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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 49, 52, 53. 1856. 451 dollars and twelve cents, in full for expenses incurred and money expended by him' for subsistence, quarters, and transportation furnished to Captain Brad1ey’s company of Ohio volunteers from the first to the fifth of June inclusive, eighteen hundred and fortyaix, prior to their being mustered imo the service of the United States for the Mexican war. SEO. 4. And be it further enacted, That the several sums herein directed to be paid, be, and the saufe are hereby, appropriated out of any Appmp;-mon, money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, June 14, 1856. Can. XL]X.—For the Belief of the Heirs of (bl. Charles Simms, late Collector of the June 26, 1856. Port of Alexandria. _"‘_‘*" Be it enacted by the Senate and &use of Representatives of the Gzited States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Accounts of ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the account SPI- Gh¤r§¤ of the late Col. Charles Simms, collector of the port of Alexandria, to be a;r§f§;lt:nd°paid audited and settled without any charge of interest on any indebtedness without interest. due from him to the government at the time of his death. And when the principal of such indebtedness shall be paid, the estate of the said Charles Simms, and his heirs and representatives, shall be forever discharged from any liability on account of any interest that may have accrued thereon. Approved, June 26, 1856. CHA?. LII.-An Act authorking a Setflement of the Accounts of Charles P. Babcock, July 8, 1856- Iate Indian Agent al Detroit, in the State of Michigan. '_""_""_—` Be it enacted Zgy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Accounts of Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and required to adjust and g;"é'1;sdjEgE“b pay the accounts of Charles P. Babcock, late Indian Agent at Detroit, ment on in the State of Michigan; and that in making such adjustment, certain vouchers, heretofore presented by him, and now on file, for expenses incurred for premiums in exchanging gold for silver coin, and also for one quarter’s salary for his own services, shall be allowed and paid : Pro- Proviso. vided, That any balance thus found due said Babcock, shall first be applied in liquidation of his indebtedness to the United States, if any there shall be, and the remainder only shall be paid to him: And provided further, That the sum allowed to him shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents. Approved, July 3, 1856. CHAP. LIII.—·An Act to authorize the issue of a @ster to the Barque Tropic Bird. July 3, 1g5B_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the _ Register to Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directedjo issue a register }1E;g°£’]£;_$ to the American built barque “Tropic Bird," now owned by Asa F. Tift, P ` of Key West, Florida. Sec. 2. And be it _ further enacted, That the said barque Tropic Exempted Bird be and is hereby exempted from the payment of tonnage money g%’;*6t°“““g° to the United States, from the time she became American property. y` Approved, July 3, 1856.