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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 178, 179, 181, 182. 1848. 737 due to the said De la Francia be paid to him, or his legal representa- Amount found mes, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 25*** °° b° Pm Armzovnn. August 14, 1848. lm' . C XXVIII.—.6n det or the Pa mento the rt'. Bfllédde of the TI|iTd  of the V8T7·llI‘0n¢ Battle of Plattsburg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ry America in Congress assembled, That the proper Claims or ee.-. accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized "*§¤_ °**l°°*’¤ Wl and directed to adjust and settle the claims for one month's services of igowsfililii-,,l,°i,; the officers and soldiers of the fourth regiment in the second brigade adjusted and setof the third division of the militia of the State of Vermont, who served md' at the battle of Plattsburg on the eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, for their military services on that occasion, and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. A1-pnovsn, August 14, 1848. Gun. CLXX1`X.—An det for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Aug. 14, 1848. Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Brig-of- War Somers. ·——;—-— Wnnaans the United States brig·ofwar Somers was foundered at sea, in the oiling of the/harbor of Vera Cruz, while engaged, under very hazardous circumstances, in the prosecution of hostilities against an enemy of this republic: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Asum cqualm United States of America in Congress assembled, That the widows, if *W¤lV¤ ¤¤9¤¤h¤' any such there be, and in case there be no widow, the child or children, gzgsergl *5;;,,5;; and if there be no child, then the parent or parents, and if there are no awarded to the parents, to the brothers and sisters who were minors and under the ggggwgc °'0,?m; age of eighteen years at the time of said loss of the officers, seamen, omeers, iiseamen, and marines who were in the service of the United States, and lost in md ¤¤°·¤’i¤¤¤_ ¤f' She United States brig-oiiwar Somers, shall be entitled to, and receive, g}:t°L°tf,igU§::,°: out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a. sum ers. equal to twelve m0nths’ pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of said vessel. Approved, August 14, 1848. Crnr. CLXXXI. -- An Act for the Reliqfqf George IC Mitchell. Aug, {4, 18-],8, Bc it enacted by the Senate and House if Rfyiresentatives ¢y" the United States of America in Congress assemble, That George V. _ George V. Mitchell, late postmaster at Bellsville, Pennsylvania, be, and he hereby is, released from the payment of a judgment obtained against him in ofaiudgment. the United States Court for the western district of Pennsylvania, held at Williamsport. Approved, August 14. 1848. Cnn. CLXXXII. -.411 dctfor the Relief of Ward and Smith. Aug. 14, 1848. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary °fTblfN§§;’;w of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to ascertain certain what yum Vo:.. IX. Pruv. — 12