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 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 69, 70, 71. 1846. 657 improved land, subject to sale at private entry, according to the divisions of the public surveys; the said six hundred and forty acres being in lieu ot; and to be accepted as full compensation for, the concession of eight hundred arpens granted to him by the order of Delassus, the lieutenant-governor of the Province of Louisiana, dated March sixth, one thousand eight hundred and two, which have been sold by the government of the United States as public lands. Approved, July 21, 1846. Cntr. LXIX. -A11 Act for the Reliefqf Abraham B. Fannin. July 29, 1846. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Accounts Oy A_ of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to settle, upon princi- B· Fa¤¤i¤ *0 b¢ ples of justice and equity, the accounts of Abraham B. Fannin, for- 3;*};*ed ad m' merly collector of the customs for the district of Savannah, in the State of Georgia: Provided, That the credits which may be given in Proviso. such settlement on account of expenses incurred by and allowed to him per annum, as collector aforesaid, shall not exceed the expenses incurred by and allowed per annum to his successor in said office, nor make any balance due from or payable by the United States to said Fannin. Approved, July 29, 1846l Cusr. LXX. — An Aetfar the Relief of Amos Kendall. July 29, 1846. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first A A§;°¤§fH {PY auditor and comptroller of the treasury be, and they are hereby, c;,';;B1°,g€, uz; authorized and directed to settle the account of Amos Kendall, late other expenses Postmaster-General of the United States, for such counsel fees as said ggtlzfegummd ““d Amos Kendall has paid, or bound himself to pay, and all other neces- ` sary and usual expenses incurred, and not repaid by the plaintiffs, by reason of the suit instituted against him by William B. Stokes and others, in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, and decided in his favor by the Supreme Court of the United States at January term, eighteen hundred and forty-five; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of To berpaid the any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, whatever sums 2g*g‘;;thi‘;u“d °° of money may be allowed to him by said accounting officers pursuant ` to the provisions of this act. Ammovmn, July 29, 1846. C1-rm-. LXXI. — An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Pike, Widow of the late General Pike. July 29, 1846. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of Mrs, Zebulon threethousand dollars, out of any moneys in the treasury not other- M;d Pilging P8 wise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, ‘to be paid {:,1, y12a;,, SJ: to Mrs. Zebulon Montgomery Pike, widow of the late General Pike, vice er her has- {0f compensation for two years’ extraordinary services in two exploring  m zzz6g: cxpcditions by the said Genera] (then Lieutenant) Pike to the sources tiougg of the Mississippi, in eighteen hundred and five and eighteen hundred and six, and to the sources of the Arkansas and Great Platte, and through New Mexico, in eighteen hundred and six and eighteen hundred and seven. Approved, July 29, 1846. Von. IX. PRIV.·—2