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seventeen hundred and ninety, a pension of the half pay of a corporal for and during his life.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Alex Cameron place on pension list. That Alexander Cameron, late a soldier in the second regiment of the North Carolina line, of the army of the revolution, be placed on the pension list of the United States, and receive, from the first day of January last, a pension of the half pay of a private for and during his life.

Approved, March 3, 1805. Statute Ⅱ.


March 2, 1805

Chap. XLV.—An Act for the relief of Richard Taylor.

Be it enacted, &c, A pension as a spy. That Richard Taylor, of Kentucky, who was employed in the service of the United States, as an escort, spy and guide, at the daily pay of one dollar and twenty-five cents, during hostilities with certain Indians, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and was disabled by being wounded while in such ser-vice, shall be placed on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, in the present year, in lieu of his present rate of pension.

Approved, March 3, 1805.

Statute Ⅱ.



March 2, 1805

Chap. XLVI..An Act for the relief of Robert Patton, and others.

Be it enacted, &c., Foregin tonage duty paid by patton and others to be returned, &c. That the collector for the District of Tappahannock be, and he hereby is directed to repay to Robert Patton and company, and Samuel Pearson, the owners of the schooner tris, a vessel of the United States, the amount received from them for foreign tonnage on said schooner; and he hereby is also directed to repay to Samuel Gordon and others, the owners of the cargo of said schooner, the amount of the ten per cent. additional duties, received from them upon the said cargo, at the entry thereof at Tappahannock, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Bounty or allowance on a fishing voyage to be paid to Edmund Briggs and others. That the collector for the District of Newport be, and he hereby is directed to pay to Edmund Briggs, jun., and others, the master and crew of the schooner Phebe, the amount of bounty or allowance arising on a fishing voyage which was made in the said vessel, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, upon satisfactory proof being exhibited to him that the said schooner was employed during the four months of the fishing season. Act of Feb. 10 1807, ch. 10.

Approved, March 3, 1805.