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TWENTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 154, 155, 156, 157. 1839. 773 Swarm-: IIL CHAP. CLIV. -An act for the relief of the heir; of Francis Jarvis, deceased. March 3, 1839. Be it enacted, <§~c., That the Commissioner of the Land Office be, and he is hereby, directed to issue to the heirs of Francis Jarvis, de- Land scrip to ceased, a scrip certificate for one hundred acres, in consequence of N l¤¤¤¤‘l· military land warrant number six thousand three hundred and forty-five being located upon lands previously entered, and which could not be holden by said heirs. Armovun, March 3, 1839. °-——— Snmvn III. Gnu. CLV.-—An Act for the relief of Stephen P. W Douglass. Much 3, 1g3Q_ Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That on application of Stephen P. W. Douglass, a citizen of the state of New York, for a patent for a machine deno- pmofmamm minated a " maintaining power," of which said machine said Douglass rsgrgired in ¤b~ claims to be the inventor, assisted by one Hazard Knowles, the Com- :;:"“§6:,£"°“* rnissioner of patents be, and he is hereby, empowered to dispense with pegged that clause of the oath or affirmation required by law of said Douglass " that he does verily believe that he is the original and first inventor of said machine," for which he solicits a patent; he, the said Douglass first causing to be recorded in the said Patent Office a deed, duly executed by said Hazard Knowles, bearing date the eighteenth day of January anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, by which deed the said Hazard Knowles did give, rant and convey all his right, title and interest to said Douglass, which he the said Hazard Knowles had, or might acquire to said invention. Approved, March 3, 1839. "'”"' Survrr IH. Cnar. CLVL-An act for the relief of Isaac Lilley. March 3, 1g3e_ Be it enacted, Src., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not other- Paymentto wise appropriated, to Isaac Lilley, of the state of Maine, the sum of hm! gf¤¤*¤¤¤¢ four hundred and eighty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents; that being S:°§;,“:d the amount which accrued to the United States from the forfeiture of certain forfeit. the brigantine Planter, the property of the said Isaac Lilley, which was ¤f¤· incurred by a violation of "An act making reservation of certain public tui'7, ch. 22. lands to supply timber for naval purposes," without wilful negligence or any intention of fraud on the part of the said Lilley or of the master of said vessel. Armaovzo, March 3, 1839. ···—‘·· Sraruu Il']'. Crisp. CLVII.-dn Act to authorize the trustees of the township of Oxford, in March 3, 3539, the county ty" Butler and state of Ohio, to enter a section of land in lieu of section —-—-——·———— sixteen, in said township, for the use of schools. Be it enacted, {Src., That the trustees of the township of Oxford, in the county of Butler and state of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, autho- Authorized to rized to enter a quantity, equal to one full section, in legal subdivisions :}*}::,3 of not less than quarter sections, of any of the public lands in the state on mj of Ohio, in lieu of section sixteen in said township, which has been located under a grant to the use of the Miami university, pursuant t0 an act of Congress passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Ac; or Muah Lord one thousand eight hundred and three; and the Commissioher of 3.1803. ch- 21- the General Land Office is directed, upon receiving the proper evidence _ of said entry, to issue a patent or patents therefor: Pr-ooided, however, Provrso. That the inhabitants of said township shall, before making such entry, at a legal meeting called for that purpose, agree to3ac2cepr thereof, in r