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THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-:. 142, 143, 144. 1849. 7*79 or the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any the _Pre=·=i<1¤¤t money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the President and Directors of the Union Bank of Florida, the sum of two thousand four of Florida., hundred and seventy-four dollars and two cents, and interest thereon $247*-0% with - . mtcrest, for ad- {1-orn the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, mms made by in {nl} payment for money advanced by them to the governor of Florida, fhemw :_1=¤Ig<>v- to provide for the defence of the people of said territory against the f§Qf"t°° pméffg attacks of the hostile Indians. sneinst attacks Arvnovzn, March 3, 1849. gim;*°°m° I¤· Cmp. CXLII.—-An Act for the Rcliqf of Sidney Flower, of Louisiana, and for March 3, 1849. other Purposes. """··—·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sidney Flower Sidney Flower be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, at the minimum price of one z’:h°Tg,€d6t§_;6*6 dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, lot number three in township one acres of laid in (north) of range eight cast, containing one hundred and fifty-nine and I·¤¤iSi¤¤¤· sixty-eight one hundred acres, in the district north of Red River, _ Louisiana: Provided, As said lot has been selected for schools, that n P'°“‘°· majority of the male inhabitants of the township shall assent to the purchase, by filing an instrument to that efect in the local land ofiioe. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon such an instrument lm?£‘°:0 gah';} being filed in the aforesaid office, the proper authorities shall have the leeted in lieu right to select an equal area for schools on other public lands, in the *l*°’°°f· same land district. Avrnovzn, March 3, 1849. Cnn. CXLIII.-An Act for the Relief of Jael Thacker. March 3, 1849. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of of pension 4;; Joel Thacker, a private in the Virginia militia. in the service of the allowggr m?:,,,; United States during the war with Great Britain, be placed upon the Thacker. roll of invalid pensions at the rate of four dollars a month, commencing on the first day of J auuary, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to continue during life. Arvnovmn, March 3, 1849. Cnr. CXLIV. ——./2n Aot for the Relief of James Maorehead. March 3, 1849. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Secretary of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary gggeggfssmisg of the Treasury is hereby directed and required to pay to James pay the amount Mcorehead, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro- °f d*g¤¤8:¤l Q¤· priated, such amount as shall fully compensate and remunerate said ;Q1":us,;_'fm,d°`{; Moorehead for all damages and losses sustained by reason of the sus- James Moorepension by the government of the erection of a dam in the Ohio, ;‘,?‘2h‘;“ from a point on Wells Island to a. point on the Virginia shore. But sion of the mcbefore any payment is made to said Moorehead, the said Secretary shall 3;* g30d;? iu cause the witnesses, on the part of the said Moorehead, to be cross- Sammy vg! gxammed, and tak; testimony on behalf of the government, should he gggnzasury go eem it ro er to oso. . “ ' Appmg-eg, Mama e, 1849. EEE? ‘° "‘°