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 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 119, 120, 121, 122. 1847. 705 Curr CXIX. - An Act for the Relief of Captain James Pennoyer. March 3, 134,7- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper value afi me accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, author- Uiiiwd Slewized and directed to make, or cause to·be made, a full and accurate gg15mg1E2mg;:' estimate of the value of the United States brig Porpoise, her tackle, to be estiinated: apparel, and furniture, together with that of all the property of every glld  hglufgjg description on board of her at and before the twelfth day of Novem- to be paid Capber, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and, the same being ascer- mn P¢¤¤°Y¢*»f¤¤ tained, to pay over the one equal half part of such gross amount to §;;?,?§ni,;t;.°nhg; the said Captain James Pennoyer, as a full and complete compensa- ctncenaandhrew. tion for his services in saving the said brig Porpoise, her officers, and crew; and that the said sum be paid out [of ] any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. ` Approved, March 3, 1847. Crrn. CXX.—An Jflctfo-r the Relief rj Joseph Gideon. March 3, 1847. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives mf the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be and Joseph Gideon is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not other- *° be l>¤i4 $597 wise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and ninety-seven dollars $?c£r,,_,h’°uC;°;,r' and twenty-six cents, to be paid to Joseph Gideon, of the city of New purseiycii board York, or his legal representative, in full payment for his services as  l{{‘;“°‘:,:;°‘°' an acting purser on board the United States brig Porpoise, from the g rp ` twenty-seventh of April to the thirtieth of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. Armovnn, March 3, 1847. CHAP. CXXI. —An Act for the Relief of Job Hawkins. 'Marcb 3, 1847. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Job Hawkins of War be authorized, and he is hereby required, to place Job Haw- kiils, of the State of Massachusetts, on the roll of revolutionary pen- pension rcll. sioners, in conformity with the act of the seventh day of June, eigh- 1832, ch- 1%- teen hundred and thirty-two, allowing pensions to the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution ; and that the pension hereby allowed to him be paid as other pensions are, and so as to include any amount which was due to him when he was dropped from the rolls on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, at which time the pension now allowed is to commence. Aprxovnn, March 3, 1847. Cnr. CXXII. -.811. Act for the Relief of the Estates of Benjamin Mstayer and March 3, 1847. Franeois Gaiennie, deceased. ”“'t"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States af America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Secretary of 0f the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to examine into the  aff circumstances of the estates of Benjamin Metoyer and Francois just the claim of Gaieunie, deceased, and to adjust and settle the claim upon the said ahjggtgliggigj estates aforesaid, in behalf of the United States, and to discharge such Qld p-_ k;a,g,,,li8_ claims upon such terms as he shall think most for the interest of the United States. Armovan, March 3, 1847. Vox.. IX. Pruv. -8