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 854 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 146, 147, 148, 149. 1842. S·r.•:rn·rr: II. Aug, 1], ]842_ CHAP. CXLV1.—-An Act for the relie/` of Thomas M. {set!. Be it enacted, Src., That Thomas M. Isett, or his legal representa- Autheyjzgdy tives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter at any of the land on ¤¤rr¤nd¤ri_ng offices in the Territory of Iowa, eighty acres of any of the public lands 2,ig"?g"B;‘:;2E' in said Territory, subject to private entry at the time, in consideration hud: that said Thomas M. Isett shall first surrender to the proper department, to be cancelled, the receipt of the receiver of the land office at Burlington, in said Territory, for the purchase of the cast half of the southwest quarter of section number twenty, in township number seventy- seven, north of range number two west, containing eighty acres, entered Pmvisa, by Leander Judson: Provided, That said '1`homas M. Isett, shall satisfactorily appear to the Secretary of the Treasury to be the holder of said certificate of purchase, by transfer, from said Leander Judson. Approved, August 11, 1842. Srnvrs II. . Aug. 11, 1842. Crum. CXLVII.-do detfor the relief of Gregoire Sarpy, or his legal represen- ""“"“"" tattves. Be it enacted, r§~e., That it shall be the duty of the proper officers of _P¤tent to be the United States to issue a patent to Gregoire Sarpy, or his legal repre- Egzfigggd sentatives, for seven thousand and fifty-six arpens, containing six thou- ` Sand and two acres and fifty hundredths of an acre of land, pursuant to patent certificate number one thousand and thirty-three, dated September thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and to the survey thereof numbered one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, certified by the surveyor of Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, at St. Louis, on the thirteenth of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- five. Armzovmn, August 11, 1842. Snruzra II. ——-—- Aug, 1;, 1342, Crier-. CXLVIII.-An Aet authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and —"**·*··· settle the accounts between the United States and David Gelstomfarmerly collector of the port of 1Ww Yer].:. Be it enacted, <.§~e., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Accounts to hereby, authorized and directed to audit and to settle, upon principles l’° ”“l°d» &°· of justice and equity, the accounts of David Gelston, who is now deceased, and who was the collector of the port of New York, from Anno Domini eighteen hundred and one, to the year eighteen hundred and twenty, when he resigned his office; and if the said Secretary shall, upon said settlement, find any balance due from the United States to the estate of the said David Gelston, he shall allow the same to the legal representatives of the said David Gelston towards the payment of the balance now standing on the books of the treasury department against Proviso. him: Pravided, That the sum allowed shall not exceed, in any event, the sum of thirty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty cents; that being now the sum supposed to be due to the Government from the estate of the said David Gelston. Awnovrm, August 11, 1342. Srnura II. -——-——-- Aug. 11, 1842, CHAP. CXLIX.—An det for the relief of Thanlr/`ul Reynrilds. "”"‘°"_" Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, di- T0 be ,,],,,6,,,; reeted to place the name of Thankful Reynolds, widow of Daniel Rey- un pcnmcn roll. nolds, deceased, and late a pensioner of the United States, upon the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and allow and pay to her a pension of eighty dollars per annum, for and during the term of five years from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Approved, August 11, 1842.