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890 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss.II1. C1=r.10S,109,l10,111,112. 1843. Payment for and forty-four dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise °”llS'i”S *’°· appropriated; it being the amount due him for premium money in en- °mM' listing recruits during the last war with Great Britain. Approved, March 3, 1843. STATUTE III. """* March 3, 1843. Cru!. CVII1.—An dol for the relirfof the heirs of Philander Smith and James '—"`* 'mmg. Be it enacted, nyc., That the heirs of Philander Smith and the heirs Land claim of James Young be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim (ac- °°¤5¤¤¤d· cording to the portions by them respectively owned).to a tract of land containing fifteen hundred arpens, situate about six miles from the town of Baton Rouge, in the state of Louisiana, originally granted to Armand Duplantier, by Baron de Carondelet, on the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. Approved, March 3, 1843. Snrurs III. —-··—· March 3, 1843. CHAP. CIX.-·An hcl for the relief of Elizabeth Gresham, widow of George iw., ca. 2s. Gm}"""' _ Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby 1s, A pension authorized and instructed to allow to Elizabeth Gresham, widow of g““"*d ‘° h‘”`· George Gresham, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, a pension for live years, at the rate of six hundred dollars a year, to commence on the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and to be paid as other pensioners are paid, under the act of Jul , one thousand eight hundred and tbirt -three, allowin ensions Y _ d S Y g P to certain wi ows. Apnnovno, March 3, 1843. Snrurs III. ""—' Mm-ch 3, jg4g_ Cr-rar. CX.-—-An dal for the relief of John Skirving. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au— Ppyrnentfor thorized to pay to John Skirving three thousand two hundred and bmi6U1S f¤1`· eighty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents, out of any money lll the trea— m°°smth° sur not otherwise appropriated for buildinv furnaces for warmin the treasury. T Y D t l;P P » e g reasury epar men . Approved, March 3, 1843. S·rn•v·rs III. '“"" Mm-ch 3_ jg4g_ CHAP. CXI.-—An dal for the relief of Benjamin Truslcw. Be it enacted, <§•c., That the Secretary of War is hereby autho- To bg Placed rized and required to place Benjamin Truslow, of Stafford county, Vir- 0¤ P¢¤¤l¤¤ WU- ginia, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners of the United States, and allow him eighty dollars a year during his life, and to be paid to him Ac, 0,- hm 7, according to the provisions of the act of Congress passed the seventh 1832, ch. 126. day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, deducting therefrom whatever amount of ension which may have been allowed and aid to . . . P . . P the said Benjamin Truslow prior to the passage of this act. Avmzovnn, March 3, 1843. Snrura III. — Much 3, jg4g_ Can. CXII.-An dc! for the relief of S and MZ Riche. Be it enacted, die., That so much of a judgment which was obtained Released from by the United States, in the district court of the United States for the ¢h¤hP%¤¤lfY at- district of Kentucky, for the sum of one hundred and eight dollars and jmginggta fifty-three cents, besides damages and costs, against John F. Moore, against t},.,m_ late postmaster at Gaines’s Cross Roads, in the state of Kentucky, and the said S. and M. Riche, his securities, as is in the nature of penaltv