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 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch.273,2`78,2S4. 1842. 875 Sncruu II. CHAP. CCLXXIII.-adn Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Wiliam Aug. 30, 1842. D. Clzeever, deceased. ——·————- Be it enacted, <§~e., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the account of the legal representatives Account for of William D. Cheever, deceased, for losses sustained on treasury notes l°¤¤ •>¤ ¤¤>¤¤¤¥! paid to or deposited with him, by the Secretary of War, on a contract ::§;:,° ig °x' for the supply of provisions for the army of the United States, in theci years eighteen hundred and fourteen and eighteen hundred and fifteen, to be examined and audited by the proper accounting officers of the treasury; that he also inquire upon what grounds the claim of said Cheever for said losses on treasury notes was rejected by the Secretary of War to whom it was presented for settlement; whether such rejection was acquiesced in; if not, why there has been such delay in the prosecution of the claim; and whether, in his opinion, the representatives of said Cheever have now a valid claim against the United States; and that he report his proceedings thereon to Congress at as early a day as is practicable: Provided, That in the settlement of the said accounts, pmvgsm no loss upon treasury notes paid the said Cheever before the twenty- fifth of October, eighteen hundred and fourteen, or after the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and fifteen, shall be credited. Avmtovicn, August 30, 1842. Statute II. Gun. CCLXXVIII. --·An .0ct for the relief of certain companies of Mssoari Aug, 3;,154; volunteers commanded by Captains Stevenson and Allen. *‘""‘*"_‘ Bc it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to cause to be audited and settled the accounts of Captains Accounts of Allen and Stevenson’s companies of mounted Missouri volunteers or said °°mP*§¤i" militia, which were called out by order of Governor Miller in the year ;;db;€g`fg£°d one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, said companies having been regularly called out and mustered into service by competent authority; and that the amounts found to be due, for provisions, transpor- Am,,,,p,mi,,,,_ tation and pay, be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. A1>r>Rovm>, August 31, 1842. Srnurs II. CHAP. CCLXXX1V.——An ./Bcl for the relief of the heirs, or assignees, or legal Aug. 31, 1842. representatives of James 1VIag. ‘;—""""‘ Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the legal heirs of James May, deceased, or the legal assignee of James May, or Certain land legal representatives of such assignee, of the late Territory of Michi- §*$U'€dO;[‘E¤'*¤· gan, the tract of land described as follows, namely: Section num- czjgigrécnarmsd ber four, in township number one north, of range number thirteen east, to J. R. Wilin the district of land subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan, in satisfac- jamsénd J- tion, so far as said heirs are concerned, of the claim confirmed to John °y‘ R. Williams and said James May, by the commissioners acting under an act entitled "An act to revive the powers of the commissioners for ActofMay 11, ascertaining and deciding on claims to land in the district of Detroit, 182*% ***-85- and for settling the claims to lands at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien," passed May the eleventh, eighteen hundred and twenty, and that the President of the United States be authorized to issue a patent in pursuance of this act. Armtovrm, August 31, 1842.