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556 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 18, 19, 20,21. 1834. S·r4·ro·ra I. March 24, 1834. CHAP. XVIII.-—An Jlct for the relief of the widow and heirs of Felix Sl. V rain. , Be it enacted, »§~c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the A section of widow and heirs of the late Felix St. Vrain, of Missouri, six hundred I""] g"’“*°d· and forty acres of land, to be selected by them within the state of Missouri, either in an entire section, or in tracts not less than one quarter pmvgw section, and entered in the proper Land Office in said state: Provided, said land be subject to entry at private sale, and not settled upon or occupied by any other person. Certificate and Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the application of the P'*‘°”°”°'¤°“°· said widow and heirs or their duly authorized agent, to the Register and Receiver of the proper Land Office, and on payment of one dollar for each tract so entered, a final certificate shall be given for the same, upon which, a patent from the United States to the said widow and heirs of Felix St. Vrain shall be issued. Approved, March 24, 1834. Scrwruu I. __—`— March 24, 1g34_ Can. XIX.—An Act for the relief of John Idmberlin. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Payment {Or hereby is authorized and required to pay to John Kimberlin of Indiana, £;>V¤S¤0¤ and the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, out of any money in the trea- °g°' sury not otherwise appropriated, being for provision and forage furnished to certain volunteers in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Aernovmn, March 24, 1834. S*ra·rU·rr·: I. ···;·· March24, 1834. CHA?. XX.-An Act for the relief of George Staley. Be it enacted, rye., That George Staley be, and he is hereby autho- May relinquish rized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commisg,$’{;‘:$‘"¤:;5‘fn_ sioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the east half of the my imo1pm_ south-east quarter of section number twelve, in township number four, south, range number ten east, containing eighty acres, in the district of lands offered for sale at Shawneetown, in the state of Illinois; and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Staley shall be, and he is hereby authorized to enter in lieu thereof, any other half quarter section of land in said district, which shall be liable to entry at private sale, and which does not contain more than eighty acres. Approved, March 24, 1834. S·n·r¤a·e I. """‘ March 24, 1834. CHAP. XXI.—-·-Jln Act for the relief of John Hons and Sons, of New York. Be it enacted, <.§~c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Chim, ,0 be authorized to adjust and settle the claims of John Hone and Sons, of adjustedfor an New York, for damages sustained by them in consequence of the illegal ‘lj.°8“l”°"“'° seizure of teas, made in the city of New York, by the Collector of the ° ms' port of Philadelphia, acting under the orders of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise proviso_ appropriated : Provirlccl, That no allowance shall be made for any damages sustained by them, other than the interest upon the amount of the property detained from them, and the difference in the value of said property at the time of the illegal seizure and the time of its delivery Proyiso. to them on the substitution .of other security : And provided, also, That such allowance shall not exceed the sum of nine thousand six hundred and seven dollars, and fifteen cents. Approved, March 24, 1834.