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 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 70,71,72,%,*74,76. 1837. 699 Sryrurrz II. CHAP. LXX.-./2n .5ct authorizing the Secretary of the Mwy to place the name March 3, 1837. of Doctor John P. Briggs on the navy pension list. _*"——‘ Be it enacted, cfm., That the-Secretary of the Navy bc, and he hereby ig, authorized and required to place upon the list of invalid pensioners T0 b¤_pl¤¢9·d gf the navy pension fund, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, to °“ P°"“°" 1*** be paid out of said fund, John P. Briggs, late an acting surgeon on board of the ship Saratoga, who was wounded by a splinter in the action with the British fleet on Lake Champlain, on the eleventh of September, eighteen hundred and fourteen; to commence on the first of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. APPROVED, March 3, 1837. CHAP. LXXI.-——An Act for the relief of George Frazar, and others. March 3, 1837. Be it enacted, (Q-c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Plymouth, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to George Allowaneetoa Frazar and others, late owners, and to the surviving heirs of the late {lSl;‘”§¤°h°°¤°' crew, of the schooner Quero, of Duxbury, of sixty-one and thirty-six 08 a °°°' ninety-fifths tons burthen, which was lost on a fishing voyage in eighteen hundred and thirty-three, together with her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive, had the said schooner completed her fishing term and returned into port. Avrnovnn, March 3, 1837. """"" Snrurs II. C1—uP. LXXII.-- dn det for the relief of Philqr E Voorhees. March 3, 1837, Bc it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Philip F. Voorhees, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- P¤>{m€¤tY0f priated, the sum of six hundred dollars, in full for expenses incurred by 322;;: °x' im while commanding the ship John Adams, in the Mediterranean, ° during the years eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and eighteen hundred and thirty-two, in conveying our consuls to and from their consulates, and the Tripolitan Ambassador from Malta to Tripoli, by orders from Commodores Biddle and Patterson. APPROVED, March 3, 1837. ·—···-· Snrvra II. Cuar. LXXIII. ——An Act granting an increase of pension to Empson Hamilton. March 3, 1837. Be it enacted, &e., That there be paid to Empson Hamilton, an in- ‘ valid pensioner, an increase of pension of one dollar per month, to be _ Y¢¤¤¤<>E *0 b° paid, out of the privateer pension fund, and to commence from the time ‘“°'°"° ‘ that he was placed upon the list of pensioners, payable out of said fund. Approved, March 3, 1837. —;· Snrurs II. CHAP. LXXIV.—-An Hot for the relief of George E Strother. March 3, 1837, Be it enacted, eye., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to settle the His accounts accounts of George F. Strother, late receiver of public moneys at St. ;‘§?;;‘;`{é£"°· Louis, Missouri, according to the principles of justice and equity. APP1zovm>, March 3, 1837. ""‘- S·rA·ru·r1: II. CHAP. LXXVI. -——.x2n Act for the relief of John P. Becker. Mm-C}, 3, 133*,3 Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of War be authorized and To be placed directed to place the name of John P. Becker on the pension roll of the on pension roll.
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