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 670 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 149,150, 151, 152. 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Cru?. CXLIX.-An Act for the Relief of John R. Williams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the J R_W,mams United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary to `be credited of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to credit John R. Wil- $2:000 f°" dm? liams, as on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fourteen, 2%::, iisiiglgi 31::3 on his bonds and mortgage, given by him to the United States in 1814- eighteen hundred and twelve, and still held by them, to secure the payment of three thousand two hundred dollars, with interest till paid, being the amount of the purchase money of a farm when sold to him at auction by the United States, in eighteen hundred and eleven, the sum of two thousand dollars, it being for damages done to his farm, known by the name of the Springwell farm, situate in the then Territory, now State of Michigan, while in the occupancy of the United States troops, in the years eighteen hundred and thirteen and eighteen hundred and fourteen, and in full payment of said damages. Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. CHAP. CL. —An Actjbr the Relief of Eli Merrill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the surrender to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, by Eli Merrill, of letters patent issued to said Eli Merrill for a tract of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, being the north-west quarter of seo tion twenty-six, of township five north, in range one west, in the tract ‘ appropriated for military bounties in the Territory of Illinois, and upon w,,r,,mr rm- 150 due proof made that said Merrill has made no conveyance of said land, ¤¤1’q¤ ¤l` l¤¤d *9 the said Commissioner of the General Land Office shall be, and is $e::m’,°(i,,'°,£l; hereby, authorized and required to issue a warrant in favor of said Eli of one hereto- Merrill for one hundred and sixty acres of land to be located upon any f°’° ‘“““°d· unlocated land belonging to the United States and now subject to entry. • Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1845. Cru?. CLI. -.£ln Act for the Relief of Gregory Tlwma: and others-. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ef¢t¤:°3: ¤f*i3¤l; United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Matwuziulgtgny of the Treasury be directed to pay, or cause to be paid, to Gregory to be paid 3800 Thomas, of the city of New York, for himself and the other owners {gin;-l“'L‘;“ **3; and pilots who were attached to the pilot··boat Washington, of that bps; by a com- port, on the first October, eighteen hundred and forty-four, out of any g°;€';:l;r*lg=0llg; money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight hun- ,,;,1 H,,.,,€y_ dred dollars, being three hundred dollars for expenses incurred by them for repairs, and five hundred dollars- for detention occasioned by injuries to their said pilot boat, by a collision with the United States Steamer Colonel Harney, on the ocean, on the night of the first October, eighteen hundred and forty-four. Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Can. CLII.—-An Act for the Relief of James Gee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _,,,,,,,,, Gm, to Ibtited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary be paid 34 pei- of War be, and he hereby 1s, authorized and required to pay to James 7 I* 5, mm, arrearage of pension at the rate of four dollars per month, from the twentyysecond day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to the third day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Approved, August 8, 1846.
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