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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 41, 42, 43, 48. 1843. 885 Snrure III. Cnap. XLI. -—An Act for the relief of Thomas King. Feb. 24, 1843. Be it enacted, ¢$·c., That the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby Post. p. 907. authorized and directed to place the name of Thomas King, of Ten- To be placed neseee, upon the pension roll of invalid pensioners, and to pay to the °¤ P·=¤¤i·>¤ rollsaid King the sum of eight dollars per month, during his natural life, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to commence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Avrnovnn, February 24, 1843. _""`" Snrura III. CHAP. XLII. -— dn Ac! for the relief of certain companies of J1Hchiga·n militia. Feb. 24, 1843. Be i-t enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they hereby are, authorized and required to audit and Accounts of settle the accounts of four companies of the militia of the state of °€*"¤¤¤ ¤¤ml>¤- Michigan, which were ordered into service by the Governor of the [Engg “" state, on the requisition of the United States marshal, for the mainte- I i nance of the neutral obligations and laws of the United States; and that the amount found due be paid to them out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said accounting officers gyagms mc ,},6 be, and they are hereby, also authorized and required to audit and settle Brady Guards the claims of the Brady guards, a volunteer company of the city of De- ;‘:lg° :$“°d troit, for services rendered by them in maintaining the neutral obliga- P ' tions and laws of the United States, and in protecting the public property, during the disturbances in the year eighteen hundred and thirty- eight, on the frontiers of Canada; and that the amount found due be paid to them. Arr1zovr:1:·, February 24, 1843. Srnurn III. Crue. XLIII. -- An Act to amend an act entitled “An actrfor the relief of George Feb. 24, 1843. .May_/ield," approved July twenty-seven, one thousand cighl hundred and forty- *"‘*—** {wo. Be it enacted, t$·c., That the time within which George Maylield is required to select and enter six hundred and forty acres of land, granted Allowed furto him by the provisions of an act of the twenty-seventh of July, one ;‘:;l}’;:|:d’° thousand eight hundred and forty-two, be, and the same is hereby, ex- Acmyguiy 2y_ tended one year; and the said Mayfield shall be permitted to enter said 1842, ch. 78. land in one entire section, or in quarter sections, subject to private entry and not in the occupancy of any actual settler, as he in his discretion may determine. Approved, February 24, 1843. "'-"”" Sururn III. CHAP. XLVIII.-dn Act for the relief q" Jacob While. Fgb_ 27, 1843, Be it enacted, 4$·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Jacob White on the revolutionary pension To be placed roll, and that he be allowed and paid annually, during his natural life, a °¤ P¤¤5¤°¤ WU- pension under the act of June seventh, one thousand eight hundred and Act cflune 7, thirty-two, for twenty-two months’ service as a captain and six months’ 183% ch- 1% service as a private, to commence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That the full amount of Ptcviso. pension already received by the said Jacob White be deducted from the pension granted him by the provisions of this act. Approved, February 27, 1843.