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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 194;,195,196, 197. 1848. 741 Gun. CXCIV. —An dot for the Reliqf of Samuel Grice. Aug. 14, 1848. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary S¤m¤¤1 Gricc of the Treasury bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, gzczitpgéd (1::: out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, such ages sustained by amount of damages as, from the testimony furnished, shall appear m h““ in i?°”::· have been sustained by Samuel Grice, in consequence of the seizure  if hi: of his boat by an officer  of the United States army, in the year eigh-· bw by an officer men hundred and thirty-six, so far as said damages have not arisen from §$m‘Q‘° ang;"*‘§g the negligence of said Gricc. 1836. Avrnovnn, August 14, 1848. Can. CXCV. —An Act for the Rcliqf of Frederic Durrivc. Au; 143 ]848 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1851,ch.5. United States 1y' America in Congress assembled, That Frederic The me of Durrivs ba, and he is hereby, confirmed in his purchase of lot number Frederic Durrivg sixteen, in township number seventeen, of range number fifteen east,   {cig: lying west of the Mississippi River, entered and paid for by him at the cfland in Missisland office at New Orleans, containing one hundred and sixty-Eve ?i.PP*°°“H”“*=d ‘° acres and elcvcn-hundredths of an acre, and that a patent be issued to um` him therefor: Provided, however, That said Durrive shall first. procure and file with the register of the district the assent in writing of the commissioners of schools, and a majority of the voters, in the township in which said land is situated, to such confirmation. Sec. 2. And be` it further enacted, That if such putent shall be Other school issued to said Durrive, in pursuance of the section aforesaid, then the was °° b°“°l°°*‘ register of the land odicc and receiver of public money in said dis- ' trict, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall select and reserve for the usc of schools in said township other lands in the same or adjoining township, of the same extent and quality with those described in the first section of this act. Approved, August 14, 1848. Cun. CXCVI. —.Rn Act granting a Pension to William Pittman. Aug. 14, 181-8. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary A pension of of War is hereby directed to place the name of William Pittman on F8 per m<>r5rh =¤1— thelist of invalid pensioners of the United States, and that the said  W‘u““" Pittman be entitled to receive a pcnsion of eight dollars per month, from the thirteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and to continue during his natural life. Am-novsn, August 14, 1848. Cru?. CXCVII.—.4n Act for the Rsliqf of Jnlm P. B. Gratiot and the legal Aug. 14,18}% Reprnsentatives of Henry Gratiot. ’_—"""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lhzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Secretary of the of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain whether £:;?:’the°‘;al‘:; the lead cxactcd of John P. B. and Henry Gratiot, as rent, by the orcemin lehd i1- United States agents of lead mines, was mined and smelted within the {_<*z¤U>3 h¤¥*~¤¤€d ., . . rom 0. n P. B. territory and upon the lands of the Ottawa, Pottnwatomnc, Chippewa, Gratiot and om Or other tribes of Indians; and, if so, to ascertain the amount, or ers as mncby che