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488 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 17, 20, 21. 1857 $27,804-33 ¢<> Treasur a , from an money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, lg? §:;‘;,,:’0fm°° to AmosY1I;.5Corwine, the sum of twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and four dollars and thirty-three cents, in full compensation for moneys expended by him in forwarding destitute citizens of the United States from Panama to San Francisco. APPROVED, January 17, 1857. gm, 2], ]85’]_ Gun. XVII.-An Act for the Relief tf the Heirs ty` .Mzjor-General Arthur St. Clair. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in consideration of the $30,000 to be claims, services, and sacritices of the late Major-General Arthur St. g?lG;?0:P(,f8;‘§;;$ Clair, in the war of the Revolution, and in the subsequent Indian wars, Arihjr si, Cm,-_ the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and ` directed to pay to the heirs of the said Major-General Arthur St. Clair -0ne-sixth to be paid to the heirs of each of his six children-the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 21, 1857. J}m.26, 1857. Can. XX.-An Aa fn- the Relief of Thomas J. Churchill, late o Lleucemmt in the jam '*‘*""""" Kentucky Regiment of `Wlunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be and they are hereby authorized and directed, Settlement of in settling the accounts of Thomas J. Churchill, late a lieutenant in the _’}”‘é’;*`;':;,Yi{,I`h°s· first Kentucky regiment of volunteers, and acting commissary and quar- 'termaster during the war with Mexico, to allow him a credit in full for whatever amount may be charged against him upon the books of the Treasury Department, as such commissary and quartermaster, in the same manner as if he had presented vouchers therefor, all his accounts and vouchers having been lost or destroyed during his imprisonment by the Mexicans in the year eighteen hundred and forty-severn. Approved, January 26, 1857. Jan. 26, 1857. CHAP. XXI.—An Act to authorize the Legal Representatwes of Pascal L. Oerre to enter "`;"""'"" certain Lands in the State of Mssoud. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legal representatives Representatives of Pascal L. Cerre be and they are hereby authorized to locate, free of ‘gm_5?$’gO1_iz;·({ costs, on any of the public lands of the United States in the State of to loom 0,,,,,,,,, Missouri, agreeably to the United States surveys, subject to sale at private md in Missouri. entry, at the minimum price, the quantity of seven thousand and nfty-six arpens of land, less such quantity of lands as they may have already acquired under and by virtue of the confirmatory act of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act confirming claims to lands in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred 1880, ch. 301. and thirty-six; and the Commissioner of the General Land-Otiice, upon VOL V the receipt of the proper certificate or certihcates, and upon being satis- . p. 126. _ _ fied that such claimants are such legal representatives, shall cause a patent or patents to be issued as in other cues. Approved, January 26, 1857.