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 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.337,338,339,340,341. 1836. 679 STATUTE I. CHAP, CCCXXXVH. ·An Jfci for Me reliejf of PVczller Loomis and Abel Guy, july 2, 1g3Q_ Be it enacted, (Sw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to settle, upon principles of equity, the accounts Accounts as of Walter Loomis and Abe] Gay, so far as they are original contract. f8‘Q;“;‘3;”h&°· ms for the making of the Cumberland road, and to pay any balance and pm; B that may be found due, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, That the said balance shall not exceed forty- proviso_ one dollars and seve:uty—0ne cents. Avrnovxap, July 2, 1836. ·*·"‘ Swnrmz I. CHAP. CCCXXXVIII. An Aol conjrming the title of Joseph Sorin, alias Lara- July 2, 1836. chellc, and those claiming under him, to a lract of land in Missouri. ‘;"""""‘ Be it enacted, (Sm., That the title of Joseph Sorin, alias Larochclle, and those claiming under him, bc, and the same is hereby, confirmed Lwd tide m zi tract of land, two arponts in from by forty ztrpents in depth, situ- °°“m‘“°d‘ ated in the second Iinc of concessions or grants adjacent to the city of St, Louis, at fl place called the “Cul dc Sac," bounded on the from by the west line of the forty arpents lots, and adjoining at its western boundury and depth to the “Royal Domain ;" on the north adjoining to the lzmd of Madame Camp; and on the south to that of M. Yosti: Pm- proviso_ vided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States to all claim in and to the said land; but shall not z1H`0ct the right of any other person or persons, if such there bc, having a just claim to the said land. Avvnoviso, July 2, 1836. —--···· Sucrumz I. Cum-. CCCXXXIX. -An Aot {0 provide for the settlement of the c/aim of Jllzzry July 2, 1836. O’Sullivan. "`“"""`"'*` Be it enactrd, $·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury bc, and hc is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the claim of Mury O’Sulli- Claim for loss van, widow and oxccutrix of John O’Sul1ivam, deceased, to be examined b!' d°'°’“i°“ of by the proper accounting officcrs of the treasury; and that there be ;;?§?l’°° b° allowed and paid to the said Mary O’Sullivam, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of actual loss which may be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury to have been sustained by the said John O’Sullivam, in consequence of the act of the lute John M. Forbes, commercial and political agent of the United States of America at Buenos Ayres, in dctaining the vessel of the said O’Sul1ivan, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty- three, and causing her to be sent to the United States. Aprnovmp, July 2, I836. ——-—— Smrurs I. Cmw. CCCXL. -—./9n Act for the rcliqf of Robert dbboll, and the other heirs of July 2, 1836. James Abbott, deceased. Be ii enacted, @#0., That there be granted to Robert Abbott and the other heirs ofJnmcs Abbott, deceased, one section of land, contain- A section of ing six hundred and forty acres, to be located in the Territory of Michi· {;¤·; z*¤¤¤¢d *0 gan, on any of the lands belonging to the United States subject to entry e ' at private sale. Arprecvmn, July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCCXLI.—-Jln ./7ct for the ¢·eliq" of James Thomas. July 2, 1836. Bc it enacted, éjw., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury depatrtmcut bc, and they arc hcrcby, authorized and directed to
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