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 864 TWENTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 199, 200, 201, 208. 1842. Srarurs II. Aug, 23, 1842, CHAP. CXCIX.—An det for the relief of Christiana Low. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of War is directed to place To be Placed the name of Christiana Low, of Orange county, state of New York, vn pension roll. widow of Cornelius Low, deceased, on the revolutionary pension roll, and pay her a pension, at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum, for five years; to commence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Approved, August 23, 1842. Snrura II. Aug. 23, 1842. CHAP. CC.-An Act for the relief of C'/zarlesE Sibbald. Be it enacted, <§~c., That the third Auditor of the Treasury, under Amount of the direction of the Attorney-General, be, and he is hereby, directed to d°'"“é»’°¤“’ l”° ascertain the actual damages which Charles F. Sibbald has sustained zzligfmncd md and would he entitled to recover upon the principles of law as applicable to similar cases, by reason of the interference of any agent or agents of the United States acting under their authority, with the use, possession, or enjoyment of his lands, timber, mills, or other property in East Florida, from eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, to February seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at which time the title of said property was confirmed to the said Charles F. Sibbald by the Supreme Court of the United States; and that the Secretary of the Treasury, after the said damages shall have been ascertained in the manner aforesaid, in case any sum shall be found due to said Charles F. Sibhald, shall pay the same to him out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. A1’1’ROVED, August 23, 1842. Srxruriz II. Aug. 23, 1842. . CHAP. CCI.- An Ac! for the rcliq` of Hezekiah Cunning/mm. Be it enacted, ¢§•c., That the Postmaster General be, and he is herepaymen, ,-0, by, authorized and required to pay to Hezekiah Cunningham, the sum transporiingthe of eight hundred and forty-three dollars, out of the funds of the Post m“‘l· Ofhcc Department, in full of his claim for transporting the mail (from the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, until the twenty- eighth of June following,) on route two thousand seven hundred and twenty-three, from Vincennes, Indiana, to Danville, Illinois. Approved, August 23, 1842. Srwrurs II. A,,g_ gg, 1g4g_ Cru?. CCVIH. —An Act for the reli.r;`{qf Charles D. Hammond and Augustus H. -—————-—·—- emm. Be it enacted, ef-::., That at the next term of the district court of the Permitted to United States for the district of Georgia, ensuing the passage of this
 * 3 :;:3;, act, Charles D. Hammond and Augustus H. Kenan be permitted to open

them, &c_ a judgment obtained against them in the year eighteen hundred and forty, in said court, as the securities of Solomon D. Betton, late postmaster at Milledgeville, Georgia, at the suit of the Postmaster-General of the United States; and that the said Charles D. Hammond and Augustus H. Kenan be permitted to make the same defence to said suit, that they might or proviso_ could have made had said judgmeht not been rendered: Provided, however, That the said judgment shall stand as a security for such sum as may be recovered. Approved, August 26, 1842.