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TWENTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 27,28, 29, 47. 1837. 689 officers in command of the several tire companies, and to protect the members thereof while in the discharge of their duty at any fire. Armovnn, March 2, 1837. Snrrrrs II. Crux-. XXVII. —An Aetfnr the relief of Catharine Myolt. Much 2, 133-y_ Be it enacted, ¢j·c., That the proper officers be, and they are hereby, authorized to cause the east half of section fourteen, in township forty- A lialfseetion four north, range one east, third principal meridian, in the state of Illi- °f l¤¤d *0 M nois, to be set apart and designated for Catharine Myott, as part of the f,;;°p°" R"` reservation to which she is entitled under the provision of the treaty · made at Prairie du Chien on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. Arr-Rovma, March 2, 1837. S-nrurs II. Cru?. XXVIII. —-dn Ac£`c0n_/irming the claim of the heirs ry" Michael Dragon to Much 2, Iggy_ certain tracts rn` land therein mentioned. ———-—- Be it enacted, dm-., That the claims of Andria Demetry, or the heirs of Michael Dragon, deceased, to three several tracts of land situate on Land claim the bay of Saint Louis, in the state of Louisiana, the titles to which ¤°¤&Fm°d· were derived from the Spanish government of that country, and containing together five thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight arpens, be, and the same hereby are, confirmed, in conformity with the report made by the Register and Receiver of the land district of St. Stephen’s, acting as commissioners under the third section of the act approved the second March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "An act con- Act of Mai-eh firming the report of the Register and Receiver of the land office for 2- 1829- ch- 40* the district of St. Stephens in the state of Alabama, and for other purposes," dated the sixteenth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty- four: Provided, This confirmation does not interfere with any title or Provigq, right, if such exist, to any part of the said land, acquired by any individual or individuals under the laws of the United States. Aernovrzn, March 2, 1837. -_""` Srru-urs II. Crue. XXIX.—.daz Acf la amend an act approved the second of July, eigldecn March 2, 1837. hundred and fhirty-aix, for the relief of Samuel Smilh, Linn McGhee, and Se- maine, Creek Indians,- and, also, an act passed the Second July, eighteen him- 1836; chi 334., dred and thirty-si:1:,for the relief of Susan Marlow. Be it enacted, Q-c., That so much of the acts for the relief of Samuel Smith, Linn McGhee, Semoice, and Susan Marlow, as restrict them to €° m“°h {lim the entry of one entire section of land, be, and the same is hereby re- {f::,;??:,:,,,, pealed; and the said Samuel Smith, Linn McGhee, Semoice, and Susan zion, repealed. Marlow, arc hereby authorized to enter, without payment, and by legal e$:l[h%l2:°d *0 subdivisions, a quantity of land not exceeding six hundred and forty ’ ' acres each, which is subject to entry at private sale. Approved, March 2, 1837. '—""" Srn-urs II. CHAP. XLVH.—An .0ct for flee relief of Abigail Jpplelon. Mami, 3, 18372 Bc it enacted, ·$~c., That the pension heretofore granted, by law, to Abigail Appleton, the widow of Daniel Appleton, pursuant, to the pro- Pension revisions of the act entitled "An act in addition to an act giving pensions ,££d5*;‘;¤· to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the pnbhc or private yew_ armed vessels of the United States," and the act to whrclrthe Same IS Act o{Apli-il an addition, subject to the conditions and limitations therein contained, 16»18l8» ° -65- be, and the same is hereby, renewed and continuegd fgr an additional 87 . n