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 706 '1 WENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 123,1%,125. 1847. Much 3, 1847, Can. CXXIII.·—An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Hyacinth Lusselle, Preamble. Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Hyacinth Lasselle," approved the twenty-fim 1840, ch- 100- day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, the said Hy. acinth Lasselle was authorized to locate five hundred and sixty acres of land at any land office in the State of Indiana, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by paying the minimum price fixed for such lands, for eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths of an acre, part and parcel of said tract of five hundred and sixty acres: and whereas, also, the said Hyacinth Lasselle has deceased without perfecting the location of said land: Therefore- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be law- Hyucinth Las- ful for the heirs of the said Lasselle to locate the said tract of land in Qgllacgféhsrfgg said act contemplated, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, tain tract or lund eighteen hundred and forty-nine, at any land office in said State of 2* MY 0m° P“°" Indiana, after any lands therein may have been odered at public sale, o 4th March, . . . . . . . 1849. by paying the said minimum price for the said eighteen acres and Proviso. forty-six hundredths, as by said act is provided: Provided, That no tract of land shall be selected, in virtue of this act, upon which there may be improvements made, without the consent of such person or persons who have made such improvements first obtained in writing, and filed with the proper land officers where the location may be made. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An Act Act for relief for the Relief of Jubal B. Hancock" be so amended that the time ggc‘L“Q2€E;,g,““' allowed for the location of the land therein specified be extended to waz, 0h_ 154], thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved, March 3, 1847. March 3, 184-7. Crue. CXXIV. -An Aot for the Reliefaf Thankiful Reynolds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P<>¤¤i<>¤ #$80 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary f’:,`,,€da'Q;°°qI?h,£f of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the ful Reynolds. name of Thankful Reynolds on the revolutionary pension roll, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, to commence the first January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and to be continued five years. Approved, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. CHAP. CXXV. -- An Act for the Relief of Joseph. Warren Newcomb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Joseph W. Nevv~ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary °'£,';‘3;,*°,é’° PE? of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, gglgncg dig Ma. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph i°*·G°¤¤*‘¤lW=¤’· Warren Newcomb, only descendant and heir of Major—General Joseph {_;:;:??;;;:;?; Warren, who was killed at Bunker Hill, the balance due and unpaid, ofJuly 1, 1780. under resolutions of Congress of the first day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty, being the sum of eight thousand three hundred and Proviao. twenty-one dollars and forty-eight cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that the said Newcomb is the only surviving heir. Arvnovsv, March 3, 1847.