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 TWEN T Y-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 165, 166, 167. 1842. 859 Snrura II. CHAP. CLXV. ——-An Act for the relief of Hezekiah L. Thistle. Aug. 11, 1842. Be it enacted, dce., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Hezekiah L. Thistle, the sum of Payment {bra seventy-five dollars, in compensation for a horse owned by him, which ll°l‘¤° killed ¤¤¢‘l was killed and used as food, by the troops of the United States, on their lmd °S f°°d‘ march through Florida, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approriated. P Armzovrsn, August 11, 1842. —·—··· Srnurs II. Cue?. CLXVI. -—An Act for the relief of Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and Aug. ll, 1842. legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher and Peter —"""_"' Bloom. Be it enacted, dw., That Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Peter Certain land Bloom, be, and they are hereby, conlirmed in and to two tracts of land °,‘;“lll'm°d ‘° in the state of Missouri, to wit: One tract of four hundred arpens, about them' six miles from Mine a la Motte, the plat of which is in the land office at Jackson; and another tract of twelve hundred arpens, situated on the waters of Grand or Big River, a plat of which to be produced by them; the claims of the persons aforesaid to these tracts of land having been recommended for confirmation by the commissioners appointed under the "Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri,". Act of Jn1y9’ approved the ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 1832, cb. 180. two, in their report dated the twenty-seventh of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three: Provided, That this confirmation pmvgsm shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States to the said tracts of land, and is not intended to affect or interfere with the rights of other persons claiming title thereto; but in the case of the existence of other legal title to said tracts of land, or to any part thereof derived from the United States, by pre-emption or other right, then the said Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Peter Bloom, be, and they hereby are, authorized to locate a quantity of land equal to that which may have been so taken up from out said claims by virtue of pre-emption or other rights derived from the United States, in legal divisions and subdivisions, not less than half sections, on any of the unlocated lands of the United States in the state of Missouri, now subject to entry at private sale; for which the proper officer of the Government is hereby authorized and directed to issue patents, on the production of a certificate of the register of the land office within whose district such location may be made. Avrizovmn, August 11, 1842. """'°- STATUT: II. CHAP. CLXVH. -·.d·n Act for the relief of the legal representatives ty" Richard YZ Aug. ll, 1842. Banks, of the state of .dr/cansas. _*···—— Be it enacted, dw., That the proper accounting officers be, and they hereby are, directed to pay to Richard T. Banks, of the state of Arkan- Payment for Sas, the sum of three thousand two hundred and six dollars and nme l:S;·‘:2S*;*:;:::':él cents, to remunerate him for the actual losses he sustained in conse- ,,,~,,c0m,,m_ quence of three contracts he made with the Government to supply provisions for the use of Indians expected to emigrate from the eastern to the western side of the river Mississippi, agreeably to treaty stipulations between them and the United States, but who failed to emigrate.