1850, ch. 90.

salary of John Y. Laub, a clerk in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, authorized by the act of the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, shall commence on the first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the date of the commencement of the additional services performed by said Laub: Provided, The amount hereby authorized to be paid shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.

APPROVED, July 30, 1856.

August 18, 1856. [No. 15.] A Resolution for the Relief of Susan Decatur, Widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur, late of the United States Navy.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension certifi- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the cate to issue to Interior be, and he is hereby directed to cause a pension certificate to be Susan Decatur, at $50 per month. issued to Susan Decatur, widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur, late of the United States Navy, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, for five years, to cease on the death or marriage of said Susan Decatur. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Aug. 18, 1856. [No. 16.] A Resolution for the Settlement of the Accounts of Charles M. Strader and Edward P. Johnson, Mail Contractors.

Settlement of accounts of

Charles M. Strader for mail service.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the accounts of the late Charles M. Strader, deceased, and Edward P. Johnson, mail contractors on route number three thousand three hundred and thirty, from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans, Louisiana, to be audited and settled, and that the said contractors be allowed the amount to which they may Allowance for be entitled in equity and justice for the discontinuance of that part of discontinuance. their aforesaid contract under the order of the Postmaster-General, dated sixth of February, eighteen hundred and forty-one, as may appear by the records of the Post-Office Department; and that the PostmasterTo be paid to General pay the said amount to James Thompson, surviving partner and James Thomp administrator, and Mary B. Strader, widow and administratrix of the said Charles M. Strader, deceased, or to their legally authorized attorneys, out of any money not otherwise appropriated.

son and Mary Strader.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.