$44 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Suss. 11. Ch.101,102,103,104. 1842. Payment to out of the fund appropriated for the service of the Post Office Departmm f°' “'E*°“¤* ment; being the amount paid by said Mitchell in defending a suit brought
- g°,,?£°;?,,l°° against him by William Merriam, for acts done by said Mitchell under
I orders from the Postmaster-General, in arresting the said Merriam on a charge for violating the Post Office laws of the United States. Approved, July 27, 1842. Swann II. ··*·· July 27, 1842. Cruz CL—An Act for the relief of Archibald McCallum. Bc it enacted, r$·c., That there be paid, out of any money in the Payment treasury not otherwise appropriated, toArchibald McCallum, of R:ouse’s fg p;‘:£°”Y d°' Point, New York, the sum of nine hundred and thirty dollars, m full oy for his claim for damages for the destruction of his house, wood shed, and carriage house, by fire, on the twenty-fifth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, while in the occupation of the troops of the United States. Approved, July 27, 1842. Sawrun II. —-——- July 27. 1842- Ginn-. CII. -./2n Actfw the relief of John P. Campbell. _ Be it enacted, qw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is am lz; hereby, authorized to credit John P. Campbell, receiver of public moneys his I,,,,,,,,,,,,;,, 3 at Springfield, Missouri, with the sum of two hundred dollars, upon his certain receipt. producing to the accounting officer of the treasury department, a treasurer’s receipt numbered four hundred and seventy-six, dated twenty- eighth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, acknowledging to have received two hundred dollars of Winslow Robinson, under the Ac; 0; A ,-3] provisions of the second section of the act approved twenty-fourth April, 24- 1820.¤h5!, eighteen hundred and twenty, which receipt was assigned by said R0- “°°‘ 2* binson to Hugh Boyd and by him paid to the said John P. Campbell as such receiver, for public lands. Approved, July 27, 1842. Scururn II. -—-— July 27, 1842. CHAP- CHI. -An Act for the relief of (zeorge M Bedingcr, of the state of Ken- ····——·¥ tuc y. Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of War be authorized and To be placed required to place the name of George M. Bedinger on the roll of revo- °“ p°”°‘°“ '°n· lutionary pensioners, and pay him a pension for live months' service as a sergeant, and fifteen months’ service as a private, according to the pro- Act or Jung 7, visions of the act of the seventh of June, eighteen hundred and thirty- 1632- ch- 126- two; said pension to commence on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. Approved, July 27, 1842. Snrurs II. -1- July 27, 1842. Cntr. CIV.—An ./9ct to authorize the county cmnmissioners of binn county, in ""_‘**i‘ the Territory of Iowa, to enter, by legal subdivisions, u quarter section if land, qpon which the county seat has been located. Bc it enacted, qc., That the county commissioners of the county of Autliorizqdee Linn, in the Territory of Iowa, be, and they are hereby, authorized {xsf <=¤¤=¤¤ within one year next after the date of this act, to make entry, at the ' proper land office, at the minimum price, of the wat half of the northwest quarter of section numbered six, in township numbered eighty- three north, of range numbered six west; and the east half of the northeast quarter of section numbered one, in township numbered eighty- three north, of range numbered seven west; making one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, or a quarter section of land, upon which the town of Marion, the county-seat of said county, is located, in full satisfaction of the claim of said county, under the provisions of the act en-
