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 884 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.I1I. Ch. 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. 1843. Srsrurs III. pcb_ gg_ 1g4g_ Cnr. XXXVL-An det for the relief of Williurn W Street. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au- To be paid for thorized to pay to William W. Street six hundred. and twenty-five dolgfsagfblggt lars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approprrated,.for ' live days’ use of his steamboat in the transportation of Florida mrlrtra, in October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. Approved, February 18, 1843. S·r.n·u·r1: III. --——- Feb. 18, 1843. Cm!. XXX`V1I.—-An dot for the relief of U/Ylliam De Buys, pnslmaster at Mw ‘_"‘;—"" Orleans. Be it enacted, qc., That William De Buys, postmaster at New Or- To be reim- leans, be, and he is hereby, authorized to retain, out of any sums in his b“’S°d lm °"' hands, or which may come to his hands on account of rents arising from gsié? or m` boxes or other private receptacles for letters, in his office, the sum of six hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents, to reimburse him for money expended by him in repairs and fixtures for the post office in the city of New Orleans, between the twenty-sixth of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Approved, February 18, 1843. Smrurz III. -——— pcb_ 24, ]543_ Cmlr. XXXVH1. - An Act for the relief of Asahel Brainard. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, _Pensio¤ to be required to pay, out of any moneys of the treasury not otherwise appro- ¤¤°¥°¤¤°d· priated, a pension, at the rate of twenty doglarip a month, to Asahel Brainard in lieu of the pension now receive y im, commencing rom and after, the passage of this act. Approved, February 24, 1843. Srnurs III. -········· Feb. 24V 1g4g_ Can. XXXIX. —-An Act for the relief of Samuel D. Rose and others. Be it enacted, dw., That the Postmaster-General be, and he_is here- Cemin money by, directed to pay over to Samuel D. Rose, of Pennsylvranra, John reccrcred frvm Baker, of Ohio, and Judah Case, of Pennsylvama, each his pro rata
 * °";:';:’:l:§' proportion of the two hundred and thirty dollars now in the hands of

th. the Post Office Department, and which is a part of the money recovered cm from William Martin, of Pennsylvania, who was convicted of robbing the United States mail in Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and thirty- tive, and who confessed that he took from said Rose one hundred and ten dollars, from said Baker one hundred and fifteen dollars, and from said Case four hundred and seventy dollars; on each of said persons giving bonds, with surety, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, to repay said money, if it shall hereafter be shown to belong to any other person or persons. Approved, February 24, 1843. Srnurs III. ——·—· Feb_ 24, 1g4g_ CHAP. XL—An Act for the rage/‘ ifpllliangy Hargbright, widow of Captain John --———- am rtg, eoease. Be it enacted, &e·,, That the Secretary of War bc, and he is hereby, Apemion directed to pay to Nancy Hambright, widow of Captain John Hamgranted to her. bright, deceased, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appronate a ension, un er the act o sevent u, Cl teen un re an Actnrrnyzpf dt P '_ d h Y _ hilly `gh h d d d 1838, ch.1B9, thirty-eight, for eighteen months’ service of her husband, John Hambright, as a captain of a volunteer company of light horse, raised durmg th revolutionary war, in the service of the United States. Approved, February 24, 1843.