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 720 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 84, 85, 86, 87. 1848, the said vessel by the present owner exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, June 28, 1848. June 28, 1848. CHAP. LXXXIV.—An Act to gythorizil the Seétlement of the Account of Joseph ——--— curse, ecease. The account of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the J°“ph 1\‘°?"*° t° United States o America in Co ess assembled, That the accountin be settled in con- ng,. . g formity with de. officers of the treasury be, and are hereby, authorized to settle the f-,,,. msgs,,.,;,:?- of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, C¤h¤¤bia· as aflirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that any du§2;‘"§;P§€é";‘; balance which may be found due him on said decree be paid to his his legal repre- legal representatives out of any money in the treasury not otherwise sentatives. ad ppropriate . Armovnn, June 28, 1848. June 28, 1848, CHAP. LXXXV. —.11n Act for the Relief of Edna Hickman, Wife of Alexander D. ‘—·l··—··‘ Peck. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ·mi8 mrwo ar. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the title to two rfa? PY l¤¤d in tracts of land, ten arpens front by forty deep, each, in all amounting H:,:;;?::, fg; to eight hundred acres, situated on the Bayou Bartholomew, in the Hickman. parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana, being a part of a Spanish grant to Baron de Bastrop, of date tirst June, seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to Edna Hick- Provigi, man: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as in any manner to confirm any part of said de Bastrop grant, save the two tracts, or to atfect the rights of third persons in said two tracts hereby confirmed. Approved, June 28, 1848. ·l¤¤€ 28. 18%., Crue. LXXXVI.—An Act for the Relief of William Ralston. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the uga6g`}}? n20R31E United States of America in Chngress assembled, That the Secretary 5,,,,, ,-,,1. 1;,,,,,0,,, of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, instructed to pay to William aschaplainto the Ralston, of Tennessee, the sum of six hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-one cents, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being in full compensation for his services as chaplain to the regiment of Tennessee cavalry, from the sixth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved, June 28, 1848. June 28, 1848_ Czur. LXXXVII. -An Act for the/Relief of Barclay and Livingston, and -—-———- Smith, Thurgar, and Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Excess of au- United States o America in Co ress assembled, That the Secretar . . _ "€ _ _ Y SE: 1:3 Egg'; of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay ,;,_,{, ,,,,d S,,,,,§, to Barclay and Livingston, and Smith, Thurgar, and Company, mer- 'ghumr, and chants in the city of New York, any excess of duty paid by them to ,;;‘;P';';y*,‘;;‘J‘;;$ the collector of the port of New York, upon the importations of jute banded. grass, under the name of India matting, India weed, hemp carpeting,
 * ,:;°U°Yt°3';* t°*` account of Joseph Nourse, in conformity with the award and decree