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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 125, 126, 127, 128. 1853. 765 marry again, or die, while her daughter, now living, shall be a. minor, the same allowance shall be made to said daughter during her minority. Approved, March 3, 1853. Crisp. CXXV. —· An Actjbr the Reliefqf George Poindezter. Mgrgh 3, I55g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Quarter-master Gen- Claim ¤fG¤<>r€¤ eral of the United States, be and he is hereby authorized and directed Egéigzxtigg ° to cause to be ascertained the amount justly due and owing to George paid. Poindexter for the use and occupation of his property, by the volunteers from the State of Kentucky, mustered into the service of the United States, for the war in Mexico, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the amount so ascertained to be due, to be paid to the said Poindexter, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the P¤>vi¤<>- same do not exceed the sum of lifteen hundred dollars, the amount awarded. Approved, March 3, 1853. Crux-. CXXVI. -—An Aetjbr the Reliefq/'Mary Pearson. March 8, 18.58. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Mary P¤M‘S¤¤ terior be, and he is hereby directed to place on the roll of revolutionary t°;¤2?°§1“:,Sj1 2:; pensioners the name of Mary Pearson, of Newberry, Massaehusetts,§24syesr,nem widow of Silas Pearson, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty-four gggjgtl; we 18**% dollars per annum, to commence on the sixteenth day of March, eighteen ' hundred and forty-eight, and continue during her natural life. Approved, March 3, 1853. Cunr. CXXVII.—An Act jbr the Relief of Ihnry Miller, a soldier of the War of Murch3, 1853. eighteen hundred and twelve. “""'—""""“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of Henry Mil- b§°{"'5;g£g°" go ler, a soldier in the service of the United States, in the late war with sioggiiabggo Q Great Britain, be placed on the roll of invalid pensions, at the rate of month, f1‘0m1£$1· eight dollars per month, commencing on the fourteenth day of August, gm 1** 1847* eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved, March 3, 1853. CHAP. CXXVIII. —- An Act for the Reliqfo/` PWlliam JZ Price. Much 8, 1858· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William J. Price be, mggfmwglpdd and he is hereby confirmed in his title to a certain tract of land situate 1,,,,,, J, p,;,,, in the county of Jackson, State of Alabama, on the waters of Jones’s Creek, known as Williain Jones’s Reservation, it being the place first. settled by Williani Jones, and, after his death, transferred by his widow and heirs at law to said Vllilliam J. Price: Provided, That this confirm· I’f¤ViS<>· ation shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any minor heir or heirs, or of third persons. A1>1=nov1·:n, March 3, 1853.