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 682 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 349, 350, 351, 358. 1836 Sawrura I. July 2, 1836. Cmtr. CCCXLIX.—-Jln Act for the relief q/' the rqvrescmfalivea ty" Jacob Shog- ‘*""‘_" maker, deceased. Be it enacted, qc., That there be refunded to Mercy Shoemaker, Duties on su- widow, for herself and the children of Jacob Shoemaker, deceased, the SM 1’¤l`¤¤·l°d· duties paid on one hundred and two hogsheads and four barrels of sugar exported by said Jacob Shoemaker, from the port of Philadelphia to Bordeaux, in France, in the month of August, eighteen hundred and five, in the ship Thomas, Captain Jones; the drawback of which duties was withheld because the oath was not taken, and the export bond signed, proviso_ within ten days required by law: Provided, That, before said payment be made, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that said sugar was actually landed without the United States. Approved, July 2, 1836. S·nru·r1·: I. ········* July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCCL.—Alu Aclfar the relief of John H Holland. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Payment on H. Holland, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, thirteen hun- ¤9<>¤¤¤¤0l Af; dred and seventy-one dollars and forty-seven cents, for his expense and {,l,;°:;,j,’é;?°d m charges incurred in the care, clothing, and subsistence of a number of Africans placed in his charge, as marshal of the eastern district of Louisiana, under the laws of the United States relative to the slave ` trade. Testimony to [Sec. 2.] And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy b° ’°9°“’° '°: take and receive further testimony relative to so much of the account §§‘f,‘j;§§ °°"°m of said John H. Holland, as is embraced in the charges of Dr. James S. McFarlan for professional services and medicine, and allow a reasonable and just amount for the services actually rendered by said McFarlan, and medicine furnished said Africans; and that he report said amount so allowed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is directed to pay said amount so certified, to the said John H. Holland, out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Ari-novnn, July 2, 1836. Snrurs I. ·—··* July 2, 1836. Crm?. CCCLI. —An det for the relief of James Baldridge. Bc it enacted, t$~c., That James Baldridge be, and he is hereby, con- Land title firmed in his title to a tract of land containing six hundred and forty °°¤H¤'¤¤¤d· acres, situated on the river Dardenne, in the county of Saint Charles, state of Missouri, claimed by virtue of a settlement made thereon in the year eighteen hundred and `two, to be surveyed in a square, or, as near as may be, so as to include his improvement; and in the event of there not being sufficient public land adjoining said improvement upon which to make such survey, then, and in that case, the deficiency may be located upon any unappropriated public land in the district embracing said settlement, in legal subdivisions, subject to entry at private sale. APPROVED, July 2, 1836. S*rA·rv*rt: l. July 4, 1836. Cun. CCCLVIII.-.01:. dot conjirming claims to land in the State of Lauisiamt. Be it enacted, Qc., '1`hat the decisions in favor of land claimants Daemon, 0;- made by the register and receiver of the land office in New Orleans, gis R¢gl¤F¤¤`¤°¤· under date the first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, by ,;f°,j;°Qc`;;,jjl0,$:l' virtue of an act entitled "An act for the final adjustment of claims to land in the State of Louisiana," which have been laid before Congress at the present session by the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, with the exception of the claims of N ar-