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 TWEN'1`Y-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12, 13, 14, 17. 1834. 555 five cents per acrc, and shall in other respects, conform to the regulations for the purchase of the public lands of the United States, that are subject to entry at private sale. Approved, February 5, 1834. ·-—-··-·· Snrurz l`. Cntr. XII.-—An det to authorize Gazaway B. Lamar, to import an iron steam- Feb. 26, 1834. boat, in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils, `_"""—" therefor, into the United States, free from duty, and to provide for the remission of the same. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That for the purpose of making an experiment of the aptitude of iron steamboats for the navigation of shoal waters, Iron steamboat Gazaway B. Lamar, of the city of Savannah in the state of Georgia, be, “:,"`§;°J;“dl"{"i' and he is hereby, authorized to import an iron steamboat, in detached e u y` parts, with the necessary machinery, tools and working utensils for the same, into the United States, free from duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the collector of the port Colleptcrto of Savannah be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to admit to “d"‘“"• entry, free of duty, the articles mentioned in the first section of this act, on the exhibition of the invoices and the oath of the said Gazaway B. Lamar, that the said articles are intended for the purposes herein before specified; or to cancel any bond or bonds which may be, or may have been, given by the said Gazaway B. Lamar, for the duties accruing thereon under the existing laws. .Sl’PROVED, February 26, 1834. -—-—· Srarura I. CHAP. XIII.—An .0ct for the relief of Joseph M Harper. Feb. 26, 1834. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Joseph M. Harper the sum of forty-four Paymentm dollars and twenty-five cents, out of any money in the treasury not other- °*“'°lY °J.“dZ· wise appropriated, to indemnify said Joseph M. Harper for so much Ezzmgumst money paid by him to satisfy a judgment obtained against him by Joseph Wheat, in the courts of New Hampshire, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, for the boarding and nursing of certain sick soldiers of the United States army, and to defray the expenses of defending such suit. Approved, February 26, 1834. —·—— Sruuma I. CHAP. XIV. -—An Act for the relief of Benjamin Slzerfey. Feb. 26, 1834. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Benjamin Sherfey, ninety-six dollars, out of any money in the treasury not 4m¤¤¤¢ Of ¤ otherwise appropriated, being for a military fine improperly assessed by ,';‘2l;_;'H,§;;’ °° a regimental court martial, and collected by the deputy marshal, and ` deposited by the marshal in the Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee, of which notice was given to the Treasurer of the United States. Arpnovnn, February $26, 1834. ""”""' Srnuu: I. CHAP. XVH.-—JIn Aet to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise March 24, l834_ the claims of the United States, against the late jirm af1WHnturn and Champlin., "*_""’ 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 Benjamin Compromise G. Minturn, surviving partner of the late iirm of Minturn and Cham- and settlement plin, all the claims of the United States upon the said firm and their gfall °l’“‘“S . . . gmnst them. securities, upon such terms as he may deem most conducive to the interest of the United States. Arvnovnn, March 24, ]834.