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 838 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 74, 75, 76, 77, 78. 1842. S·u·ru·rs II. July 27, 1842. CHAP. LXX1V.—-An Act for the relig of tig legal representatives of John Barnes, —-———-——-—· cease. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he fI‘a_he paid his is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherd,z°""b";""? wise appropriated, to the legal representatives of John Barnes, deceased, gesotzégé late a collector of customs for the district of Georgetown, in the District by U. S. of Columbia, two thousand one hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents, in full for his distributive share of a judgment recovered by the United States against Robert Beverly, Josias M. Speake, and Robert Ober, on a bond executed by them to the United States, bearing date the fourteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and eight, in the penal sum of eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars, conditioned that the same should be void, if a vessel called the "Acteor" should not proceed to a foreign port, Gao. Approved, July 27, 1842. Snmurn II. ---———- July 27, 1842. CHAP. LXXV.—-dn Act for the relief of Jabez L. and Asa `W7r,ite, of the state '_‘—"_* of Connecticut. Be it enacted, dc, That Jabez L. WVhite and Asa White be, and they Released from are hereby, released and discharged from all claims and liabilities on ¤ll <=l¤im¤ 0¤ account of their proposals, made to the Postmaster—Genera1 in the month
 * §$,°;;‘,;p';fs;f;‘ of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, for conveying the mail on

for carrying the post routes numbered four hundred and thirty-five and four hundred and m¤ll- thirty-six, from Hartford to New London, in the state of Connecticut; said proposals having been made under a misapprehension as to the character of the service required to be performed. Approved, July 27, 1842. Srivrura II. ...,... July 27,18-12. CHAP. LXXVI.-—-An Aet for the relief of Sarah Besly, widow of William. """""`""‘ Bcsly, deceased, and, previous thereto, widow of Doctor Henry Adams. Be it enacted, ¤§-c., That Sarah Besly, widow of Williain Besly, and, A“,,W,,d me previous thereto, of Doctor Henry Adams, a surgeon in the army of the benetii of the revolution, be placed on the pension roll, and that she be allowed the °°l °l llll l“lY benefit of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eiuht in 1838, 611.189. - . ° ’ the same manner, form, and extent, as if she had never married the second time, and had been the widow of said Doctor Henry Adams on the passage of said act. Aernovnn, July 27, 1842. Section II. -—-——— Jury gy, 1g4g_ Crum. LXXV1I.———An Act for t/ie relic/' of Betsey Vreeland. Be it enacted, nyc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, To be placed authorized and required to place the name of Betsey Vreeland, of the on pension lis:. county of Essex, state of New Jersey, widow of Daniel Vreeland, a soldier of the revolutionary war, on the list of pensioners of the United States, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, for the term of five years, to he computed from the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Approved, July 27, 1842. Srivrurs II. ·—·· July 27, 1841 Cntr. LXXVlI1.—An ./Zct for the rclij ry" George Mayfwld. ""_"""'“" Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of War be directed to place rp., be placed the name of George Mayfield, of Tennessee, on the list of invalid pen- 0n pension list. sioners, and pay him at the rate of six dollars per month, during his natural life, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty. Approved, July 27, 1842.