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858 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 131, 132, 148, 149. 1855. V whatever balance may be found to be due to her late husband, upon a. final spttlement of his accounts, in the manner directed by the first section of t is act. Approved, February 28, 1855. Feb. 28, 1855. Cm?. CXXXI.—An Act granting Bounty Land to Susan Palmer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives J the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Slf°”}Y;)¤lmil'a Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue unto Susan Palmer, mg; mm y widow of Lieutenant Innis B. Palmer, deceased, a land-warrant certiticate for one hundred and sixty acres of land, in consideration of his services during the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, in the same manner as if the said Innis B. Palmer’s name had been enrolled as a. lieutenant, and not as a deputy wagon-master. Approved, February 28, 1855. Feb. 28, 1855. CHAP. CXXXII.- An Act jbr the Relief of Lot Davis. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United be *° States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intemgon mu fo,. rior cause the name of Lot Davis to be placed upon the roll of invalid lite, at $6 per pensioners, at the rate of six dollars per month, during his life, to com-

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’Approved, February 28, 1855. March 2, 1855. CHAP. CXLVIII.-—An Aetjbr the Rel?; ty the Mfrs of Brigadier- General Richard B. —·--····—·•-·—1 dSOH. Be it enacted by the Senate and House <y" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the provisions of the 0h_ 6!;°;;€B£§{ act approved February third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled to heiis of Gen. "An act for the relief of Brevet Brigadier-General Riley, and to enable B- B- M¤·*°¤- him to settle his accounts with the United States," be, and they are hereby, applied to the heirs of Brigadier-General Richard B. Mason, in reference to all moneys raised and collected by him for contributions, penalties, internal assessments, duties, or other objects, in California, from June first, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and that the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department, in settling the accounts of the said Mason, be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to allow, as a credit, a commission of one and a half per cent. upon the moneys so raised, collected, and disbursed by the said Mason while he was governor of California during the time stated above. Approved, March 2, 1855. March 2, 1855- CHAP. CXLIX. -An Act for the Relief ofJohn R. Bowes, Agent in charge of the Prop- -——-···—-·—··· ertypf the United States at Michigan City, in the State of Indiana, and of Isaac S. Smztt, ey" the Ctry ofBalfalo, Mw Ybrk. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m·¥’g‘;£&B°"'°S States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting $g0_3g_ officers of the treasury bc, and are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John R. Bowes, of the State of Indiana, agent in charge of the property of the United States at Michigan City, in said State, the sum of four hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-three cents, in payment and in full discharge of all claims of said Bowes against the United States for services as said agent.