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 TWENTY-SEVENTII CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 48,49,51. 1842. 833 enter one quarter section of land in virtue of the act of the twenty- ActofMay 26, sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act grant- 18% °h· I69- ing to the counties or parishes of each State and Territory of the United States in which the public lands are situated the right of pre-emption to quarter sections of land for seats of justice within the same:" Pro- Proviao. vided, said county shall relinquish in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, all claim whatever to the north-east quarter of section twenty-one, township forty-four, range eleven east, lying in said county, and which tract was first selected by said county for the use of the county seat for said county, in virtue of the provisions of the act aforesaid. Apvnovan, June 22, 1842. Sna·u:r1: II. CHAP. XLVIII.-.A’n Jul for {/le relief of lesse Carpenler. June 21, 1842. Bc it enacted, <$~c., That the receiver of public moneys in the land ofiice at Montgomery, Alabama, be, and he is hereby, required to re- Purchase mofund to Jesse Carpenter, of Russell county, in said state, the purchase EW if ly} ‘° money heretofore paid by Joshua '1`hreadgill, for the west half of the ue lm ° ' south-east quarter of section thirty-four, in township seventeen, of range twenty-seven, in the district of lands subject to sale at the aforesaid land office: Provided, Said Carpenter shall first produce the certificate p,·,,v;,°_ of purchase, issued to said Threadgill, together with satisfactory proof that he, the said Carpenter, holds the same by fair, legal, or equitable transfer from said Threadgill; and shall also surrender said certificate to be cancelled. Approved, June 27, 1842. Sururn II. Crux-. XLIX. —An dctfor the relief of Jacob Pennell and others, owners of the June 2-;, jg4g_ Eliza, of Brunswick. -—-11-·—-·· Be it enacted, <$·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to refund to Jacob Pennell, Jordan Woodward, Rich- Cer-tain_tonard T. Dunlap, Robert P. Dunlap, and Isaac Denning, American citi- E8? ;1"%°':,*° zens, and owners of the American vessel Eliza, of Brunswick, the sum 6 rr lm 6 ' of thirty-eight dollars, which was incorrectly demanded and received by the collector at Saco, in the state of Maine, as foreign tonnage duty on said Eliza, of Brunswick. Approved, June 27, 1842. Snrums II. CHAP. LI.-An Jctfor the relief of the heirs of Daniel Pellibone, deceased. jujy 6, jg4g_ Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to the heirs or legal representatives of 1’ayment fora Daniel Pettibone, deceased, out of any money in the treasury not other- *;*;*5%* b“u°" wise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, as a full considera- ` tion for the use of the " circular bullet-mould" invented by the said Pettibone, in the military service, and for the advantages resulting therefrom to the Government of the United States: Provided, That the said proviso. sum of five thousand dollars be considered in full of all claims against the United States, and a full acquittance therefor be given by the said legal representatives: Provided, however, That the representatives of proviso, said Daniel Pettibone shall first transfer and convey to the United States all their right, interest, and title, in and to the said circular bulletmould, and that the said sum of Gve thousand dollars shall be in full of all claims against the United States for the use of the same. Avruovsn, July 6, 1842. I 05 3 U 2