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S70 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ch. 234, 235, 236, 237. 1842. the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the said services; and, when paid, shall be in full of the same. · gumgtcmsrn Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That It shall be_lawful for the lm ¤¢>¤¤¤¤¤ w proper accounting officers to audit the account of the said Mrs. Thompb° “°"l°d‘ son as contained in Senate document, number two hundred and sixty- four of this session, for the other items not allowed in this act, and to settle said items on the same principles on which similar items may have been heretofore settled in the accounts of- other officers; arid the amount, if any thing, so found due, shall be paidlthe said Mrs. '1 homp— son out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 29, 1842. S·n·ru·rs II. ····"‘ Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCXXXIV.-—.d·n Act for the relief of Andrew Forrest. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Andrew Payment for Forrest, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, m°¤°Y ¤d· the sum of three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-four cents,

 3,~d°` that amount having been advanced by the said Forrest to a detachment

marines. of marines, on the order of Lieutenant Desha, paymaster of the corps, and subsepuentl y credited to Lieutenant Desha, in the settlement of his accounts with the Government, but never paid to the said Forrest. Approved, August 29, 1842. Sururs II. "`“""“ Aug: 29, 1842- C1-rar-. CCXXXV.-dn Act for the reliq" of Henry Fry. Be it enacted, $-0., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is To beplaced hereby, authorized and required to place the name of Henry Fry, of the °" P°“"°" lm- city of Philadelphia, formerly a purser in the navy, on the list of invalid navy pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Approved, August 1842. Srnurs II. ***" Aug 29, 1842 Cmrr. CCXXXV1.—-An Ac; {er t·l;_eé·elie[` of gen Qompton, assignee and repre- ---1- sen a we o arngues aujrw. Be it enacted, Src., That a patent shall be issued in the usual form to _Patenttobe John Compton, assignee and representative of Garrigues Flaujac, for Eusiéggegm the land entered by im on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand ,,,,_,u0H,,,,d_ eight hundred and thirty-six, at the Opelousas land office, as a back pre-emption to the tract on Red river, located under the act for the relief Actof May 20, of Garrigues Flaujac, in lieu of land on Bayou Gros Tete, confirmed to 1g2‘i·0*;'}u1J6é8 said Flaujac by act of Congress of the twenty-eighth of February, one 1S;;,' ,,h_°1g_ ’ thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Approved, August 29, 1842. Sururs II. ··—··—· Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCXXXVII.—-dn Aet for the relief of the legal representatives of 17z.ere.se ···~————-———- Malclle, widow of Gaspard Plziole. Be it enacted, Src., That tho legal representatives of Therese Malette, Authorized to widow of Gaspard Phiole, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate locate feurtloat- four floating rights, of five hundred acres each, on any unappropriated

*,;%**8*;*** lands west of the Mississippi, in the state of Louisiana, which shall be

’in lieu of their claim to a tract of two thousand acres of land, recommended for confirmation by the old board of commissioners at Opelousas, and confirmed by the act of the twenty~ninth of April, eicrhteen 1816, cu 15S_ hundred and·sixteen, the location of which is disputed by th; Land Proviso. Ofhce: Provided, That before patents shall issue for the lands, the location of which is authorized by this act, the legal representatives nf