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 710 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 11, 14, 16, 20. 1848. under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for me barque Wilhamet, formerly a British vessel, but now owned by A. G. Benson and John Benson, citizens of the State of New York: said vessel, having been wrecked and condemned on Rockaway Beach, Long Island, was purchased by the aforesaid citizens of the United States, Proviso as to and has been repaired and refitted for sea: Provider], It shall be proved cm °f'°l”“”‘ to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owners, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Avrnovnn, February 15, 1848. Feb. I5, 1848. CHAP. XI.—An dctfor the Relief ofJosepk and Lindley Ward. Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the C<>mmi¤¤i¤q¤r United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commisgf £g‘Q‘,,£,&;‘;‘; sioner of Indian Atfairs be, and he is hereby, authorized to adjust and tre elle claims or settle the claims of Lindley and Joseph 1Vard, arising upon their con- ·l-‘*¤dL- wml- tract with the United States to furnish rations for the emigrating Indians of the Potawatomie tribe, in eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, Appropriation according to the principles set forth in the report accompanying this ' bill ; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Arnnovsn, February 15, 1848. F°b· 22: 184% Cnar. XIV. — An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register or Enrolment to the Schooner Robert Henry. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the “‘2;§g‘“°' t° b° United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register or enrolment for the schooner Robert Henry, formerly a British vessel, but now owned by John P. Baldwin, a citizen of the State of Florida; and which said vessel, having been wrecked on the Florida Reel} and condemned and sold, was purchased by him, and which he has caused to l°f°ViS<> ?·¤ *° be repaired and relitted for sea again: Provided, It shall be proved to " It °h°p°m°' the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of repairing and refitting said schooner in the United States, after her purchase by the present owner, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, February 22, 1848. Merch 9, 1848. Crue. XVI.——An Act granting t/zgdlzran/ring Privilege to Louisa Catharine "‘*""*""‘ ms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the F·<.nking privi· United States of America in Congress assembled, That all letters and {cf; iéxsfl *° packets carried by post to and from Louisa Catharine Adams, widow pf the latilboihn Quincy Adams, be conveyed free of postage during er na ur 1 e.. Avmzovmn, March 9, 1848. _1llIf~h14·,1848. Crnr. XX.—An Act for the Relief of in; Administratrix of Elisha L. Keen, 06803 . Sammy nmm He it enacted by the, Senate and House if Representatives of the ·r¤.,¤-my to pay United States of America an Congress assembled, That the Secretary