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 808 TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. S1ass.I. Ch.S2,S3,84. 1840. S·n·ru·r¤ I. July 20, 1840. C¤Av.LXXX1L-An Act for the relief xy" John L. Bowman, and Enoch JZ Noyes. Be it enacted, 4-0., That the collector of the customs for the dis— All°W*¤¤°¢°¤ trict of Passamaquoddy, in Maine, is hereby authorized to pay to John m;:“"°' L. Bowman, and Enoch J. Noyes, owners of the fishing schooner called ` the George, of Eastport, in said district, of sixty-eight and thirty-eight ninety-fifths tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, or their legal representatives, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive if she had completed her fishing term; the said schooner having been totally lost in a gale, after having been employed more than two and a half months of the term required by law. Approved, July 20, 1840. Srarnrs I. July 20, 1840. CHAP.LXXX1H.-./YH Act for the relief of Pierre Mahison, the widow of Pierre ———········ Richoux, Alexander Comeau, Alice L. Foley, widow of John Foley, and Francois Martin, of the state of Louisiana. Be it enacted, ¢§~c, That the claim of Pierre Molaison to a tract of Land claim of land of one arpen and a half front, more or less, with forty arpens in P· M°l’”5°“ depth, situate on the left bank of the bayou Lafourche, about three °°"mmBd' miles below the town of Thibodauxville, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. Qlaim of P. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the claim of the widow, £g;‘:,“X °°“* Pierre Richoux, to a tract of land of one arpen and a half front, more ' or less, with forty arpens in depth, situate on the left bank of the bayou Lafourche, about three miles below the town of Thibodauxville, and bounded on the lower side by the land of Pierre Molaison, described in the first section of this act, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. Claim of A. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Alexander g::‘§”“ °°“‘ Comeau, to a tract of land of four arpens front, with forty arpens in ° ‘ depth, situate on the left bank of the bayou Lafourche, about four leagues and a half from the Mississippi, and designated as fractional section number fifty-eight, in township thirteen, range fourteen cast, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed. Claim of A. L. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Alice L. Foley, €¤l¤>:i °°¤· widow of John Foley, to a tract of land in the parish of Assumption, on mmthe left bank of the canal leading to Lake Verrit, and containing ten arpens front by forty arpens in depth, designated as sections numbers one hundred and forty and one hundred and eighty, of townships numbers fourteen and fourteen, in range numbers thirteen and fourteen east, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. Claim of F. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Francois Martin 22;;;* °°“‘ to a tract of land in the parish of Assumption, on the right bank of the ' canal, to Lake Verrit, containing one hundred and forty and sixty-three Proviso. hundredths acres, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed: Provided, That none of the confirmations contained in this act shall amount to guy thing more than a relinquishment of claim on the part of the United tates. Approved, July 20, 1840. Sruurz I. July 20. l840· CHAP. LXXXIV.—An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the aaltlick reserva- """""""" tion in the western dzstrict of Tennessee. Act of March Be it enacted, dec., That the provisions of an act of Congress enti- 3·:E33·;h·179» tled "An act for the relief of certain settlers living on what is called °* " ° ‘ the salt-lick reservation in the western district of Tennessee," approved