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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 51, 52, 53, 56. 1848. 715 from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to continue during his natural life. Approved, May 17, 1848. Can. LI. —-An Act for the Relief af John Mitchell. May 29, 1848, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesqf the United States ¢y" America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary A ,,,,,,,0,, 0,- of War be, and he is hereby, required to place the name of John $10 per month Mitchell on the roll of invalid pensions, and that he pay him semi- $;gf:u*° ·l°h“ annually at the rate often dollars per month, for and during his natural i life, commencing on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. Avrnovrsn, May 29, 1848. Can. LII. — An. Act for the Relief of Mary Brown, Widow of Jacob Brown. May gg, 1g4g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the H United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Secretary 0,- of War is hereby required to issue a pension certificate to Mary Brown, W¤r_ to issue a of Clarksburgh, in the State of Massachusetts, aged seventy-four years, E;£'°’;0 93;;*); and was born before the close of the revolution, and widow of Jacob Brown lbrapen- Brown, senior, a revolutionary pensioner, deceased, granting to her a ¤l°¤th°*` 88 PH pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first mon ' day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and continuing during her natural life. Approved, May 29, 1848. Gnu. LII1.-1An. Act to provide for the Purchase of the Manuscript Papers of May 3], 1g4g_ the late James Madison, former President of the United States. -———————;— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of .325900 “PP"°‘ . . prrated for the twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same IS hereby appropriated, Purchase M- an out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase the ¤¤r}¤bli¤h¢d of Mrs. D. P. Madison, widow of the late James Madison, formerly Presi- génuigigptjumgg dent of the United States, all the unpublished manuscript papers of the Madison. said James Madison now belonging to and in her possession; and upon delivery thereof to the Secretary of State, with a proper convey- ance of title to the United States, the said sum of money, upon the certificate of the Secretary of State of the delivery and conveyance of said papers, shall be paid at the treasury, agreeably to the wishes of the said Mrs. Madison, and in the mann_er following, namely : five thousand dol- Manner in lars of said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to be paid to her ; and  il:)°b:l:;g the residue of twenty thousand to James Buchanan, now Secretary of w Mis, Madison, State, John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, and Richard Smith, Esq., of Washington city, to be held, put out to interest, vested in stocks, or otherwise managed and disposed of by them, or the survivor or survivors of them, as trustees for the said Mrs. Madison, according to their best discretion and her best advantage—the interest or profit arising from the said principal sum to be paid over to her as the same accrues—the said principal sum to be and remain inalienable during her lifetime, as a permanent fund for her maintenance, but subject to be disposed of as she may please by her last will and testament. Approved, May 31, 1848. CHAP. LVI. —An Acrfor the Relief of Edward Baton. May 31, 1g4g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the """""'*' United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary