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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 51),51,52,53. 1845. 939 Snzrurs II. Crux-. L.——An dc! for the relief of 1£;Iw Jforrell, administrator of Joseph Icard, March 3, 1845. use -————- Be it enacted, gw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorize and directed to settle with, and pay to Elisha Mor- To be paid r-ell, administrator of Joseph Icard, deceased, out of any money in the °¤° third vf ¤¤ treasury not otherwise appropriated, one third of whatever sum may Igazgnigiifon have been retained in the treasury of the United States on account of with France. an award made by the commissioners under the convention with France of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and forty-one, in behalf of Julien S. Roulet, on account of the loss of the cargo on board of the vessel called the Cadoz, after deducting any commissions or charges which may have been allowed for attending to said claim. Approved, March 3, 1845. —-—-— Srn-urs II. CHAP. LI. — An dei for the relij of Harvey and Slugg. March 3, 1845. Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, required to pay to Harvey and Slagg, of the city of New York, dg':;:?; of the drawback of duties upon ten cases of merchandise, duly entered for cm,,,,., mc? exportation at the New York custo1n·house on the fourth day of Novem— cbpndise to he ber, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, examined by the pro- l’“d· per officer, found correct, and sent alongside of the ship Patrick Henry, in charge of the proper officer of the customs, and which were actually exported on board said vessel, and landed in Liverpool; the payment of which drawback of duties was withheld by reason of informality in lading the said ten cases of merchandise on board said ship: Provided, Proviso. The Secretary aforesaid shall be satisfied that every other requirement of law shall have been fully complied with. Approved, March 3, 1845. ———- Srururs II. CHAP. Ll1.——An Act granting a pension to John E. Wright. March 3, 1845. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be directed to place ’ the name of John E. Wright on the roll of invalid pensioners, and to T¤ be Pl¤¤¤d pay him a pension at the rate of six dollars per month, to commence °” p°"“°“ '°u‘ from the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and to continue during his natural life. Arpnovmu, March 3, 1845. ———— S·rurU*1‘1: II. CHAP. L111.-in Act for the relief of Stanley PVhile. March 1845. Whereas, Stanley White purchased of the United States, at the Fort Wayne land office, in the state of Indiana, the west half of section P’°"ml’l°· number thirty, in township number thirty north, of range ten east, containing three hundred and thirty-one acres and sixty one—hundredths of an acre, by paying therefor to John Spencer, the receiver of public moneys at said land office, the sum of four hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty cents, and receiving therefor, from said receiver, his duplicate receipt for said sum, and describing said land, bearing date the eighteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty- six: and whereas, also, prior to said entry of said half section of land by the said Stanley Wlrite, to wit, on the twelfth day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one Charles H. Lewis entered at said office the south-west quarter of said section thirty, township thirty north, of range ten east, being the south half of said half section, containing one hundred and sixty-seven acres and thirty-six hundredths of an acre, for which he paid two hundred and nine dollars and twenty cents; and for which said last-mentioned quarter sec-