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 850 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cr!. 131, 132,133, 134. 1842. by said Indians for their necessary use, at the intrinsic valueof the same on the spot and at the time they were so taken, and by said Indians. Approved, August 9, 1842. Srxrurrz II. __ A“g· lh 1842 Can. CXXXI.-An Act for the relief of Daniel B. Bush. Authorized to Be it endcted, <§~c., That Daniel B. Bush, grantee under John Smith, relinquish and be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in °“*°’ 1‘"‘d· such form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the south-west quarter of section thirty-five, of township thirteen south, in range two west, in the tract appropriated by acts of Congress granting land to the late army of the United States; which tract of land appears to be but a small fraction, not conforming to the law under which it was granted ; and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Daniel B. Bush shall be, and he is hereby authorized to enter any other quarter section in the land district in which said fraction is situated in the state of Illinois, which shall be liable to entry at private sale, Fromm and not in the occupancy of any actual settler : Provided, The said Daniel B. Bush, shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that he is the bona fide purchaser of the land specified in the patent, and that he holds the same for said fractional quarter section granted to John Smith, father and heir at law of Edward Smith, deceased. Approved, August 11, 1842. Srnurs II. Aug' ur I842 Cnar. CXXXl1.—-An Act for the relief of Alexander Hammett. Accounts to bg Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the proper accounting officer of the treasury ¤¤**l€d· be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to settle the accounts of Alexander Hammett, consul of the United States at Naples, under the direction of the Secretary of State, and that he allow to the said Hammett a compensation at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, for such time as it shall appear that he was engaged as an informal agent of claims in behalf of citizens of the United States, and that this allowance, in full satisfaction of all claims of the said Hammett against the United States, be paid him out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 11, 1842. ST""" IL cmp. CXXX111.-An nn for the mztef of George H. Walker. Aug' 1]* 18m' Be it enacted, Qc., That George H. Walker be, and he hereby is, au- Amhomed to thorized to enter, at the land office in the district in which it lies, the enter certain north-east quarter of section thirty-two,—in township seven north, of l““d· range twenty-two east, in the Milwaukie land district, Wiskonsan Territory, at the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, he having entitled himself to a preemption right thereto, under the act of the Act o£J¤¤e 22, twenty-second of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, by inhab- 1838, cli. 119. itancy and cultivation, but said land having been reserved to the United States, as part of one of the " even scctions" mentioned in the Act of Jima 18, first section of the act of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty- 35E8i °l‘· 114: eight, granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Wiskonsan, for 'the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river. Approved, August 11, 1842. Srxrurz I1. __- A CHAP. CXXXIV.——-An Act for the relief of Rees B. Ward. ug. ll, 1842. _ _ ,_. Be tt enacted, ¢§•c., That upon the surrender, by Rees B. Ward, his Authorized, on heirs or legal representatives, to be cancelled, to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the certificate, or the patent, if the same shall have been another tract issued, for the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section numbered twenty-three, in townshipmumbered nine, north of range numbered twenty-six west, in the district of land subject to sale at