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 842 TWENTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. S1=:ss.H. Ch. 92,93, 94, 95. 1842. Acta5Fé},,;;, gress, approved on the twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight 162% @-10- hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the Territory of Wiskonsan." Approved, July 27, 1842. STATUTE II. ·*·*""" July 27, 1842. Cm?. XCII.-An Act to grant to Van Buren county, Zlhssouri, the tract of land "‘”""`“ on which the seat of justice of said county has been located. Be it enacted, rye., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the _Land granted county of Van Buren, in the state of Missouri, the tract of land where- Yhundred and sixty acres, according to the survey of Achilles Easby, county surveyor, for the seat of justice for said county, instead of the quarter section allowed by law for the same purpose; the justice of said county entering said tract in the proper land office, and paying for the same the minimum price, as in other cases. Approved, July 27, 1842. Srarurs II. '“"’" July 27, 1842, CHAP. XCIII.-—An Act for the relid of William Marhltam. Be it enacted, dye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he A <>€FY¤i¤ Sum hereby is, authorized and required to refund and pay to William Markt° b° '°f““d°d‘ ham, of Bath county, in the state of Kentucky, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount paid by the said William Markham towards the discharge of a bond or recognizance, in which he was one of the sureties for one Josiah Reed, who was indicted for felony in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, which said bond or recognizance was remitted by the President of the United States: Proviso. Provided, That, before the repayment of said money, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that the costs of the suit against said sureties, on said bond or recognizance, have been paid. Arpnovnn, July 27, 1842. Srnvrs II. —-——-— July 27, 1842. CHA?. XCIV. —·—An Act for the relizf of William Harper. Be it enacted, &e., That the Secretary of War is authorized, and To be placed hereby required, to place William Harper, of Anderson district, South °“ P°“”‘°" ’°u· Carolina, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and allow him a pension for seven months and five days' service as a. private soldier in the war of the revolution, to be paid to him, together with the arrears of ,828 chl 5,, pension from the fourth. of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, as ]832,`ch_ my other pensioners are paid, under the act of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, allowing pensions to the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution. Approved, July 27, 1842. Snrurs II. "‘_ guyy 27, 184% CHAI-. XCV. -—— An Aet for the relief of Sarah Moore, of the state of Maryland. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, To be placed authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name 0f on pension roll. Sarah Moore, of the city of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, widow of the late Nicholas Ruxton Moore, a captain of cavalry in the army of the revolution; and that there be allowed to the said Sarah Moore five years’ full pay of a captain, to be paid according to the provisions of the Act or July 7, act of seventh July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, allowing pensions 1838. ¤h- l89· to certain widows. Approved, July 27, 1842.
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