CHAP CXIX. March 3, 1847. Value of the - An Act for the Relief of Captain James Pennoyer. 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 be, and they are hereby, author- United States ized and directed to make, or cause to be made, a full and accurate her tackle, &c., brig Porpoise, estimate of the value of the United States brig Porpoise, her tackle, to be estimated, apparel, and furniture, together with that of all the property of every of gross amount and one half part description on board of her at and before the twelfth day of Novem- to be paid Capber, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and, the same being ascertain Pennoyer, as compensation for tained, to pay over the one equal half part of such gross amount to saving her, her the said Captain James Pennoyer, as a full and complete compensa- officers, and crew. tion for his services in saving the said brig Porpoise, her officers, and crew; and that the said sum be paid out [of] any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. CHAP. CXX. -An Act for the Relief of Joseph Gideon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be and is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-six cents, to be paid to Joseph Gideon, of the city of New York, or his legal representative, in full payment for his services as an acting purser on board the United States brig Porpoise, from the twenty-seventh of April to the thirtieth of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. Joseph Gideon to be paid $597 vices as acting purser on board 26 for his ser the United States brig Porpoise. CHAP. CXXI. - An Act for the Relief of Job Hawkins. 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 he is hereby required, to place Job Hawkins, of the State of Massachusetts, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, in conformity with the act of the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, allowing pensions to the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution; and that the pension hereby allowed to him be paid as other pensions are, and so as to include any amount which was due to him when he was dropped from the rolls on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, at which time the pension now allowed is to commence. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. Job Hawkins to be placed on the revolutionary pension roll. 1832, ch. 126. CHAP. CXXII. - An Act for the Relief of the Estates of Benjamin Metoyer and March 3, 1847. François Gaiennie, deceased. 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, authorized to examine into the circumstances of the estates of Benjamin Metoyer and François Gaiennie, deceased, and to adjust and settle the claim upon the said estates aforesaid, in behalf of the United States, and to discharge such claims upon such terms as he shall think most for the interest of the United States. Secretary of the Treasury to just the claim of the United States upon B. Metoyer and F. Gaiennie. examine and ad March 3, 1847. 1840, ch. 100. Hyacinth Lasselle authorized to locate a cer tain tract of land at any time prior to 4th March, 1849. Proviso Act for relief of Jubal B. Han cock amended. 1842, ch. 154. CHAP. CXXIII.—An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Hyacinth Lasselle. Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Hyacinth Lasselle," approved the twenty-first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, the said Hy. acinth Lasselle was authorized to locate five hundred and sixty acres of land at any land office in the State of Indiana, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by paying the minimum price fixed for such lands, for eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths of an acre, part and parcel of said tract of five hundred and sixty acres: and whereas, also, the said Hyacinth Lasselle has deceased without perfecting the location of said land: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the heirs of the said Lasselle to locate the said tract of land in said act contemplated, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, at any land office in said State of Indiana, after any lands therein may have been offered at public sale, by paying the said minimum price for the said eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths, as by said act is provided: Provided, That no tract of land shall be selected, in virtue of this act, upon which there may be improvements made, without the consent of such person or persons who have made such improvements first obtained in writing, and filed with the proper land officers where the location may be made. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Jubal B. Hancock" be so amended that the time allowed for the location of the land therein specified be extended to thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. Pension of $80 per annum allowed to Thankful Reynolds. CHAP. CXXIV. -An Act for the Relief of Thankful Reynolds. 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 Thankful Reynolds on the revolutionary pension roll, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, to commence the first January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and to be continued five years. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. CHAP. CXXV. - An Act for the Relief of Joseph Warren Newcomb. 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, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph Warren Newcomb, only descendant and heir of Major-General Joseph Warren, who was killed at Bunker Hill, the balance due and unpaid, under resolutions of Congress of the first day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty, being the sum of eight thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty-eight cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that the said Newcomb is the only surviving heir. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. RESOLUTIONS. [No. Resolution authorizing and directing the Examination and Settlement of the Claims of Alexander M. Cumming. Feb. 18, 1847. Accounts of A. M. Cumming, with the PostOffice Depart under contracts ment to be ex Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department be directed to examine and audit the claims of Alexander M. Cumming, of New Jersey, late mail contractor on routes nine hundred and fifty-one, and nine hundred and fifty-two, between the cities of Philadelphia and New York, be- amined and autween the years eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and eighteen hun- dited, and dred and thirty-nine; and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-Gen- amount eral to pay to him the balance (if any) that may be justly and legally to be paid. due him under the contracts and orders from the Department and its agents, out of the current appropriation for mail transportation. APPROVED, February 18, 1847. the found legally due him [No. 2.]—Joint Resolution for the Relief of John and Charles Bruce. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Patents be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant a new patent to John and Charles Bruce, of Jersey City, State of New Jersey, for the term of seven years from and after the passage of this resolution, for their machine secured to them by letters patent bearing date the thirteenth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two; the same to be granted under the same provisions and restrictions as are now provided by law for applications for original letters patent, except so far as the existing laws prohibit and invalidate the grant of letters patent for inventions which have been before patented, or used for more than two years before the date of application for letters patent: Provided, Upon an examination of the case, the said Commissioner shall deem the parties hereto entitled to a patent. APPROVED, February 22, 1847. Feb. 22, 1847. New patent for the term of seven ed to John and years to be grantCharles Bruce patented March 13, 1832. for their machine Proviso. Feb. 25, 1847. Pension of Ma. 1844, ch. 132. [No. 3.]-A Resolution to correct an Error in the Act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the Relief of Mary Ann Linton. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the error in the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the ry Ann Linton. relief of Mary Ann Linton, in the words "who was lately a pensioner of the United States, under the act of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two," and any expression contained in said act, shall not be so construed as to prevent said Mary Ann Linton from receiving the same rate of pension as is allowed to widows by the general act of July seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in cases where their husbands have served two years as captains of infantry. APPROVED, February 25, 1847. 1838, ch. 189. [No. 6.] — Joint Resolution for the Settlement of the Accounts of Purser G. R. Barry. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the treasury be authorized to settle the accounts of the United States ship Boston, Captain Pendergrast, and pass to the credit of the purser, G. R. Barry, the items charged to him in the reconciling statement of his accounts. APPROVED, March 2, 1847. March 3, 1847. [No. 13.]—Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Children of Stephen Johnson, deceased. Register and receiver of land ky to receive a certificate grant office at Sandus ed to heirs 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 cause the register and receiver at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to receive a certificate of the heirs of Stephen Stephen Johnson, Johnson, granted to them under " An Act for the Relief of the Heirs under the act of [children] of Stephen Johnson, deceased," approved July twentieth, payment for any eighteen hundred and forty, in payment for any half-section of land one half-section in the Wyandot reserve not otherwise appropriated: Provided, the of vacant land in minimum price of said half-section shall not exceed two dollars and the Wyandot refifty cents per acre. 1840, ch. 96, in serve. Proviso, as to price. March 3, 1847. Wm. B. Stokes PostmasterGeneral to pay such compensa tion as shall be an adequate remuneration for carrying the mail in Florida in the years 1835 and 1836. March 3, 1847. E. A. White for APPROVED, March 3, 1847. [No. 14.- Joint Resolution for the Relief of William B. Stokes, surviving Partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the PostmasterGeneral be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to William B. Stokes, surviving partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company, for carrying the mail in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, on the lower or Florida route, in consequence of the interruption of the mail by the Creek hostilities on the upper route, such compensation as shall be established to be an adequate remuneration for the same, taking into consideration the value of the services performed, and the loss to the said contractors by the exclusion of passengers, as directed by the then Postmaster-General; and it shall be the duty of the PostmasterGeneral to pay the amount so allowed out of the current appropriation for mail transportation. APPROVED, March 3, 1847. [No. 15.]-Joint Resolution for the Relief of M. A. Price and E. A. White. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Accounts of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the PostmasM. A. Price and ter-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the mail transporta- account of M. A. Price and E. A. White, of the State of Tennessee, tion to be audited for mail transportation, to be audited and settled; and to pay to the said Price and White, out of the fund appropriated for mail transportation, the same rate of compensation from the first day of January to the first day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, as was allowed and paid them from the first of June to the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. and settled. Rate at which they shall Daid. be APPROVED, March 3, 1847. PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTIETH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the first Session, which was begun and held at the City of JAMES K. POLK, President; GEORGE M. DALLAS, Vice-President, and СНАР. ІІ. Jan. 14, 1848. A register to be issued. - An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register to the Barque Canton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the barque Canton, formerly a Haytien vessel, but now owned by William T. Sayward, J. R. Kimball, and H. C. Lowell, citizens of the State of Maine; and which said vessel, having been wrecked and condemned on one of the Muscle Ridge Islands, was purchased by them, and which they have caused to be repaired and refitted for sea again: Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the cost of repairs Treasury that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owners, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. APPROVED, January 14, 1848. CHAP. III. - An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a Regis- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the barque Sarah and Eliza, formerly a British vessel, but now owned by Joshua T. Jones, Charles H. Jones, and Thomas Bell, citizens of the State of New York; and which said vessel, having been wrecked and condemned on the coast of Maryland, was purchased by them, got off, and towed to New York, repaired, and refitted for sea: Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost thereof, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owners, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. APPROVED, January 24, 1848. Proviso as to Jan. 24, 1848. A register to be issued. Proviso as to cost of repairs. Feb. 15, 1848. CHAP. IX. — An Act to authorize the Issue of a Register to the Barque Wilhamet. A register to be |