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 832 TWENTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 43, 44, 45, 46. 1842. them, shall be equal to, or exceed three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage and materials in the United States. Approved, June 13, 1842. STLTUTE II. """"' June 22, 1842. CHAP. XLIII.-dn dof for the reli4' of George Nia:. Be it enacted, &c., That upon the surrender to the Secretary of the Upon the sur- Treasury to be cancelled, by George Nix, or his legal representatives, ’°“d°’ °‘A he of his patent for the south-west quarter of section number nineteen, patent for a cer-. . . . taintractof township number twenty-two, range number eleven, in the district of land. to receive lands subject to sale at Cahawba, in the state of Alabama, a patent shall ““"‘h"· G"' issue to the said George Nix, or his legal representatives, for the southwest quarter of section number twenty-two, township number nineteen, pmvgm range number eleven, in the district and state aforesaid : Provided, That said last mentioned tract of land shall not, previous to such sur- Proviso. render, have been sold by the United States: And provided, also, That said tract of land, so authorized to be surrendered, shall not have been sold by the said George Nix, or his legal representatives, previous to such surrender. Approved, June 22, 1842. Snmuxrs II. —————- June 22, 1842. CHAP. XLIV.—.»2n Act for the relief of Francis G. McCauly. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Francis hfeyrpentfe G. McCauly, a purser in the navy of the_United States, the sum of ,-,;;:;,3 d“:;°““t seven hundred and forty-two dollars and nine cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; that being the amount found to be his due, on settlement of his accounts with the treasury department, in July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Approved, June 22, 1842. Snrurs II. "‘·*··* June 22, 1842. CHAP. XLV. —An det for the relief of Charles HZ Alherlon, Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Amount paid hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Charles H. Atherton, or to 5Q;,5;‘?h;°U S his legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not other- ,,0,,;,; ,,0, g,,],,wise appropriated, the sum of two thousand three hundred thirty-three him a rirle, to dollars and eighty-six cents, it being for money paid by the said Atherb° '°f““d°d· ton for public land entered by him in the St. Helena land district, in Louisiana, to which the United States are unable to give him a title, or P,-.,,·g,0_ to correctly locate the same: Provided, That said Charles H. Atherton, or his legal representatives, shall first surrender to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be cancelled, the original certificates for said land, or shall relinquish to the United States all interest in the same, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, I une 22, 1842. S·ra·ru·rs I1'. —-—·——— June 22, 1842. CHAP. XLVI. ——An Act authorizing the county commissioners of Lake coun/y, Il- '"""*"""”" linois, lo enter a quarter section of land for a seat of justice in said county. Be it enacted, dw., That upon proof being made to the Secretary of Authorized to the Treasury of the payment of the minimum price per acre by the gg? pnlggl: gg county of Lake, in the state of Illinois, to the United States, for the ,,,6 gm ,-0,m,,,_ south-east quarter of section twenty-one, in township forty-five north, of ly selected fora range twelve, east of the third principal meridian, upon which the ¤¢¤¤ of J¤¤¤¤¤- county seat of said county is located, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to cause a patent for said land to be issued to said county, in lieu, and in full satisfaction of the claim of said county to