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TVVENTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 150, 151, 152, 153. 1842. 855 Snrurn II. CHAP. CL. -.011 Act for the relief of Valcrian Jllain. Aug. ll, 1842. Bc it enacted, cfm., That the land, designated by certificates seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, entered in pursuance of an act of Congress, Lund desigapproved twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An “‘*“‘€d by °°*’“*ln act for the final adjustment of land titles in the state of Louisiana, and §$:,f3'°%-°°n- , . . . o im. 1`erritory of Alabama [MlSSOUTl],’, entered, as appears by the certificate Act of April of the register of the land office for the eastern district of Louisiana, 12·1814·°h·52· on the fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, by Valerian Allain, George Dolandes, and Robert Boyd, one hundred and sixty acres each, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, paid at the time of the entry (and the said Valerian Allain having purchased of George Dolandcs and Robert Boyd the land designated in certificates numbers seventeen and nineteen, which said land, by a survey subsequent to said entries, was found to be located partly on sections sixteen and seventeen, in township seven, south of range twelve east,) be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the said Valerian Allain; and the Commis- Patents to issioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to issue to the *“° "'*“°f°'- said Valerian Allain patents therefor. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper authorities of the 0,;,,,, rand state of Louisiana, for township seven of range twelve east, in the eastern may be entered district of Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, m 1;*** °fd‘h'“V under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, other land, in lieu Xiiiaigfw m ' of the land by this act confirmed to Valerian Allain. Sec. 3. dad be itjizrtloer enacted, That this act shall not be con- Act notre instrued so as to interfere with any rights, except those which appertain *€"'{;'° Elk °“Y to the United States and Valerian Allain. ng ts’ c` Approved, August 11, 1842. —--—- Suruu II. CnA1>. CLI. —An Act in favor of Mury Snow. Aug. l1, 1842. Bc it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mary Snow, widow of Jonas Snow, of the To be placed state of New York, on the revolutionary pension roll, at the rate of sixty °" l’°"“"·‘" ’°u· dollars per annum, during her natural life; to commence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. APPROVED, August 11, 1842. ·········· S·ra·rurs II. Crmr. CLII.—.A'n Act for the rally of the legal representatives of John Scott. Aug, 1}, 1842. Bc it enacted, &·c., That fifteen hundred dollars be, and the same. is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise dPaymentfor appropriated, in full payment to the legal representatives of John Scott, p;;':;?; ;n¥;f°‘ deceased, for damages sustained by him in wood, timber, fences and g,,,,,,.,g Indians_ houses, on his premises in the neighborhood of Montgomery, Alabama, in consequence of the occupation of the same by a large body of emigrating Creek Indians, while in charge of Llnited States troops in- the months of January, February, and March, eighteen hundred and thirty- seven, under the superintendence of Captain John Page, and by orders of General Thomas S. Jesup. Approved, August ll, 1842. .-—-—- Srcrura II. Cr-tn. CLIII.-dn Actfar the relief of Mary Preltyman. Avg- N. 1842- Bc it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid, out of any money in the treasury p,,,,,,,,,,,, ,0 not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and forty-seven her. dollars, to Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas G. Prettyman, deceased,