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TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 322, 323, 324, 325. 1836. 675 Su·ru·rs I. Cmw. CCCXXII.—An Jllci fm- the relief of James E Sor/wrort. July 2, 1836. Be it enacted, <§~c., That the Third Auditor of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain the amount of loss Value of proeuetained by James F. Sothoron, on account of the damage to, and the P",:? d°°“`°Yf’d destruction of the buildings upon his farms in St. Mary’s county, in the 23 ,°;,,f?:,§E°m` state of Maryland, by the enemy, during the late war, in consequence of the military occupation of the said buildings by troops in the service of the United States; and that the amount thereof when so ascertained, be paid to the said James F. Sothoron, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2, 1836. STATUTB I. Cmtv. CGCXXIII.-in Act for the relief of Jolm M Gamble. July 2, 1836. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to John M. Gamble, _Vulue of raout of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, twenty-five cents for each :°‘f’.f“'“’°g‘°d ration furnished by him to seventeen seamen and four marines, together pggdlim m ° with six prisoners of war, under his command, when left by Commodore Porter in charge of prizes in the Pacific ocean, during the years eighteen hundred and thirteen, and eighteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, July 2, 1836. · ""-_1 Srnvu I. Cun. CCCXXIV.—An Jclfor the reality of the legal rqnrescmlalives of JV’atItan£el July 2· 1836- Shcwer, eceascrl. Be it enacted, rye., That the legal representatives of Nathaniel Shaver, deceased, to whom a certificate was issued by the recorder of land titles Authorized to at St. Louis, Missouri, pursuant to the act entitled "An act for the g;??;;; "`“* relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Mis- A,,N,{p8b_17, souri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes," approved the seventeenth 1815, ch. 45. of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, for four hundred arpens, or three hundred and forty acres and twenty-eight one-hundredths of an acre of land, and whose location of said tract has been found deficient by the quantity of one hundred and fifty acres and forty-three onehundredths of an acre, be, and they hereby are, authorized to locate one quarter section on any of the public lands of the United States within the state of Missouri unappropriated and subject to entry at private sale. Approved, July 2, 1836. "__-` Swurucrz L CHAP. CCCXXV.-Jin dc! l0 refund the duties paid upon the imporlalion of Jul}' 2· 1836- cerlain bells. Be it enacted, {ye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to refund to the Rector, Churchwardens, and Vestry- Duties vn cermcn, of Christ Church, in the city of Philadelphia, the amount of duties :;"{,€b:;&nS;%· which they have paid on the importation of two bells belonging to the said church, one whereof was heretofore exported by the said church from the port of Philadelphia to England, and the other has been cast in England, to supply the place of a broken bell of the said church, also exported as aforesaid. Approved, July 2, 1836.