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TWENTY-SET/JENTTT CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ch. 70, 71, 72, 73. 1842. 837 the same was or were struck off at the public sale of lots in said town, held at the town of Wooster, in July, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, with interest from that date; and on making such entry, and pmms ,0 paying for such lot or lots, as aforesaid, patents shall issue for the same, issue, whenin the manner they are issued for other land sold by the United States: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed proviso, to affect or prejudice the rights of third persons to any such lot or lots, or to hold the United States to any warranty of title purporting to be conveyed by said patents. Approved, July 27, 1842. ""`_" Srtrurs II. CHAP. LXX. —— An .L/clfor the relief of James Jlorrow and Jonathan Trptrm. July 27. 1842. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to James lvlrnrow and Jonathan Tipton, out of any money in the treasury not Paymemtp otherwise appropriated, the sum of eleven hundred and fourteen dollars :,l‘““.*;S ‘}“ m' and fifty-seven cents, with interest thereon from the twenty-sixth day of cZ;;,'i:,¥,,,j;_n October, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, until the passage of this act, ment, dao. as indemnity for the recovery of damages and costs had against them for a supposed trespass committed while acting, as they have alleged, under the order of the commanding general, in the military service of the United States: Provided, ltowover, That the same shall not be paid Proviso. until the Secretary of War shall have made examination, and reports to the Secretary of the Treasury that, in his opinion, the said Morrow and Tipton incurred said liability while acting in obedience to a military duty imposed on them while in the public service, and that, in his opinion, they have a just and equitable claim to indemnity from the Government. Approved, July 27, 1842. ""‘ Saunas II. Cnn. LXXI. -An Act for the reiiq/’ of Henry J Dqfrees and Stephen Jenny. July 27, t34g_ Be it enacted, ef-c., ’1`hat Henry J. Defrees and Stephen Jenny, the only surviving sureties in a bond executed by them, together with sun- Released from dry other persons, in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen, on be- gb°j;‘l *"*”°“*°d half of John B. Fanning, then a purser in the United States navy, and yl °m' to secure the faithful performance of his duty as such, be, and they are hereby, released and discharged from said bond. API’ROVED, July 27, 1842. ——-— Survrs II. Cru?. LXXII.-An Act for the relief ry" Joshua Atwood, junior. July 27, 1842. Be it enacted. <§·c., That the collector of the port of Barnstable, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to Joshua Atwood, jr., and Allowulwvtva the other owners, officers, and crew of the schooner Abelino, of seventy- one and twenty ninety-fifths tons burden, which was lost at sea, to be distributed according to law, the same sum they would have been 611- titled to receive, as bounty or drawback, if the said schooner had completed her fishing term, and returned to port. APl’ItOVED, July 27, 1842. V "-—·-—- Snzrurs II. Cmtr. LXXIII.—-An Act for the re/ie/' of Joseph J Mar/in. July 27, 1842, Be it enacted, &o., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, requested to place the name of Joseph J. Martin, of the state of Ten- T° ggvejl nessee, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, and to pay him at the rate °° p° ° m ' of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first of July, one thou·· sand eight hundred and forty-one. Approved, July 27, 1842.