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874 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss.1I. Crr.250,25I,252,253,254. 1842. STATUTE II. Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCL. —·.x2n Act for the relief of Hannah Carrier. Be it enacted, &c., That Hannah Carrier, of the county of Oneida, To be placed and state of New York, widow of Jeremiah Carrier, and former widow °¤ P°¤¤i°¤ ¤'<>ll· of Guy Dodd, a soldier of the Revolution, be placed upon the pension roll for five years, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, at the rate of sixty-four dollars and eighty-six proviso, cents per annum: Provided, That, in the event of the marriage of said widow, said annuity or pensioré shall be discontinued. Approved, August 29, 184 . Sururs II. —"`-"" Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCLI.-—-An Act to permit the Solicitor of the Treasury to adjust and com-

  • —*‘ promise a claim. of the United States against Henry Daniel and Thomas TNQ2-

lett, jr., deceased, now or late of the state of Kentucky. Be it enacted, #0., That the Solicitor of the Treasury be, and he Cl;¤im¤ofU.S. is hereby, authorized and empowered to settle, adjust, and compromise §€"·‘"::, gwm *° the claims which the United States have against Thomas Triplett, yr., se Cdeceased, and Henry Daniel, both now or late of the state of Kentucky, and for which suits have been brought against the executors and heirs of the said Thomas Triplett, jr., deceased, and the said Henry Daniel, respectively, which are now pending in the circuit and district courts of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Armzovsn, August 29, 1842. S·ru·u·rn II. —"`"`"' Aug. 29, 1842, Crm?. CCLII.—An Act for the reliy of Jacob Greaves. Be• it enacted, r$·c,, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is To be placed hereby, required to place the name of Jacob Greaves, of the city of °“ P°”S*°” wu- Washington, on the invalid pension roll, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars a month during his natural life, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty. Arenovmn, August 29, 1842. Sawrueriz IL °_""" Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCLII1. —— An Act for the relief of Jmey Babbitt. Be it enacted, <$•c., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, To be placed directed to place the name of Amey Babbitt, of Rhode Island, on the °‘Ag°;•F*g:,*'°£· pension roll, under the act of the fourth of July, one thousand eight 1836, 6h_ 36*,, ’ hundred and thirty-six, and to pay to her ten dollars a month, from the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. Ax-rnovmn, August 29, 1842. S·rs·ru:r¤ II. __;' Aug_ gg, ]842_ Cntr. CCLI V'.--An tictfor the relief of Thomas B. Parsons. Be it enacted, rfc., That the pension of six dollars per month, here- _Ps¤S10n to bg tofore granted to Thomas B. Parsons, as a seaman in the naval service, ¤¤<=¤"-¤¤5<·>d· be, and the same is hereby, increased, from and after the thirtieth day of May last, to nine dollars per month, the said Thomas B. Parsons having been a coxswain and not merely a seaman in the said service; Arrears forthe &nd the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby authorized to pay to the d*ll°"’¤°° *0 be said Thomas B. Parsons the arrears of pension which are due to him pm' for the ditference in the said rate of nine dollars per month, for the periodlbetween the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thn·ty-five, and the thirtieth day of May last. Approved, August 29, 1842.