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 'I‘HIRTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. I4, 18. 1850. 807 [No. 14,.] — A Resolution for the Settlement of Accounts with the Heirs and Rep- Sept, 16, 1850, resentatives of Colonel Pierce Jil. Butler, late Agent for the Cherokee Indians. —····-——-—-—- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any balance appearing Settlement or to be due upon a settlement of the accounts of P. M. Butler,late agent ;f°‘i}‘,;§;,_ °f P' for the Cherokee Indians, and agent for paying pensions at Fort Gib· ses gis, 12, son, Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, released, upon the condition ¤¤¢¤· that the heirs and representatives of said Butler shall release all claims against the government growing out of his services, as such agent, or as commissioner to treat with certain Indian tribes. Approved, September 16, 1850. [N0. 18.]—Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Children of Sarah Stokes, Sept. 28, 1850. deceased. ·—····——···· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [bzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper officer be, A wm M l>¤ and he hereby is, directed to pay to Jonathan Shelton, administrator of §Q‘g:g,,'l°gg2,‘§: Sarah Stokes, deceased, out of the money appropriated for the payment istratorbr Sarah of revolutionary pensions, the sum of three hundred ninety-three dol- g;gk€’&*°,g° gf; lars and thirty-two cents, the same being the amount of pension due chn3,;,,_ the said Sarah Stokes on the day of her decease, by virtue of an act of Congress passed on the fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, (excepting what would accrue from March fourth, eighteen hundred forty-one, to March fourth, eighteen hundred forty- three,) to be, by the said Jonathan Shelton, administrator as aforesaid, distributed to the children of said Sarah Stokes, in the same manner as arrearages of pensions are distributed to the children of deceased pensioners. Ammovnn, September 28, 1850.