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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 21, 22, 25. 1848. 711 of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money her such sum as in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the administratrix of   Elisha L. Keen, such sums as the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury may be ,,,,,5,, dm, m,, decide to be justly due said Keen, not exceeding the sum of five hun- docgpsed, 952 exdred and ninety-four dollars, being a balance alleged to be due said °"° mg g" ‘ Keen, and credited on the books of the Fourth Auditor for advances to the United States in the years eighteen hundred and thirteen and eighteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, March 14, 1848. Czar-. XXI.-An Act providing for the Payment of the Claim of Walter R. John- March 14, 1848. son against the United States. ··—-——;— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to {211 31 cents Walter R. Johnson, from any money in the treasury not otherwise :9 ,}**1*** him i¤ .. . ull or his serapproprrated, the sum of six hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-one vices, &c_ cents, which will be in full for his services, and payments made by him in researches and experiments on American coal, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. Approved, March 14, 1848. Cntr. XXII. ——An dctfor the Relief of the Heirs of John Paul Jones. M¤·l‘<=l1 21, 1848. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounts Accounts of the of the late Commodore John Paul Jones with the United States be 5***; <`i,¤·¤¤¤‘<;d¤r¤ referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, to adjust and pay, out of any ,2 bi; ,,dz;`; ,cgfl°S money or stock of the United States in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the principles of justice and equity, according to acts in similar cases, and applicable thereto. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- Prize money to ury is hereby instructed to pay to the legal representatives of the said b°,P“id ‘° *h° 1*** John Paul Jones, and the officers, seamen, and marines of the squadron 5;,,,, wgiieseggj under his command, being citizens of the United States, or their rep- Jvpcs, and of the resentatives, out of any moneys or stock of the United States in the ,°££°ri,,?,;‘; Si; treasury not otherwise appropriated, their respective proportions of the command. value, as estimated by Benjamin Franklin, of three prizes captured by the squadron under the command of the said Jones, und delivered up to Great Britain by Denmark, in seventeen hundred and seventy-nine ; to be apportioned on the basis of the distribution of a settlement made with the captors, for prizes captured by the said squadron, and received from the court of France, and confirmed by Congress in seventeen hundred and eighty-seven; deducting, however, from the share of Deduction from Captain Peter Landais the sum received by him or his legal represent- g‘§,S£‘;‘f,;;C“P‘ atives under an act of Congress approved the twenty-eighth of March, 1::06, ch. l8. eighteen hundred and six: Provided, That in ascertaining the amount Proviso. duehthp heirs of said Paul Jones, if any, no interest shall be allowed on suc cann. Approved, March 21, 1848. Gun. XXV.—An Act in addition to an Act for the Relief [of] Walter Loomis March 29, 1848. and Abel Gay, approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Secretary of the of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to settle, upon princi- T'°”"'Y ““°h°"