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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.]. Ch.135,142,14S. 1824. 318 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the pension of Zachariah Peusioncf Bunker, heretofore placed upon the pension list, be increased to the g“¤l”*°"i"€h sum of fifteen dollars per month, to commence on the fourth of March m` last. Approved, May 21, 1824. ——— Sruvu I. CHAP. CXXXV. -—-dn dol to authorize the issuing of a register to the brig FWZ- M8? 21. IB24. Iiam, tf New Yorl:. ""*‘*······ Be it enacted, <.§·c., That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register to the brig William, a British Aregisterto vessel, lately called the Union, which vessel was stranded on the coast b° i¤¤¤_<=‘d ro, of the United States, and purchased by William Porter, a citizen of the {:;nB"g W']' United States, a11d by him repaired: Provided, It shall be proved, to Prdviso. the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owner, exceeds three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, May 21, 1824. Snrurz I. CHAP. CXLII.——-An Act or the relic 0 the r esentativea 0 John Donnels {Stephen Hedrdf and oiiirers. f On, Be it enacted, &c., That the heirs and representatives of John Don- W32, ck 9i- nelson, Stephen Heard, William Downs, Joseph Martin, John Sevier, His heirs ,0 and Thomas Carr, or their heirs and representatives, respectively, be, sum 5000 uc,-as and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, severally, to enter, of l¤¤d in qv? under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand acres }G';gs;;gl:;,‘;'r of land, at any time within two years from the passing of this act, in Ammmm any Land Office in either of the states of Mississippi or Alabama; being the amount of a grant made to them, by a resolution of the Le islature of the state of Georgia, in the year one thousand seven humged and eighty-six: Provided, That the said claim shall be satisfied out of the proviso_ tive millions of acres of land, set apart by the act of Congress, of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, pursuant to the 1803, ch. 27. articles of agreement and cession, between the state of Georgia and the United States, entered into on the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two: Provided, also, That the acceptance of p,.,,,;,,, the grant hereby made shall be a discharge of all further claims against the United States by the persons herein named, or their heirs or legal representatives, under the said resolution of the Legislature of the state of Georgia. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said claims shall not be No ,,,,,,.},,,,,,6 located or entered on any lands, except those which may have been, made for less previously to the making of said entry, offered at public sale, nor upon thm? ° '4“°“°' any lands forfeited or relinquished to the United States; nor shall any °°°"°°‘ entry be made for a less quantity than a quarter section: Provided, proviso_ Nothing herein contained shall prevent the entry of any fraction. Approved, May 24, 1824. W Srnurn I. CHAP. CXLIII.——An Act for the relief of [ Ottramare. May 247 ,824_ Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to "'_“"”"`—` be paid to J. Ottramare, out of any money in the treasury not other- Paymemm wise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars, being mm {Oy jewelry the amount received into the treasury, arising from the sales of four lib6ll¤¤i· packages of jewelry, libelled ani condemned in the District Court for the District of Louisiana. Approved, May 24, 1824. 40 2 B