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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sr:ss.II. Ch. 109,110. 1835. 619 district of St. Charles, being that lot of land claimed by the said David Kincaid, under a special permission to settle a concession from Charles Dehault Delassus, lieutenant-governor, &.c., dated fourteenth January, eighteen hundred and three; and that a patent issue in the usual form for the same: Provided, That this act shall only operate as a relinquish- Provim. ment, on the part of the United States, of all their right and claim to the above-described lot of ground, and shall not be considered as interfering with the rights of third persons. Ari-novnn, March 3, 1835. `_"`—" STATUTE H. Cr-nr. CIX.—An Act for the relief of Samuel Butler. Mamh s' 1835 Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars Payment for be paid to Samuel Butler for the loss of a wagon, harness, and horse, lo s of wagon, at Buffalo, in the state of New York, by the enemy during the late war, °‘°· while the same were in the service of the United States; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approriated. P Approved, March 3, 1835. ___ SrA·ru·rs I1. Crru. CX.—An Act for the relief of Marvin. P. Mia:. Mmh 3; 1835- Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Navy audit the claim Chim for k,,,, of Mervin P. Mix, late a lieutenant in the navy of the United States, in di¤b¤r¤ing for loss incurred by him on disbursing treasury notes for the recruiting £:°;'H°£’"° °° service at New York, in the years one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and that he be authorized to credit said Mix any sum he may prove he has lost in said disbursement, not exceeding the sum of six hundred and fifty-one dollars, and seventy-nine cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy, P,°,,,,0_ before he shall make said credit, shall find that the said loss arose from the sale of said notes, under the orders of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, under whose command said Mix was employed in the recruiting service. Arraovnn March 3 1835.