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 662 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.272,273,2’74,2’75. 1836. of the said Michael Fenwick, by the troops in the service of the United States during said war, by order of an officer, for military purposes, and as to the destruction of said buildings by the enemy when so occupied, and in consequence thereof, and as to the value of said buildings; and the sum awarded by said Third Auditor, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to pay to said legal representatives out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 1, 1836. Smnurx I. ‘"_"‘ Juty 3, ]g36_ CHAP. CCLXXII.—.£n Act for the relief ofJoha Howell, Be it enacted, ¢§·c,, That John Howell be, and he is hereby, confirm- Lccd ,,1,,,;,,, ed in his title to a tract of land, containing six hundred and forty acres, ¢¤¤firmcd· claimed by virtue of a settlement made thereon in the year one thousand eight hundred and two, situated on the river Dardenne, in the county of Saint Charles, state of Missouri, to be surveyed in a square, or as near as may be, so as to include his improvement; and in the event of there not being unappropriated public land adjoining his said settlement sufficient for the purpose, then the deficiency may be located upon any unappropriated land of the United States within the land district embracing said tract, subject to entry at private sale. Ar·rrtovmn, July 2, 1836. Snruma I. ——-·—- July 2, 1836. Can. CCLXXIII.-dn Act for the relief of George Dawson. Be it enacted, dm., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he mc cccccm is hereby, authorized to settle upon principles of equity the accounts of for m¤¤0¤ work George Dawson, late a contractor for mason work on the Cumberland zg’° ¤°"l¤d· road, and that the balance found due to him be paid out of any money ` in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Ar-r·novi>, July 2, 1836. S·n·ru·ra I. -—-—— July 2, 1336, Gun. CCLXXIV.-dn dot for the relief of Nancy Haggard, and for other pur- "_"""‘ poses. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Seven years' sury be, and they are hereby, required to pay to Nancy Haggard, only b¤lfl!°Y °f_¤ daughter and surviving heir of William Grymes, who was a captain in gfsffmjzjxd the Virginia line, on the continental establishment, during the revoluto Nlhncy Hag. tionary war, and who died in the service of the United States, during Bard. the said war, the aggregate amount of the half pay of a captain of infantry for seven years, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not pmvgsc otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said Nancy Haggard, before the payment thereof, do exhibit such proof to the Secretary of the Treasury, as will satisfy him that she is the only daughter and heir of said William Grymes. R.Jouett’s re- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of money allowed £;°:_?5“"V°“ '° to the representative of Robert Jouett, deceased, by the act passed at Act0f'Muy 20, the present session of Congress, entitled "An act for the relief of the 1836, ch. 78. representative of Robert Jouett, deceased/’ be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. A1’PROVED, July 2, 1836. Surura I. ————— July 2, 1836. Gun. CCLXXV. --An Act for the reliq" of the suretics of Mcltolas Kern. Be it enacted, drc., That the sureties of Nicholas Kern, who are Rglgaggd {yon] bound with him to the United States, in two bonds, one dated the thirlisbility ¤¤ sum- teenth day of January, eighteen hundred and fourteen, and the other Q;§i;;‘$1nil‘£fcf,° dated the seventeenth clay of October, eighteen hundred and sixteen, ` given by the said Nicholas Kern, as collector of direct taxes and inter-