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THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 45, 46, 47, 52. 1860. 841 he may have therefor for cancellation, and release to the United States, by deed, all his claim and interest therein. Approved, May 9, 1860. Cnsr. XLV.-An Actjbr the Reliq of Rnthard W. Meade. May 9, 1860. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting othegrs of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to ?56°·?° '°° *’° pay to Richard W. Meade, late a lieutenant in the United States navy, f;£d£’°b"d W' out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and sixty-six dollars and twenty cents, being the amount of expenses incurred by him and his clerk for subsistence, while under orders of the Navy Department, and detained on shore at San Francisco, from the fifteenth of July to the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, less the amount already received by them for commutation of their rations during the same period. APPROVED, May 9, 1860. Cnsr. XLVI.-—An Act for the Relief of George May 9, 1860. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the account furnished by George Stealey, for services rendered and expenses incurred by him as Account of agent, appointed by the Indian commissioners of the United States for the g°g;K°“;*6:fQn State of California to visit the northern tribes of Indians in said State, be, principle, gf and the same is hereby, referred to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, ¤§i¤i¤Y Md .i¤¤· with authority to cause the same to be settled upon principles of equity t‘°°' and justice, and the amount thereof to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the said settlement to be made upon satisfactory vouchers showing that the expenses were actually incurred, and that the prices paid were just and proper under the peculiar circumstances of the case. Approved, May 9, 1860. CHAP. XLVII.-—-An Act for the Relief of David D. Porter. May 9, 1860. Be it enacted by the Sbnate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting edi- _ cers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to pay to David D. D$T13]§°l;$l>;¥l Porter, a lieutenant in the navy of the United States, the sum of seven "° ' hundred and forty-three dollars, for certain extraordinary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his duty, under the orders of the Navy Department, on special Service to the island of St. Domingo; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 9, 1860. Gun. LII.-—An Act for the Relid q§7Gec>rge B- BMW. W6 wing PWS? Qf W S]°°P· MW 2% 186* o/l ar Portsmouth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of aimerica in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting oflicers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to allow to George wgigrgg Rigsé B. Bacon, late acting purser of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, in the settle- my of parser, ,,1 ment of his accounts, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise settlement of his iipptopriated, the amount properly payable to 9. purse? of a sloop-of-war, *°°°““*· for his services as acting purser as aforesaid, during the period he acted as purser, deducting therefrom the amount paid to said Bacon, for the same period, as commander’s clerk. Approved, May 22, 1860. vox.. xn. Pmv.-108