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 580 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 177, 178, 179. 1834. Srarnrn I. June 30, 1834. Gnu. CLXXVI1.—.x5ln Act for the relief of Hannah Stone. To be placed Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is ggfavd P"’"s‘°“ hereby, directed to place Hannah Stone, widow of John Stone, late of Act of March Kennebunk, in the state of Maine, on the list of naval pensions, in "> 1814: °h·2°· conformity with the act of March four, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, " giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States;" and that the said Hannah Stone be allowed and paid the same pension to which she would have been entitled, had the said John Stone been wounded or slain while serving in the line of his duty on board a private armed brig or vessel of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1834. CHAP. CLXXVIII.—An act confirming to Gilbert Hodges, his heirs ar legal repre- STATUTE I' sentatives, and to Henry Masters, his heirs or legal representatives, certain lands Julia 30; 18% in the State of Missouri. G_H0dgcS ,,,,_ Be it enacted, nyc., That Gilbert Hodges, his heirs or assigns be, thorized to enter and are hereby authorized to enter six hundred and forty acres of land ¤,{;:°g,°g*:,d£,9 without payment on any lands of the United States according to sec- 1816) eh_ fg5g_ ’ tional lines, in the state of Missouri, subject to sale by private entry in lieu of the like quantity of land confirmed to said Hodges by act of Congress of twenty-ninth April one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act for the confirmation of certain claims to lands in the western district of the state of Louisiana, and in the territory of Missouri," but which has been lost by the interference of prior claims. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Henry Masters, his heirs and mgizigiuigctnfpg legal representatives bo,` and are- hereby authorized to enter six hunumm 0,- 1mm_ dred and forty acres oi land without payment on any lands of the United States in the state of Missouri, subject to sale by private entry, in lieu of the like quantity confirmed to said Masters, by the act aforesaid, but which has been lost by the interference of a donation. Approved, June 30, 1834. Sraruric I. J““° mr mah Cru?. CLXXlX.—An ./Jet for the relief af Wolcott Chauncey. Boégcpiipxdtgolzg Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- 0,, ,,,;,;,5,,,,, nom sury department be, and they are hereby, authorraedlto audit and settle ’ uilowcd. the account of Wolcott Chauncey, now a captain in the navy of the United States, on the principles of equity and justice; and to allow, in the settlement thereof, whatever loss may have been sustained by him from the sale of treasury notes received by him in the years one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and applied to the public service under the direcproviso_ tion of the navy department: Provided, That the allowance so, as aforesaid, made, shall not exceed the sum of seven hundred and sixty-six dollars and twenty cents. Approved, June 30, 1834.