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664 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. S. 1.-Ch. 124, 125, 126, 127, 128. 1846. Aug g, gg4g_ Cru?. CXXIV.—.£n Act for the Relief of Lewis Laing. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P¤¤¤i¤¤ of Z8 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Kzgdmfstkejlg of War be authorized and directed to place the name of Lewis Laing Laing. on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be paid at the rate of eight dollars per month during his life, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundredgaind forty-six. APPROVED, August 8, 1 6. Aug. 8, 1846. Gun. CXXV. —An Act for the Reliefqf William Moss. ‘*"‘*"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Wamm rm. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- 640¤cr9¤ <>¤" land sioner of the General Land Office shall be, and is hereby, authorized

 t° and requi·ed to issue a warrant in favor of W`illiam Moss, for six

hundred and forty acres of land, to be located upon any unlocated land belonging to the United States, and now subject to entry. Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Czar. CXXVI. -— An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Betts, of the City of New York. °"""' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Elmbc,hBcm United States of America in Congress assem led, That the Secretary rqreeeivea pen- of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the gfxfusf $50 P°' name of Elizabeth Betts on the revolutionary pension roll at the rate ` of fifty dollars per annum, for fifteen months’ service of her husband, Preserved Betts; anld tléat her pension commence the twenty-lifth December, eighteen un red and forty-three. Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1845;- Gun-. CXXVII.-An Act for the Reliefqf Thomas Jp Catesby Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Thomas Ap United States of America in Congress assembled, That the the Secretary €“*°Sl?Y J°“°’ *° of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to Thomas e paid $1,501. ’ . . 78,bgm balance Ap Catesby Jones, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the d¤·= <>¤ Em €¤**l°· sum of one thousand five hundred and one dollars and seventy-eight 2]§,’f,,f°f he "' cents, it being the balance due him on his accounts as rendered to the United States. Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. (Jun. CXXVlII.—Jln. Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Ship Herald, if -············—_‘ Baltimore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Exm tounge United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary duties ehargled of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to refund to Thomas ‘I£;‘;ld2h°° Harris Hodges, administrator of John H. Hodges, in behalf of the funded, owners of the ship Herald, Captain Pullen, of Baltimore, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the extra tonnage duty charged upon that ship by the collector of the port of New York, 1817* °h‘ 31* on her arrival from Amsterdam, in September, eighteen hundred Promo. That and forty-four, for a violation of the sixth section of the navigation 3;: S,f.f;;?lg, act of the first of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen: Provided, ,.uS5,,d, That the said Hodges shall satisfy the Secretary of the Treasury that