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THIRTY-}.*`OURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 147, 148, 149, 150. 1856. 471 the United States for the district of East Tennessee be authorized, and SWR 011 the he is hereby directed, to dismiss the suit by him instituted in favor of the (églgézé llgzd gg United States on the official bond of the late Robert King, former pension be dismissed. agent at Knoxville, Tennessee; and that the claim of the United States C1 . founded upon said bond, and sought to be enforced in said suit, be, and mm tems8d` the same is hereby, released and discharged: Provided, however, That Proviso for st the accounting officer of the Treasury shall first adjust the accounts of ¤?¤dJ¤S¤¤¤¤¤ of Robert King as pension agent, allowing to the defendants for him two if ‘Q§§Ql*§}sa‘;”;,d per cent. on the moneys paid out by him for all the time he acted as such balance due. agent, and for which he was never allowed, and that the defendants shall have first paid the balance, if any, which may be found due to the United States. Approved, August 18, 1856. Cnsr. CXLVII.—An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin Berry, a Soldier of the Aug. 18, 1856. Revolution. ·—i~——— Be it enacted In the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Bonj. Berry to Interior bc, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Benjamin b;u¥;_l?)f1°fo‘f;:‘° Berry, a soldier of the Revolution, and now resident of the State of gm; pm- ammm, Maine, upon the list of revolutionary pensioners, and pay to him the sum f¤‘0f¤ J¤¤-_ 1. of ninety-six dollars per annum, from the first day of January, eighteen 1850* M M°‘ hundred and fifty, during his natural life. Approved, August 18, 1856. CHAP. CXLVIH.— An Act for the Relief of Anthony Rankin, of Tennessee. Aug. 18, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to Treasury pay to Anthony Rankin the sum of thirty dollars, out of any £·;tR)‘;}‘g'x Rau money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being the amount sw pen paid by said Rankin in eighteen hundred and fourteen, while engaged in the military service of the United States, for medical aid and attendance when confined by a severe illness. Approved, August 18, 1856. CHAP. CXLIX.-—— An Actfcr the &tie;;" of Nancy Bowen and Sarah Larrabee. Aug 18, 1g5S_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ohngress assembled, That the Secretary of the Nancy Bgwgig Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Nancy *0 be PI=>;<=¢d 011 Bowen, formerly the widow of Robert Brice, upon the roll of pensioners, ;l;8$SgI§;2Da:£u and pay to her the sum of ninety-six dollars per annum, from the fourth num, from July day of July, eighteen hundred and nity, during her natural life; also, ‘*· 185°· f" uf°· that he be, and is hereby, directed to place the name of Sarah Larrabee, Also Sarah formerly the widow of Barstow Newell, upon the pension rolls and pay I,,,,,.,,,,,,,, from to her the sum of ninety-six dollars per annum, commencing on the first March 1, 1854. day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and continuing during her natural life. Approved, August 18, 1856. CHAP. CL.-An Act jbr the Reliefqf John Poe, of Louisville, Kentucky. Aug. 18, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- John POB ,0 Ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treas- be paid $752.50. ury not otherwise appropriated, to John Poe, of Louisville, Kentucky, the sum of seven hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents, in full com-