made to the said Jacques St. Vrain by the Baron de Carendolet, said St. Vrain. on the tenth day of February, seventeen hundred and ninetysix: And provided, That if any private rights exist to any Private rights part of said location, adverse to that of the claimants herein, secured. the same shall be reserved and saved to said adverse claim

ants.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 73.-AN ACT for the relief of Harrison Whitson.

dered and

sup

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the trea- To be paid $200 sury not otherwise appropriated, to Harrison Whitson, of for services renClinton county, and State of Missouri, the sum of two hundred dollars, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United Plis furnished. 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.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 74.-AN ACT for the relief of William Causey.

pered.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, Pension of $4 authorized and directed to place the name of William Cau- per month alsey, of Guilford county, North Carolina, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and to pay him a pension at the rate of four dollars per month, from the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 75.—AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Simon
Spaulding, deceased.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the trea- To be paid the sury not otherwise appropriated, to Byron Kingsbury, ad- amount of a kministrator of Simon Spaulding, deceased, the amount of certificate, and final settlement certificate number one hundred and sixty- interest, which seven, dated July twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and has been lost.

nal settlement

eighty-three, issued to said Simon Spaulding, for seven hundred and sixty dollars, together with interest thereon from twenty-second March, seventeen hundred and eighty-three; which said certificate is proven to have been lost, and appears, by the books of the treasury, to be outstanding and unpaid.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 76.-AN ACT granting a pension to Silas Chatfield.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asPension of $20 sembled, That the Secretary of War place the name of Silas per month al- Chatfield, of Illinois, upon the roll of invalid pensions, at lowed.

the rate of twenty dollars per month, and that he be entitled
to receive the same from the first day of January, eighteen
hundred and forty-six, during his natural life.
Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 77.-AN ACT for the relief of the assignees of the late Bank of
Alexandria.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asAccounting of ficers to close sembled, That the proper officers of the Treasury Departthe account ment, when they shall be satisfied that the principal of the against said debt owing by the late Bank of Alexandria to the United tisfied that the States has been paid, be, and they are hereby, authorized principal of the and directed to close the account against the said bank, its debt due by it trustees and assignees, upon the books of the Treasury Dehas been paid.

Bank when sa

partment.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

creased from 1

CHAP. 78.-AN ACT to increase the pension of Roswell Hale.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress asPension in- sembled, That the pension of Roswell Hale be increased so Jan. 1846, to $8 that he shall be entitled to receive, from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, the sum of eight dollars per month during his natural life, in lieu of the pension which he now receives under the act of the twentythird April, eighteen hundred.

per month,

Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 79.—AN ACT to provide for the final settlement of the accounts of John Spencer, late receiver of public moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

of

and

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury His accounts to be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to audit be settled upon and settle the accounts of John Spencer, late receiver of principles justice public moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana, upon principles of equity. equity and justice; and that whatever sum or sums of money, if any, be found due said Spencer, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 80.-AN ACT authorizing a register to be issued to the brig
Leveret.

issued..

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Register to be hereby, authorized, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, to cause a register to be issued to the brig Leveret, formerly a British vessel, which was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey in the month of November, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and afterwards sold at auction under the directions of Christopher Murray, agent for the underwriters, and purchased by Russel Sturges, a citizen of the United States : Provided, It shall be proved, to the satisfaction of the Sec- Proviso. retary of the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs made in the United States by the said Russel Sturges, her present owner, after the purchase aforesaid, shall be equal to threefourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage and materials in the United States. Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 81.-AN ACT for the relief of Bernard O'Neill.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here- $2,000 to be paid him for the by, directed to pay to Bernard O'Neill, out of any moneys use of his land in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two since 1827, and thousand dollars, in full compensation for the use of the gov- taken therefrom ernment of his land since eighteen hundred and twentyseven, and for sand and for wood taken therefrom for the use of the United States; and in full for any other damages at

for sand & wood

any time heretofore done to said lands by agents of the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

n

CHAP. 82.—AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Jokn
Lauson, deceased.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress asTo be paid $55 sembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is deceased as a hereby, required to pay to the legal representatives of John private in the Lauson, deceased, the sum of fifty-five dollars, it being for

for services of

army.

services rendered as a private in the army of the United States, from the first of May, eighteen hundred and seventeen, to thirtieth March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the time of the death of the intestate, and which said sum appears to be due to said intestate upon the books of the War Department, any thing in the fourth section of the act approved on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 83.-AN ACT for the relief of John Pickett and others.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress usSolieftor of sembled, That the Solicitor of the Treasury be, and he is Treasury to examine their hereby, authorized and directed to examine the case of John claims upon Pickett and others, owners of the brig Albert, and ascertain principles of what is due to the claimants, (if any thing,) upon principles justice & equity & report result of law and equity, and to report to Congress at its next sesto Congress. sion the result of his examination.

Approved, March 3, 1847.

his entry as a

CHAP. 84.-AN ACT for the relief of Issac Guess.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress as Patent to be is- sembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office sued to him for be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue to pre-emption of Isaac Guess, of Mississippi, a patent to the west half of the certain land in northwest quarter of section thirty-five, township fifteen north, of range five east, and for the east half of the northeast quarter of section three, township fourteen north, of

the Columbus dist., Mias.

range five east, in the State of Mississippi, within the Colum-
bus land district; the same being the land entered and paid
for by said Guess as a pre-emption.
Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 85.-AN ACT for the relief of James Jones, of the city of Brook

lyn.

per month allowed.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is here- Pension of $12 by, authorized and directed to place the name of James Jones on the pension roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, to commence on the second June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 86.-AN ACT for the relief of Josiah Haskell.

services on the

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here- To be paid! by, directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not $645.30 for his otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred and forty- Sandy Bay five dollars and thirty cents to Josiah Haskell, it being in breakwater. full compensation for his services on the Sandy Bay breakwater, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Approved, March 3, 1847.

CHAP. 87.-AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Sergeant Major
John Champe.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury Commutation pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-sign to be paid pay of an enpriated, the full amount of five years' commutation pay of them. an ensign of infantry in the army of the Revolution to the children of Sergeant Major John Champe, late of the army of the Revolution, (Lee's legion,) and in case of the death of any of the children of said Sergeant Major John Champe, leaving a child or children now living, then to such surviving child or children, in the same proportion their said deceased parent would have taken if living.

Approved, March 3, 1847.