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 624 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 20,21, 22, 23, 24. 1836. Sm·rum¤ I. Feb. 17, 1836. CHAP. XX. - An Act for the relief of Lieutenant Washington Seawell. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized To be credited and directed to credit Lieutenant Washington Seawell, any sum of money {5;* "‘°“°Y he may prove to the satisfaction of said Secretary, he had in his posses. ° sion that belonged to the United States, and which he lost, without his fault, by the explosion of the steamboat Lioness, on Red river, on the nineteenth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; not to exceed, in all, the sum of seven hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy- eight cents. A1-rnovnn, February 17, 1836. Srn·c·rz I. .. Feb. 17, 1836. CHAP. XXI. --An Act for the relief of Laurentius M Eiler. Be it enacted, r§·e., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Claim for sur· hereby authorized to adjust and settle the claim of Laurentins M. Eiler, Zgllgg &° bs for surveys made in the Territory of Arkansas, under a written contract ,,,,is_m an made with him by William McKee, surveyor of the land of the United States, in the States of Illinois and Missouri and said Territory, on the thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and to pay said Eiler, the balance found due him under the terms of said contract, out of any money in the treasury Provisc. not otherwise appropriated : Provided, The Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that said Eiler, on his part, has performed his covenants in said contract. Approved, February 17, 1836. S·n·rU·r¤ I. Feb. 17, 1836. CHAI-. XXII.-dn Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Willie Blount. Be it enacted, r§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay the legal payment for representatives of Willie Blount, the sum of three thousand seven hundi¤b¤r¤in¤ mq- dred and fifty dollars, found due to him for disbursing one hundred and {‘;£¤{‘;"3f"“ fifty thousand dollars for the United States, during the late war, and for ` which he has not received any compensation, by balancing the accounts of said Willie Blount 0n the books of the department, without interest; and the balance of said sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, if any remains after balancing said accounts, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. Arvnovso, February 17, 1836. Srururs I. ..._ Feb. 17, 1836. CHAP. XXIII.-An Act for the relief of Joseph Russ and Stephen J Roach. Be it enacted, dye., That the Quartermaster-General settle the account Acc,,,,,,, {0, of Joseph Russ and Stephen J. Roach, for labor bestowed and money constructing u expended in repairing or constructing a road leading from Pensacola to H·:,d·&°c°° “°" Tallahassee, in Florida, under a contract made on the twenty-sixth of `November, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, of which they are the holders, and to allow them therefor, such sum, so far as the labor bestowed and the money expended were advantageously applied, taking as the data for making the allowance, the price to have been paid for making or repairing the entire road, on completing it according to the contract. Armovso, February 17, 1836. STATUTE I. i-—···· Feb. 11, 1836, CHAP. XXTV.-An Act for the relief of David SC Campbell. To be mid fm, _ Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he s r-msgs.; im, is hereby, directed to pay to David S. Campbell, out of any money in