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 TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 19,%,21,24. 1840. 799 any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars, being the appraised value of a horse belonging to said Taylor, taken into the service of the United States in May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Avrnovmn, May 2, 1840. °""""' Szurvu I. CHAP. XIX. — An Act for the relief of Richard Booker and others. May 2, ]840_ Be it enacted, ¢$·c., That the Secretary of War settle the claim for clothing of Richard Booker, and those composing the company under Claim for his command, called the Richmond Washington Volunteers, whose ser- °l°*hi”S ‘° l’° vices were tendered and accepted, under the acts of February six and s22f?,; Feb 6 July six, eighteen hundred and twelve, said company having been called 1812, eh. 21., i into the service on the sixth of June, eighteen hundred and thirteen, in gg 0*,1] “lY 6· which it remained until discharged on the thirty-first of December, eigh- I 1 ’ c13S` teen hundred and thirteen; and that he allow said company so much as is due, under said acts for clothing, and that the allowance so made to each member be paid to him, or, if dead, to his legal representative, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 2, 1840. ————- Scurura I. CHAP. XX. — An det relative to the iron steamboat “The Mw Jersey," formerly Muy 8, 1840- called the Robert E Stockton. W Whereas the said steamer was built in England for the purpose of in- Preamble. troducing a new improvement in this country in the navigation of canals and in the construction of tow-boats, and to serve as a model, and was navigated across the Atlantic at great hazard and expense: And whereas it is represented that a boat of the same model, and propelled in the same manner, could not have been built in the United States at the time she was constructed : And whereas the said steamer cannot be used in the United States for the purpose for which she was designed, without being enrolled and licensed according to the laws of the United States; therefore, B - - Lawful for cole tt enacted, &c., That it shall and may be lawful for the collector Iwo, of any of any port in the United States, on the application of the owner or port in U.S., on owners of the said iron steamer, to enrol and license the same, in the ¤PPllf¤*lg¤,r *0 same manner and upon the same terms as if she had been built within  ,:2,,, the United States. steamer. Am-novnn, May 8, 1840. Sn·ru·r1: I. CHAP. XXI. —-An Act for the reliegdof John T. Jddoms, executor of John MBV 8» 1840 .0 cms. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the legal representatives of John Addoms, one hundred dollars, out_of any Payment for money not otherwise appropriated, for damages done in breaking the g;‘;’;§f;"° he ground and building forts on his farm at Plattsburg, in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen, according to an appraisal made by persons selected on the part of the United States and the claimant, and approved ` by Colonel Smith, then commanding that post. Avrnovnn, May 8, 1840. ._... Sryrvrs I. CHAP. XXIV.——An Act for the relief of William Wickham. May 8, 1840. Be it enacted, r§~c., That William Wickham, of Sodus, in the state of New York, his heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized and empow- igmgggeggy ered to enjoy and improve the fishery established by him at Great Sodus c658m dah5g_ Point on the shore of land conveyed to the United States by said Wick-