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 852 TWENTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. I38,139,14(},141. 1842. deposited in the custom-house stores, and was under the control of the proper officer of the customs, on the 3d day of March, 1833, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 14th July, 1832. Armovmn, August 11, 1842. Crur. CXXXVIII.-An Act to authorize Chapman Levy to purchase as a preiTATUTE8;; emptor a certain quarter section of land now occupied by him, at the minimum ug. ll,] . price per acre. Be it enacted, e§·c., That Chapman Levy be, and he is hereby, authomake the pur? rizcd at any time within six months from the date of this act, to purchase ';‘:;fh:'*‘h*¤ m as_ a pre·emptor at the proper land office, at the price of one dollar and ` twenty-five cents per acre, the south-east quarter of section twenty-three of township fourteen range live east, in the district of lands subject to sale at Columbus in the state of Mississippi : Provided, Said lands shall not, before the date of this act, have been sold by the United States. Approved, August 11, 1842. · . I. —_`-_- iigllgqju; Cnn. CXXXlX.—An Act _;;'ar·ftj;Le rplipf ofDJohntC. Ifcynotds, late dislrursing · » · agen a e n ian epar men. Payment srs _ Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, ,-,0,,, {vm_ department, the sum of eleven hundred and twenty-one dollars and three cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being for that sum_ stolen from him while in discharge of his duties as disbursing agent, at Fort Crawford, in the month of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, it having been satis factorily proved that the loss wa not occasioned by any negligence or want of proper care and attention on the part of said Reynolds. Suwn IL Avrnovnn, August I1, 1842;- Aug' u' m4!' Cntr. CXL.——An Act for the relief of Marston G. Clark. Accounts mba Be it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he settled, Gm- hereby is directed to settle the account of Marston G. Clark, late agent of the Kanzas Indians, upon principles of justice and equity, and to allow him in such settlement for any losses he sustained on account of the purchase, transportation, and sale of flour and pork purchased by him to be used at the Kanzas agency in supporting said Indians while assembled to receive their annuities, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four; and which flour and pork the said Marston G. Clark was prevented from using at said agency, and was compelled to transport and sell at a loss, in consequence of his charge of the Kanzas Indians ceasing, by their being placed under another agency by the United States before the time for the payment of their annuities in the year aforesaid; and upon such accounting, the Secretary of the Treasurybe, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the said Marston G. Clark, or is legal representatives, the amount that may be found due to him, Pmvim upon the principles aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, That the amount shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. Sru-urs n. Approved, August 11, 1842. Aug. 1,1, 1842. —·····—- Ci-ur. CXL1.—Art Act for the relief of the heirs of Francis Newman. a Jguscgn of Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is tnxestobeset- hereby authorized and directed to settle and adjust the accounts of the sixth collection district of Maryland, so as to release his estate from movin- the payment of interest on account of the debt which the said Newman owed to the United States as collector aforesaid : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the refunding to said estate any
 * =:;;*:¤ :t¤:{;u¤f directed to pay to John C. Reynolds, late disbursing agent of the Indian
 * l°d» &°- Francis Newman, late collector of internal revenue and direct taxes for