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 660 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 88, 91, 93, 111. 1846. Aug 6, 1g4g_ Cru?. LXXXVII1. —An Jlctfor the R¢Ziq`qf Ebenezer Ballard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 88_O0P‘;‘;“:]’;n:’,f of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to·place the name of Ebaucweg w Eben. enezer Ballard on the pension roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate ¤=¢Y B=U=¤’d· of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Approved, August 6, 1846. .~¤..- ¤·.x=·#·.. °·m· "°‘···’*· mz  Mm M _ The Qdspro- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the '¤¤° <>*`   » SY United States of America m Congress assembled, That the second iii;:;,,]?,, ,;,,;,,2 proviso of the third section of the Act of eight of May, eighteen lg the reporrspf hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An Act supplementary to the sevgftfy Z':] $:2;: eral Acts for adjusting the Claims to Land and establishing Land tain, senismem Oihces in the Districts east of the island of New Orleans," shall not K;i;:¤»c*;;*[f1::*n:*;,¤ apply to the reports dated eighteenth November, eighteen hundred Yand twenty, and twenty-fourth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, of Cosby and Skipwith, on settlement claims in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the Mississippi River and west of Pearl River; but such claims which, according to the said reports, were inhabited or cultivated, or where the date of settlement was before the lifteenth April, eighteen hundred and thirteen, are hereby confirmed under the other restrictions of said third section; but this confirmation shall in no manner aifect prior rights, and shall only amount to a relinquishment on the part of the United States. Approved, August 6, 1846. Au q 1g4g_ Cuar. XCIII. ——-An. Act for the Relief of the Heir: of Robert Fulton. g I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 1,{’Fi’°,9};’l;°,, of the Treasury pay to the heirs of Robert Fulton seventy-six thoufiw l,:},,,,`:, or sand three hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not oth- Rvbert F ¤1t<>¤. erwise appropriated, in full of the claims of the said Robert Fulton against the United State, due at the time of the death of the said Fulton, for inventing Boating steam batteries, and superintending the construction of the steam frigate Fulton, for the detention oh and damages to, his steamboat Vesuvius, and for the great benefits conferred on the country by his improvements in the application of steam to navigation. Avrnovzn, August 7, 1846. Aug 3, 1346, Cun. CXI. —- An Act granting a Pension to Richard Elliott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Richudmiiou United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- nw P°m°¤ mu' of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the pension list of revolutionary pensioners, under the act of the 7th of June, A. D. IW; ¢l¤·l26· eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and allow hiin a pension for six months’ service, in pursuance of said act. Avrnovsn, August 8, 1846.
 * 0 l>¤ Placed °¤ tary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place Rrchard Elliott,