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 TWEN'I`Y-SEVENTTI CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 230, 231, 232, 233. 1842. 869 eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and selected and edited under the authority of the Senate of the United States, by Walter Lowrie, Secretary of the Senate, shall be deemed and taken, in all cases whatsoever, in law and in equity, as authentic and equivalent, similar and identical in all respects whatsoever as the original report of the said commissioners. Approved, August 29, 1842. Srnurs II. Can. CCXXX. —An Act for the relief of Elisha Burnet. Aug 29, ,842 Be it enacted, dw-., That Elisha Burnet, of the state of Ohio, late a _"""—""" private of the fortieth regiment of infantry in the late war with Great Amhmizcd ,0 Britain, or his legal representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized locate a certain to locate at the proper land office, military land warrant number twenty- “"l"""Y land three thousand three hundred and four, issued to him for his services, mmm' on one quarter section of any of the public lands subject to private entry, and not in the occupancy of any actual settler: Provided, The proviso_ same shall be located within two years from the date of this act. Approved, August 29, 1842. '—"""’ Srnurn II. Ch.KP. CCXXXI.—./2n Act fur the relief tf Thomas Brownell, Aug_ gg, 1g4g_ Be it enacted, <§•c., That the name of Thomas Brownell be placed upon the roll of navy pensioners, and that he be allowed and paid a To be placed pension of ten dollars per month, from the close of the year one thou- °¤ P°¤Si¤¤ Y°llsand eight hundred and twenty-seven, to October, one thousand eight hundred and forty, for a disability received by him while in the discharge of his duty, as master on board the Lawrence, under Commodore Perry, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. Approved, August 29, 1842. 3 Snrurs II. CHAP. CCXXXU. —-An hcl to confirm the title of the heirs of James Sympsmr, Aug 29, 1842. deceased, to a certain tract of land in the state af Louisiana. ———— Be it enacted, &·c., That the heirs at law of James Sympson, deceased, late of Clarke county, state of Kentucky, be, and they are here- Land title by, confirmed in their title to a certain tract of land situate at the mouth <>°¤6¤¤¤d- of the Atchafalaya at its junction with the Mississippi river, containing six hundred and forty acres; and as surveyed and platted in the surveyor general’s office at Donaldsonville, in the state of Louisiana, upon the survey made and returned by Charles Morgan, of date eleventh February, eighteen hundred and six, and executed for Andy Robinson: Provided, This confirmation shall only be construed as arelinquish- Provisc. ment of the title of the United States to said land, and not to prejudice any superior and better title. Ar-mzoven, August 29, 1842. —--- S·ru·u·r¤ II. CHAP. CCXXXHI. —An Act for the relief of Jl·Irs. Mary W Thompson, widow Aug. 29, 1842. ry" the late Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson, of the army of the Limited States. "’—"“""‘ Be it enacted, $1:., That the sum of nine hundred dollars be paid to Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Lieutenant·Colonel Thomp- _Allowed $900 son, in full for all claims for services rendered by the said Lieutenant- ¤¤_Y¤ll {mf ¤¢¤‘·,_ Colonel Thompson as assistant quartermaster for twenty-five months, at ,;;;`,:;`:s_° forts Mackinac and Gratiot; also for surveying and laying 0H` by order of the Government, military reservations at fort Gratiot, and on the islands of Mackinac and Bois Blanc, and for services rendered in settling and adjusting private claims on the public lands at Fort Gratiot, under orders of the War Department; and that the said sum of nine hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated oéit of any moneys in x N