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358 NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 16, 17, 24. 1827. Gassett, who enlisted for and during the war, were honorably discharged at Detroit, on the twentieth of July, eighteen hundred and fourteen, and on the following day, by regular assignments, and for adequate considerations, transferred to the said Benjamin Woodworth their respective claims on the United States, and by powers of attorney, duly authenticated, empowered him to receive the same. Approved, February 22, 1827. Snrura II. ·-·—— Feb. 22, 1827. CHAP. XVI. —-An ./Sol for the relief of Al/`red Flcurnoy. Be it enacted, <§~c., That patents do issue from the General Land Office P¤;¢¤*f¤ *0 is- to Alfred Flourncy, of Giles county, state of Tennessee, for eight quarifgbgingfd m ter sections of land, which he hath located, and entered in the registers office at Huntsville, in the state of Alabama, of the following descriptions; that is to say: the south—west quarter of section twenty-five, township four, range three, west; south-east quartet of section six, township five, range two, west; south-west and north-west quarters of section thirty-two, west: north-west quarter of section twenty-four, township four, range ten, west; north—east and south-west quarters of section four, township four, range ten, west; north quarter of section seven, township four, range seven, west; and the same is hereby declared to be in full compensation for and commutation of his pension heretofore granted by the United States. Approved, February 22, 1827. Smzrura II. `t"" Feb, 22, 1821, CHAP. XVII. —./2n Act for the relief of Noah Noble, af Indiana. Be it enacted, nf-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Acredit ul- hereby, authorized and directed to pass to the credit of Noah Noble, l°w°d l“m· receiver of public moneys at Indianapolis, in Indiana, the sum of one hundred and thirty-two dollars, by him heretofore paid to Josiah F. Polk, Esquire, for the safe keeping of the public money, books, and other property appertainiug to that office, and for paying over, and delivering the same, between the death of the late, and the appointment of the present, receiver of the said olhce. Avnnovnn, February 22, 1827. Smrurs II. """" Much 5.;, Iggy_ Cnn. XXIV. -- An ./Qct for the reliq` rféhe representatives of John. Lhrlin, dc- ·———-——·—— cease . Bc it enacted, rye., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Cmm y,,,.,},,, sury department settle and adjust the claim of the representatives of manufacture of John Kerlin, deceased, for the manufacturing of one thousand two hun-

m;‘s°$ ‘° be dred and twenty-seven muskets, for the United States, and make them

' such further allowance for each stand of arms, as shall be equal to that allowed to others, who contracted, in eighteen hundred and eight, to manufacture arms for the United States, and who have had their contracts settled under special acts of Congress; keeping in view the quality of the arms delivered, with the additional labor bestowed, more than would have been necessary to have made muskets equal to the pattern gun, deducting from said sum so found, the sum of five hundred thirty- one dollars and sixty-six cents, the interest on an advance made by the United States, until the same was repaid; and the balance remaining ’ to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Pmvim Provided, That, before the representatives of the said John Kerlin shall be entitled to receive any money under the provisions of this act, they shall exhibit to said onicers satisfactory proof of their appointment. Avrnovisn, March 2, 1827.