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 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch.23`7,238, 239, 240. 1839. 793 fees charged by Charles Lewis, as attorney, in prosecuting, under an order from the Secretary of War, before the year eighteenhundred and twenty-four, four suits, to decide the validity of entries in the Cherokee country under the laws of Tennessee : Provided, That the original account and assignment be presented; and it shall be proven to the satisfaction of said officers that said account has not been paid by any disbursing onicer of the Government, and that said McCarty is the purchaser of said claim, and holds the same as assignee. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, on making said allow- Appropriation. ance, the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Arr-rtoven, March 3, 1839. . xxv11..na no or th re · D r a ·. S""" m' Cnar CCX Cvé Bnfdfolgfdgctifgg al representatwes of Duns Much 3, 1839. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the proper officers of the treasury be, and Allowed the they are hereby, required to allow and pay to the legal representatives °”*l°'Yd°l * ‘;°“; of said Bradford, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- f,‘f,,§‘,‘,,,§€,f‘“ ° propriated, the salary of consul and agent of claims of the United States at Paris, from the ninth of August, eighteen hundred and thirty- three, to the twenty-third of September, eighteen hundred and thirty- three, at the rate per annum established by law. Approved, March 3, 1839. Crue. CCXXXVIII.—-An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of the SUNW HL Iate Doctor James IL Cheears. Match 3* msg' Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the Allowed the legal representatives of Doctor James H. Cheears, out of any money compensation of in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the compensation of assist- ;‘;°:’“,;’,°,Q:f,,f;"' ant surgeon in the army of the United States, from the ninth of July, y` eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to the twenty-second of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, the said Doctor Cheears having discharged the duties of that onice in General Armstrong’s brigade of mounted Tennessee volunteers, in their campaign in Florida. Approved, March 3, 1839. Cu. CCXXXIX.—An Act or the relic 0 Jesse Se ur orhisr rennta- S $1;:3, and in alteration of anfact entitled.; dn act reqing lhs late ogors and TATUTE HL crew of the s-loop of war Wasp," approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred March 3, H39- and sixteen. """"""""' Be it enacted, <§·c., That the limitation contained in the third sec- Iiimitgtion can- · tion of said act, of two years, for the presentment of claims under and :?;°‘:l.“£‘: ;'j.°“ in virtue thereoiQ so far forth as the same may relate to, or operate April ao, ram, upon, Jesse Seymour, one of the crew of said sloop of war Wasp, or ¢h·65. ¢¤¢¤¤d¤d» his representatives, be, and the same hereby is, suspended and extended &’°‘ for the term of two years from and after the passage of this act.; and within that time the claim of said Seymour or his representatives, by virtue of said act, may be presented, and in all respects proceeded with as though no such limitation had been passed; and the sum which may thereupon be allowed shall be paid out of the navy pension fund. Approved, March 3, 1839. """""' Sruurm III. Cue?. CCXL.—An Act for the relief of Woodburne Potter. Mmm 3* 1g3g' Be it enacted, dye., That the Secretary of War adjust the claim of Claim for ser- Woodburne Potter for services as a clerk to General Gaines from the ,‘;*°T1i:l’;t;:,“'§L';,° sixth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to September eight, G ’ eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and allow to him therefor such reasonable compensation as he is entitled to, not howgiigr to exceed 10