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898 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss.III. Ch.I44,I45,I46,14'7,l4S.1843. Sururs III. Much 3. 1843. CHAP. CXLIV. ——An ./2c! for the relief of James Sweetman. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of W'ar be, and he is hereby, T0 be Pl¤<><·><} directed to place the name of James Sweetman, of the state of New °n p°°S*°° mu' York, on the pension roll, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars per mouth, from and after the twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Avrnovmn, March 3, 1843. Srarucrr. HI. *1 M¤¥¢h 3, l843· Can. CXLV.-—An Act for the relief of Joseph Nimblett. Be it enacted, l$·c.,That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, To be placed directed to place the name of Joseph Nimblett, of the state of Vermont, "“ P"“S*°¤ mu- on the roll of invalid pensioners, and cause him to be paid at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, being the time when the taking of his testimony was completed. Aprnovnn, March 3, 1843. S·1·.u‘u·rr: III. *""" March 3, 1843. CHAP. CXLVI.-An dat for the relief af Gorham A. FVOM}:, one af the surelies ~———-*— af Samuel Edmonds, deceased. Be it enacted, rfc., That Gorham A. \Vorth be, and is hereby, ac- Released from quitted, released, and discharged, from all liability whatever to pay, or

h§°€;‘dY“‘°“‘ of cause to be paid, a certain bond, executed by him to the United States

° in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, conditioned in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the duties of Samuel Edmonds, as principal paymaster of the militia of the state of New York. Aernovnn, March 3, 1843. Srnurs III. 1** Ma,-ch 3, r34g_ Crux-. CXLVII.——-An Act for the relief of Samuel Weller. r Be it enacted, eye., That the accounting ofhcors of the treasury dc- Payment for partment be, and they are hereby, directed and required to ascertain ¤?¤;°¤3¤,lS {LT- the quantity of timber, stone and other materials delivered by Samuel §;a‘f,w;‘;,;; Weller, after the twentieth of March, one thousand eight hundred and Plattsburg. thirty-nine, for the construction of a breakwater at the harbor at Plattsburg, Lake Champlain, New York, under certain agreements made with the superintendent for the construction of said breakwater, in the summer or fall of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and of the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; and when the quantity is so ascertained of the size and quality described in said contracts, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to said Samuel \Veller, the prices stipulated in said contractslfor the same, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropnated. Approved, March 3, 1843. Scryrura III. —-·· March gi gg4g_ CHAP. CXLVIII.—dn dc! for Ike relief of flze legal representatives of John Pe- —-—-———-— ters, deceased. Be it enacted, e§·c., That the Secretary of IrVar be, and he is hereby, knddrpplicate { authorized to issue to the legal representatives of John Peters, deceased, bsissuggan ° a duplicate of warrant number one thousand nine hundred and twenty- two, for one hundred acres of land, bearing date the sixth March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, issued in favor of J olrn Peters and Sarah Farnum, as heirs at law of the said John Peters; and the