TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 71, 72, 73. 1847. 693 Cmp, LXX`I.—.»9n Alot for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Thomas Much 3 1841 Shields, deceased. _.;;. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comniis· Conmnissicner sinner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to °r P"s‘°“S °° , _ _ pay the legal reppay to the legal representatives of Thomas Shields, late a purser in the resentatives of navy of the United States, deceased, a pension up to the twenty-third ghiilgifhéeltlg of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, in conformity August 23, 1§.,2_ with the provisions of the act of Congress approved on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, entitled "An Act for the more equitable Administration of the Navy Pension Fund." 1837, ch. 38. Approved, March 3, 1847. Crue. LXXIl.———An Het ta grant a Preemption Right to the Heirs or legal March 3, 1847. Representatives of Jo/in Smith T. '”""—*`“°‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the heirs or Authorized to legal representatives of John Smith T., the assignee of Jacques St. fn';*°’ ”**lI° ““;; Vrain, to claim number four, in the report of the commissioners ap- mug; 1:}% the pointed under the act of ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, Claim N0- 4 <>f for the adjustment of private land claims in Missouri, and the act $°;';‘};€SnS lg; supplementary thereto, of the second of March, eighteen hundred and been registered thirty-three, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to enter, at the md l°°“€d· &°· minimum price of the public lands, so much of said claim as has 183?r°h·lS0· been duly registered, located, and laid down on the plats of the pub- 1833, ch. 84. lic surveys for reservation, under the authority of the laws of the United States: Provided, however, That said entries shall not exceed, Proviso. in the aggregate, five thousand six hundred acres; and that the said entries shall be made to conform to the surveys and legal subdivisions of the lands of the United States, and to include, as nearly as may be, the reservations as laid down on the plats aforesaid: And pro- To be in full vided, further, That the acceptance of the permission granted by the S‘:;ga°;l$°"1%f6g8 provision of this act shall be taken in full satisfaction of the gran? grpens mndg) to 0f ten thousand arpens made to the said Jacques St. Vrain by the Wd S*·V*'¤i¤· ‘ Baron de Carendolet, on the tenth day of February, seventeen hun— dred and ninety-six: And provided, that if any private rights exist Private rights to any part of said location, adverse to that of the claimants herein, “°“"“d‘ the same shall be reserved and saved to said adverse claimants. Approved, March 3, 1847. Cru?. LXXIII.—An Act for the Relief of Harrison Whitson. March 3, 1S»l7. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, H. Wiiitson to out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Har- ggrgxgs rison Whitson, of Clinton county, and State of Missouri, the sum of and Supplies rin-. two hundred dollars, in full satisfaction of his claim against the ¤i¤h¤d· United States for services rendered and supplies furnished, while on the march to be mustered into the United States service, the company of Captain Cornelius Gilliam, of the Missouri volunteers, that served in Florida. Aernovnn, March 3, 1847.
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