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 798 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 15, 18, 21, 26. 1850. May 23, 1850. Cnn. XV. ·- An. Act to authorize the issuing of a Register to the Barque —————-—-·· “Cornwallis." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatives of the Register au- United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, °l':;,‘°dwt° ul: under direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the grqug comm,}. barque Cornwallis, formerly a British vessel, called the “Cornwallis, of H'- Cornwallis, of Nova Scotia," of the burthen of about three hundred and twelve tons; which vessel was stranded on the eastern part of the Island of Nantucket, when on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to New York city, in October, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. That said vessel, after much labor, was got ol}` and carried into the harbor of Nantucket, where she was thoroughly repaired, and placed in a condition to be sea-worthy in all respects, and after such repairs, was carried to New York, where she now lies. She is owned by Thomas S. Winslow, an American citizen, resident of said city of New York: Proviso. Provided, That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs of said vessel made in the United States, subsequently to her shipwreck aforesaid, exceeds three fourths of her value after having been so repaired. Approved, May 23, 1850. June 5, 1850. Crnr. XVIII.—An Act for the Relief of Jesse Sutton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the one thousand United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary g;>l§*;¤ ¤P¥{F°t§>*¥ of the Treasury pay to Jesse Sutton, out of any money in the treasury _yc;s,,(§u1Q€Q;_ ° not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand dollars, for ser— vices rendered, and coal, iron, and steel furnished the Texas Indians, as public blacksmith, from the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty- seven. Approved, June 5, 1850. gum 11, 1g5g_ Crnr. XXI.-,/In Act for the Relief of James T. Shaeleleford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqnresentatiees of the Title ,0,,;;,m,; United States of America in Congress assembled, That James T. in a SP¢¢Ui¤d Shackleford, of the State of Alabama, be, and he is hereby, confirmed sued therefor to of ection number sixteen, in township numbered seventeen, in range ·,l· dT- Sl“°kl°‘ numbered one west, in the district of lands subject to entry at the land Momce at Demopolis, in the said State of Alabama, and that the commissioner of the general land office, upon the passage of this act, shall Promo. issue a patent for the same: Provided, The said commissioner shall be first satisfied that the said James T. Shackleford has purchased the interest in the said tract of land of the person who originally entered the Further pre- same: And provided, further, That the said patent shall operate only "l$°· as a relinquishment on the part of the United States of all right and title to the said land. Avrnoveo, June 17, 1850. July 18, 1850. CHAP. XXVI. —.Bn Act for the Relief of William B. Crews. Bc ii enacted by Ute Senate and House Qf Representatives of the ,,g;°§,}’3:;"§.§§f United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting ury directed to officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to ascertain
 * ,§;E,‘QflQ°€{,°‘l‘£ in the following described tract of land, to wit: the south-east quarter