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 TWENTY-FIFTI1 CONGRESS. SESSJI. Ch. 30, 35, 36, 37, 38. 1838. 707 as a hospital and as a depot for the British prisoners, and as barracks for a company under the command of Captain Patterson. Approved, March 7, 1838. ‘··"*‘ Srnura II. CHAP. XXX.——.r2n Act for the relief of John Krepps. March 7_ 1333, Be it enacted, rf-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized, "`__;- and he is hereby required, to cause a credit to be entered in favor of A credit to be John Krepps on the books of the treasury, for the sum of two thousand °u°W°d himr and forty-nine dollars and fifteen cents, erroneously charged to John &’°' Krepps for an alleged dehciency to that amount of work done by him as contractor on the Cumberland road, under Josias Thompson, superintendent; and if suit has been instituted by the United States, to recover from John Krepps the aforesaid sum ascertained to have been erroneously charged to him on the books of the treasury, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the same to be dismissed, and to release the said John Krepps from the effects thereof Suc.2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force Act when to from the passage thereof be in force- Approved, March 7, 1838. ———— Snrura II. CHAP. XXXV.·—-An Aol for the relief of Benjamin H. Maclcall. March 19, 1838. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the legal representatives of Benjamin H. Mackall, formerly of Calvert county, p,,,.,,,,,,,,;,,, Maryland, two hundred and ten dollars, the amount claimed by his a house deheirs for a certain house or out-house destroyed by the British about the S"°Y°d‘ first of August eighteen hundred and fourteen, which house was in the military occupation of the United States at the time of its destruction, and destroyed in consequence of such occupation. Approved, March 19, 1838. ""‘_ Snrura II. CHAP. XXXV1. —-An Act for the relief of James Baker. March rg, ]333_ Be it enacted, dec., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to James "—”°"""‘ Baker, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, two hundred dol- payment for a lars, the appraised value of awagon and a horse and two sets of harness, W¤g<>¤r h¤¥S¢. taken into the military service of the United States in the Black Hawk &°" 1"L war, and lost or destroyed in said service, without any fault on the part of the owner. APPROVED, March 19, 1838. ········ Surura II. CHAP. XXXVIl.—An Act for the relief ofJonalhan Davis. March 19, 1838. Be it enacted, Src., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jonathan Pnyment for Davis, two hundred and forty-five dollars, in full compensation for three £‘:,;`;‘;S,)&,.‘y*S . . . . y . . horses and one cow, the property of said Davis, taken near Fort Erie, in August, eighteen hundred and thirteen, by direction of an officer of the United States troops, for the benefit of the friendly Indians. APPROVED, March 19, 1838. ··*··* Srnvrs II. CHAP. XXXVIII.-dn Acl_fm· the relief of Robert Peebles and John Graham. March 19, 1838. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay Robert Peebles and John Graham, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, Payment of one thousand and ten dollars and fifty-seven cents, which sum was incor- ;’,;‘;?,;";;*g‘:l‘;;,° rectly debited on their account, and deducted from money due them as c0m,,,,,m,.s_ army contractors, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five. Ar·PRovr:i>, March 19, 1838.