766 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 73, 74, 75. 1849. of War be, and is hereby directed to place the name of Nehemiah Brush on the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, during his natural life, and that his pension commence from and after the passage of this act. Approved, February 22, 1849. Feb. 26, 1849. Cntr. LXXIII.—-An Act in addition to the Act entitled “An det to incorporate "H"""" the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam Packet Company." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1829, eh. 56. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled ohm-m of me "An Act to incorporate the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown °g*;B¤¤Y¢¤*<=¤<l· Steam Packet Company," approved the third March, eighteen hun- ° y°°"° dred and twenty-nine, be, and the same hereby is, extended and continued in full force and eifect for a further period of twenty years, commencing with the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty- P¤>Vi¤¤» M t<> nine: Provided, nevertheless, That Congress may at any time hereafter
- ?°°‘1’&°'m"°' modify or repeal the same.
No gui];;' &c_, Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That no suit or action depending
- 0 Whichthe 001* in any court whatsoever, in which the said corporation is plaintiff or
€:;f;::1§;°}"y’ defendant, shall abate or be discontinued by reason of the expiration ° of the original charter of the said corporation, but the same shall continue and be prosecuted in all respects as if the said charter had not expired; and the president and directors who were in office at the time it expired, shall continue in office under and by virtue of this act, until others shall be duly chosen in their places. Anrnoven, February 26, 1849. M- 29 1849- crm. LXXIV,-An an jar me Relief of James in smut. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 233,064 *0 l>¤ of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to James Y. Smith §:Q,?th1hm°s Y' the sum of three thousand and sixty-four dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full of his claim against the United States, for the use of the steamboat Hyperion, and damage done to her in the transportation of the Georgia troops under command of Major Howard in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and also for provisions and supplies furnished to said troops. Approved, February 26, 1849. Feb. 26, 1849. Crnr. LXXV.—An dot for the Relief of John Hibbert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A pension of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of g,§vp3rf1§:t;l{$ WBT be, and he is ll€1‘Bby, dll'€ClCd to place lll1B name of John Hlblmfli, rms, 0 of Wiscasset, in the State of Maine, upon the roll of invalid pensions, and pay to the said Hibbert the sum of eight dollars per month, from the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-six, during his natural life. Ammovan, February 26, 1849.
