Aug. 6, 1846. Pension of $8.00 per month allowed to Eben ezer Ballard. CHAP. LXXXVIII.—An Act for the Relief of Ebenezer Ballard. 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 hereby, directed to place the name of Eb enezer Ballard on the pension roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. APPROVED, August 6, 1846. Aug. 6, 1846. The 2d proviso of 3, of 128, not to apply to the reports of Cosby and Skip act of 1822, ch. with, on certain settlement claims, which are hereby confirmed. СНАР. ХСІ.. An Act to provide for the Confirmation of certain Settlement Claims in the Greensburg Land District, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second proviso of the third section of the Act of eight of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An Act supplementary to the several Acts for adjusting the Claims to Land and establishing Land Offices in the Districts east of the Island of New Orleans," shall not apply to the reports dated eighteenth November, eighteen hundred and twenty, and twenty-fourth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, of Cosby and Skipwith, on settlement claims in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the Mississippi River and west of Pearl River; but such claims which, according to the said reports, were inhabited or cultivated, or where the date of settlement was before the fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and thirteen, are hereby confirmed under the other restrictions of said third section; but this confirmation shall in no manner affect prior rights, and shall only amount to a relinquishment on the part of the United States. APPROVED, August 6, 1846. Aug. 7, 1846. Robert Fulton. CHAP. XCIII. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Robert Fulton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary $76,300 to be of the Treasury pay to the heirs of Robert Fulton seventy-six thoupaid in full of the claims of sand three hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full of the claims of the said Robert Fulton against the United States, due at the time of the death of the said Fulton, for inventing floating steam_batteries, and superintending the construction of the steam frigate Fulton, for the detention of, and damages to, his steamboat Vesuvius, and for the great benefits conferred on the country by his improvements in the application of steam to navigation. APPROVED, August 7, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Richard Elliott to be placed on the pension roll. 1832, ch. 126. CHAP. CXI. An Act granting a Pension to Richard Elliott. 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, directed to place Richard Elliott, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the pension list of revolutionary pensioners, under the act of the 7th of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and allow him a pension for six months' service, in pursuance of said act. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. CHAP. CXII. An Act for the Relief of Patrick Masterson. 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, authorized and required to place the name of Patrick Masterson, of Lawrence county, Kentucky, upon the revolutionary pension roll, under the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and grant him a pension of twenty dollars per annum, for six months' service, according to the provisions of said act APPROVED, August 8, 1846. CHAP. CXIII. An Act for the Relief of William Gump. 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 authorized and directed to place the name of William Gump 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 sixth day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-three. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. CHAP. CXIV.- An Act granting a Pension to Orris Crosby. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War cause the name of Orris Crosby, of Illinois, to be placed upon the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, during his natural life; said pension to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Pension of $8 per month al. owed to Orns Crosby CHAP. CXV. - An Act for the Relief of Griffen Kelly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of Griffen Kelly be placed upon the roll of invalid pensions, and that he be allowed and paid the sum of eight dollars per month, for and during his life, to be computed from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Aug. &, 1846. Pension of 83 per m nth al owed to Griffen Kelly. CHAP. CXVI. - An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Dusseau. 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 directed to place the name of Joseph Dusseau, of Michigan, upon the list of invalid pensioners, at the rate of six dollars per month, and that he be entitled to receive the same from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for and during his natural life. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Aug, 8, 1846. Wm. B. Lang to be paid $415. 22, provided requisite proof be given to Secretary of the Trea sury. CHAP. CXVII.-An Act for the Relief of William B. Lang. 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 is hereby authorized to pay to William B. Lang, of Boston, Massachusetts, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and fifteen dollars and twentytwo cents: Provided, It shall be proved to his satisfaction that the collector of the customs for the port of Boston has assessed and collected from the said William B. Lang, on the importation of sheetsteel, duties to this amount, greater than the said steel was liable by law to be charged with. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. 1832, ch. 126. CHAP. CXVIII. — An Act for the Relief of Samuel Jorden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Samuel Jorden of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the to be placed on the pension roll. name of Samuel Jorden, of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, upon the pension roll, according to the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and grant him a certificate for nine months' service; that is to say, for thirty dollars per annum during his natural life, beginning on the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-four. Aug. 8, 1846. nell Wiley B. Parauthorized to surrender the certificate for lands entered under a mistake, other lands in and to enter lieu thereof. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. CHAP. CXIX. An Act for the Relief of Wiley B. Parnell, of Blount county, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Wiley B. Parnell of Blount county, Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the certificate that issued to him from the Huntsville land office, in said State, for the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section number thirty-two, township number twelve, range number two west, in said land district, entered by the said Parnell on the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-four, under a mistake; and, upon the surrender of said certificate, or the patent for said tract of land, if it has issued, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, the said Wiley B. Parnell is hereby authorized to enter, in lieu thereof, the south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of said section, township, Application to and range, it being the tract the said Wiley B. Parnell intended to enter: Provided, That application is made by the said Wiley B. Parnell, under the provisions of this act, within six months after the passage of the same: And provided further, That the entry shall not be made to the prejudice of the rights of any other person or persons. be made within six months. His entry not to interfere with rights of others. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That James A. Whiteside, of the county of Hardin, in the State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the patent issued to him from the Shawneetown land district, in said State, for the south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section eight, in township eleven south, of range eight east, in said land district, entered and patented by the said Whiteside, on the twenty-eighth of July, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight; and upon the surrender of said patent for the said tract of Authorized to land, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, the said James A. Whiteside is hereby authorized to locate and enter, in lieu thereof, an equal quantity of land to that so surrendered, any where in the said land district enter lands in unsold, and to which no preëmption right attaches: Provided, That said entry shall be made within six months after the passage of this act. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. lieu thereof. CHAP. CXX.- An Act for the Relief of Peter Rife. 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, authorized and required to place the name of Peter Rife, of Wythe county, Virginia, upon the revolutionary pension roll, and pay him a pension of thirty dollars per annum, commencing on the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-four. APPROVED, August, 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Peter Rife to receive a pension of $30 per an num. CHAP. CXXI. Aug. 8, 1846. An Act for the Relief of Jose Carrillo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the CommisPatent for cersioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized and tain land in Aurequired to issue to Jose Carxillo, of the county of Hancock and State gusta, sippi, land disof Mississippi, a patent to the north-west quarter of section twenty-trict, to be issued six, of township nine, range sixteen west, in the Augusta land dis- to Jose Carxillo. trict of Mississippi. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Missis CHAP. CXXII. An Act for the Relief of Mary Campbell, Widow of John Campbell. Aug. 8, 1846. bell to receive a Mary Camppension of $30 per annum. 1836, ch. 362. CHAP. CXXIII. - An Act for the Relief of the Heirs or legal Representatives of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and is hereby, authorized to issue to the legal representatives of Thomas Kelly a duplicate warrant, in lieu of warrant number nine hundred and fifty-nine, for one hundred acres of land. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Duplicate war. rant to be issued to Thomas Kelly in lieu of war rant No. 959. Aug. 8, 1846. CHAP. CXXIV.-An Act for the Relief of Lewis Laing. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pension of $8 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary per month allowed to Lewis 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 hundred and forty-six. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. CHAP. CXXV.-An Act for the Relief of William Moss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall be, and is hereby, authorized and required to issue a warrant in favor of William 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. CHAP. 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 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the 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; and that her pension commence the twenty-fifth December, eighteen hundred and forty-three. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. Thomas Ap Catesby Jones to be paid $1,501. 78, being balance due on the settle ment of his accounts. Aug. 8, 1846. Extra tonnage duties charged upon the ship Herald to be refunded. CHAP. CXXVII.- An Act for the Relief of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand five hundred and one dollars and seventy-eight cents, it being the balance due him on his accounts as rendered to the United States. APPROVED, August 8, 1846. CHAP. CXXVIII. An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Ship Herald, f 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 hereby, directed to refund to Thomas Harris Hodges, administrator of John H. Hodges, in behalf of the 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, on her arrival from Amsterdam, in September, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for a violation of the sixth section of the navigation the Secretary of act of the first of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen: Provided, the Treasury is satisfied. That the said Hodges shall satisfy the Secretary of the Treasury that 1817, ch. 31. Proviso. That |