the late war, a military bounty land warrant. S_r uu I Approved, May 24, 1828. MW 24, 1828- CHAP. CXXX[V.—¢i’n dctfor the relief of Sarah Chitwovd. A i f_  H  e zt enacted, eh, Thutthe Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is B. ,.` Bm smnmd to hereby authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the treasury lim-. not otherwise appropriated, to Sarah Chitwood, widow and relict. of John Chitwood, deceased, late a captain in the iburth regiment of Tennessee militia, the sum of twenty dollars :1 month, for five years, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight; P'°"‘“°· said sums to be paid half yearly: Provided, That, in case of the dcuth onniarriage of the said Sarah Chitwood, before the expiration of the said five years, the said sum of twenty dollars a month shall thereafter be pangl, in the manner before mentioned, to the children and heirs of the said John Chitwood, deceased, if any such there were, under the age of sixteen years, at the time of the death of said J. Chitwood. SHTUTI I APM10V2D, May 24, 1828. Mw 9% 1828- Cru?. CXXXV.—An Ae! canjirming to Francis Valle, Jean Ba tiate Valle, Jean """"""""""‘ Baptiste Prazte, and St. James Bcauvais, or to their hairs or Zagal representa- tive: of the county of .Ma.dis1m, in the state of Missouri, certain lands. A    fl     Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That there be, and hereby is, confirmed to Franin Miszfing   cis Valle, Jean Baptiste Valle, Jean Baptiste Pr:-me, and St. James timed wzhem. Beuuvois, or in case of their or either of their decease, to their heirs, or