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TWENTY-SEVEN'F H CONGRESS. SEss.II. Ch.209,2l0,211,212,213. 1842. 865 Sraruarra II. CHAP. CCIX.—·.H1l J6! for UL8 relief Qf John Pratt, or his legal representative. Aug_ 26, 1842. Be it enacted, <$·c., That John Pratt, or his legal representative, is hereby authorized to enter, under his pre-emption claim, at the minimum Authorized to price of the public lands, that portion of fractional section number f;;';' °°”°"* twenty-two, in township number four, range number one west, in the land ' district of St. Stephen’s, Alabama, not embraced in the patents heretolbre issued to James Ethridge and William D. Stone: Provided, The same Proviso. shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres: And provided also, That Proviso. it shall be the duty of the surveyor of public lands in the state of Alabama to make any survey necessary to complete said entry. .A1’.PR.0VED, August 26, 1842.

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CHAP. CCX. -An Act granting a pension to Frederick Perrigo. Aug. 26, 1842. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to place the name of Frederick Perrigo, of the state of New York, upon Tobeplaced the list of invalid pensioners of the United States; and that said Per- °¤ P°¤¤¤°¤ lmrigo be entitled to receive a pension of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and to continue during his natural life. .4PPROVED, August 26, 1842. —-—-·- Srnumu II. Cnar. CCXI.-dn Act to increase the revolutionary invalid pension of John Aug. 26, 1842. Looney. "“'i"' Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to increase the revolutionary invalid pension of John Looney _Pension to be from thirty-four dollars and twelve cents per annum, to eight dollars per ¤¤¤¤‘¤¤S¤d· month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and to continue during life, deducting therefrom the amount of the payments made to him as an invalid pensioner, at the rate of thirty-fiiur dollars and twelve cents per annum, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, the time of the commencement of the increase of his pension. Approved, August 26, 1842. ·····—·‘ Srsrvcriz II. CHAP. CCXII.-—An Act for the reliefof John King. Aug. 26, 1842. Be it enacted, ¢Q·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John King, or his legal representatives, the sum of nine hundred dollars, out Payment for a of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same being llssgrgpxt bY for a dwelling-house which was burnt by the British, in Richmond ' county, Virginia, during the late war. AI’PROVED, August 26, 1842. --——— Snrucrs II. CHAP. CCXIII. --./2n Act for the relig" of Phillis Tailors. Aug. 26, 1842. Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and required to place Phillis Tatton, of Lebanon, in the county of New Tg bg Placed London, state of Connecticut, widow of Cuff Wells, on the roll of ire- 0¤ P¤¤S10¤1'0U· volutionary pensioners of the United States, and allow to her a pension for two years’ military service of her said husband, to be paid to her agreeably to the act of the seventh of June [July], eighteen hundred Aetof July 7, and thirty-eight, allowing pensions to certain widows; to be paid as 183*% ***-189- other pensions are paid. Approved, August 26, 1842. 109 3 X