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 ~ TWENTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134, 135, 136, 137. 1832. 495 land in the Zanesville district; and to enter, in lieu thereon the west half of the north-east quarter of section numbered fifteen, township numbered nine, of range numbered six, military, of the Zanesville district, and to apply the moneys paid for the tract first named aforesaid, to the payment of the tract last aforesaid: Provided, That, if the tract Py0viS°• first named aforesaid shall have been patented to the said Remf before the taking effect of this act, then the said Remf shall execute and deliver, to said Register of the Land Ofhce aforesaid, at the time of said withdrawal, a release to the United States for said tract of land first above named. Approved, June 15, 1832. "°"*' Snruu I. CHAP. CXXXIV.——J1n Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John June 15, 1832. Mcllugh. ""`°" Be it enacted, &e., That there shall be, and hereby is, confirmed unto the legal representatives of John McHugh, the tract of land settled Land claim upon and cultivated by John McHugh, in his lit'e—time, situate on White °°“*i"“°d· Bayou, within a survey once supposed to be the property of D. Amos, but which claim was rejected by Congress; the same lying and situate in the parish of east Baton Rouge, in the state of Louisiana, not to exceed, in the whole, more than six hundred and forty acres, and that a patent shall issue for the said tract ofland in the usual form: Provided, Proviso. however, That the said legal representatives of the said John McHugh have not, and shall not, claim any other lands in right of settlement and cultivation, and that this act shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States of all their right and claim to the said lands, and shall not interfere with, or affect the right or claim of other persons. Approved, June 15, 1832. ( STATUTE I. CHAP. CXXXV.-dn Act for the relief of John Knight. juno 15, 18:-]2_ Be it enacted, <§~c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- T8 sury be, and they are hereby, required to settle the account of John Five years Knight, and to allow him five years’ full pay as a surgeon’s mate in the g‘;l;g{;Ym“;tg“Y' revolutionary war; which five years’ full pay is the commutation of his mowed_ half pay for life, together with such interest thereon as would now be due if a certificate for such commutation had been issued and subscribed under the principles of the funding act, and no payments made thereon ; Ao, ofAugus! to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 4. 1790, eh. 34. Ar1>Rovm:>, June 15, 1832. —··——·· Srarurs I. CrrAr>. CXXXVI.——.£n Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compro- juno 15, 1832, mise with the Trustee of the late _/irm of Thomas IL Smith and Son and their ·——-1-—··——-— securities, the claims of the United Sta/es upon the said jirm and their securities. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to compromise, and finally settle with the trustee of Compromise the late firm of Thomas H. Smith and Son, all the claims of the United ¤f¤l¤i¤¤ ¤g¤1¤¤¢ States upon the said firm and their securities, upon such terms as he th°m‘ may deem most conducive to the best interest of the United States. Approved, June 15, 1832. ""‘*' S·rA·ru·rs I. CHAP. CXXXVII.-—An .h'ct for the relief of the representatives of David Dardin, June 15, 1832. deceased. ""—"———__* Be it enacted, eye., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, required to settle the account