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716 TWENTY—]:”IFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 79, 80, 81, 83, 86. 1838. Sncruu II. April 20, 1838. Cnr. LXXIX. -An Act for the relief af Owrtis Grubb. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Curtis Payment for Grubb, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, five hundred dol- °S"’“1’“'i°” d lars, for the use and occupation of the farm at Gray's Ferry, on the 1"°f°""’ G"` Schuylkill, during the late war, for military purposes, and for the crops and fences destroyed, and for the expense of levelling a redoubt constructed thereon. Approved, April 20, 1838. Srnrurn II. _"" April 20, 1838, Crm!. LXXX. —An Act for the relief of Christopher Clark. _ Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of War liquidate the claims Payment for of Christopher Clark, now presented against the United States, for pro- P¥°Vl¤i°¤¤ f¤¥· visions furnished recruits and troops in the service of the United States mShcd’ &'°' during the late war, and for money expended in hiring boats, and for other purposes necessary for the public service; and that the amount so found due be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Avr-rtovnn, April 20, 1838. Summa II. _"""' April 20. 1838. Cntr. LXXXI.—.»2n Act to extend the time for selling_ the land granted in the _`_""‘ Kentucky asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb. Be it enacted, &c., That the further time of two years, from and after Further time the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, be, ¤g°W•;dlf°¥;,;h° and the same is hereby allowed the trustees of the Kentucky asylum for ° ° ° °"teaching the deaf and dumb, to sell the land heretofore granted by Congress to said institution. Approved, April 20, 1838. Enron II. May 21, 1838. Can. LXXXIII.——An Act directing the Postmaster-General to settle the claim "°_"""""" af Hard and Langstreet. Be it enacted, rye., That the Postrnaster-General is hereby directed Accounts for to settle with Benjamin F. Hard and Gilbert Longstreet for carrying the

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md, &,c_ gusta in Georgia, from the second November, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, to the thirty-first December eighteen hundred and twenty- six, and to allow them therefor what they are entitled to receive, upon principles of equity and justice, and the amount so found due shall be paid out of the revenue of the Post-Otiice department. Approved, May 21, 1838. Srnurx II. May 25, 1838. Crm?. LXXXV`1.·-An Act for the relief of the heirs of Doctor Thomas Carter "'”i°""" deceased. Be it enacted, Qc., That in addition to the half pay allowed and paid Further allow— to the heirs of Doctor Thomas Carter, deceased, surgeon in the Vir- ¤"°° '° *h°m· ginia state line of the continental army, in the revolutionary war, under Ac; of Jury 5, the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, there be allowed 1832. ¢h·173- and paid to the said heirs, the sum of two hundred and four dollars, the amount of half pay from the ninth of February, seventeen hundred and eighty-three, to the third of September, in the same year, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Avrnovnn, May 25, 1838.