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Aug. 16, 1856. CHAP. CXII.-An Act to increase the Pension of Amaziah Goodwin, of the State of

increased from

Maine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension of Am- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte aziah Goodwin rior be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Amaziah Goodwin, of Maine, Jan. 1. 1852, to the sum of ten dollars per month, instead of the sum of six dollars per $10 per month month, now payable to him as an invalid pensioner of the United States. This increase to take effect from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and to continue during his natural life.

for his life.

Aug. 16, 1856.

authorized to lo

APPROVED, August 16, 1856.

CHAP. CXIII.-An Act for the Relief of Joseph Smith.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Joseph Smith States of America in Congress assembled, That Joseph Smith is herecate 160 acres of by authorized to locate, free of cost, one hundred and sixty acres of land, land in lieu of a according to the legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the cancelled loca- United States subject to private entry, in lieu of a location made by the

tion.

said Smith on the west half of the southwest quarter of section twentyfive, and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twentysix, in the township seven south, of range fifteen west, in the Kalamazoo land district, in the State of Michigan, as assignee of military land warrant number fifty-five thousand and ninety-nine, and which location was cancelled by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, upon the receipt of the certificate of location from Patent to issue. the register of the proper land-office, shall issue a patent to the said Joseph Smith, for the lands so located.

Aug. 16, 1856.

APPROVED, August 16, 1856.

CHAP. CXIV.-An Act for the Relief of Samuel Forrest.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers Samuel Forrest. of the treasury be directed to allow to Samuel Forrest two and a half per cent. upon the amount of military contributions received by him while acting as purser to the United States Ship Ohio, on the coast of the Pacific, during the Mexican war, and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; the said allowance to be in full compensation for all extra services, expenses, and losses, during the period aforesaid, according to the spirit of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, "to provide for the settlement of accounts of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions, or otherwise, in Mexico." APPROVED, August 16, 1856.

1849, ch. 126.

Aug. 16, 1856.

the pension roll

CHAP. CXV.-An Act granting a Pension to Morris Powers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Morris Powers States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the to be placed on Interior be, and he is hereby directed to place the name of Morris at $8 per month Powers on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, and pay to from Jan. 1,1856, him the sum of eight dollars per month from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, during his natural life. APPROVED, August 16, 1856.

for life.

CHAP. CXVI.—An Act for the Relief of Norwood McClelland, Master of the Steamboat "New World."

Aug. 16, 1856.

land for deten

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 Payment to be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Captain Norwood McClelland, mas- Capt. N. McClelter of the steamer "New World," out of any money in the treasury not tion of the otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirteen thousand eight hundred and steamboat New eighty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents, being in full payment for losses and expenses occasioned by the detention of the steamboat "New World," in the Arkansas River, while engaged in transporting military stores belonging to the United States from New Orleans to Fort Smith, during the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

APPROVED, August 16, 1856.

CHAP. CXVII.—An® Act increasing the Pension of Albert Hart.

World.

Aug. 16, 1856.

Pension of

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be instructed to increase the pension of Albert Hart to sixteen Albert Hart indollars per month, and pay him at the said rate of sixteen dollars per per month, from month from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, Jan. 1, 1854, for during his natural life.

APPROVED, August 16, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXI.—An Act for the Relief of Thomas H. Baird.

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 hereby is directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Thomas H. Baird, administrator of the estate of Absalom Baird, a commissioned surgeon in the army of the Revolution, the sum of ten thousand seventy-four dollars and eighty-four cents, with interest thereon from the twenty-seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and five, to the first day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, deducting therefrom the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars paid under the act of June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXII.—An Act for the Relief of Abraham Kintzing.

creased to $16

life.

Aug. 18, 1856.

Payment to Thos. H. Baird.

Aug. 18, 1856.

Payment to

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 Abraham Kintmoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Abraham Kintzing, zing. late special examiner of drugs at Philadelphia, the sum of three hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents, being the difference between his salary as special examiner, and that of the assistant appraiser, for three months and twenty-five days, the period during which he performed the duties of the latter office, in addition to his own, in consequence of the death of its incumbent.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXIII.—An Act granting Five Years' Half-Pay to Mrs. Ann Turner, Widow Aug. 18, 1856. of Elbert Turner, 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 Inte- Payment to rior be, and he is hereby directed, to pay to Mrs. Ann Turner, widow of Mrs. Ann TurElbert Turner, late of Norfolk, Virginia, deceased, the sum of two hun-ner, of $250 per dred and fifty dollars per annum, from the thirteenth day of October, years, from Oct.

annum, for five

13, 1855.

Proviso in case eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for five years: Provided, That in case of of her death or her death or intermarriage before the expiration of the five years aforeintermarriage. said, then the half-pay shall enure to his children under sixteen years of age for the balance of the term.

Aug. 18, 1856.

to be placed on

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXIV.—An Act granting a Revolutionary Pension to Sarah Blount.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sarah Blount States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intethe pension roll rior be, and he is hereby directed to place the name of Sarah Blount, at $20 per an- widow of John Blount, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, on the roll num for life, from July 4, of revolutionary pensioners, and pay her the sum of twenty dollars per 1836. annum, from the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, during her natural life.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Aug. 18, 1856. CHAP. CXXXV.—An Act granting a Pension to Nancy M. Gunsally, formerly Widow of Lyman M. Richmond, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United N. W. Gunsal- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inly (Richmond) to terior be, and he is hereby directed to place the name of Nancy M. Gunbe placed on pension roll at sally, formerly the widow of Lyman M. Richmond, deceased, upon the $96 per annum, roll of pensioners of the United States, and pay her at the rate of ninetyJan. 1, 1849. six dollars per annum, for five years from the first day of January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

for 5 years from

Aug. 18, 1856.

F. X. Kelly for

APPROVED, August 18, 1856

CHAP. CXXXVI.—An Act for the Relief of Francis A. Gibbons and Francis X.

Kelly.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to F. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the A. Gibbons and Treasury be and he hereby is directed, out of any money in the treasbuilding light-ury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Francis A. Gibbons and Franhouses in Cali- cis X. Kelly, the sum of thirty-one thousand one hundred and ninety fornia and Ore- dollars and fifty-four cents, in full for the balance due them, under their contract with the United States for the building of light-houses in California and Oregon.

gon.

Aug. 18, 1856.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXVII.—An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jabez B. Rooker, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Accounts of Ja- States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting bez B. Rooker to officers of the treasury, be directed to settle and adjust the accounts of be settled and adjusted. Jabez B. Rooker, deceased, late clerk to the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and to allow at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum for the time he was actually employed in said service subsequently to Payment to be the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three; and that the made to his sur- amount so found due, after deducting all sums paid to him for his services viving children. during said period, be paid to the surviving children of said Rooker, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Aug. 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXVIII.—An Act for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-

J. M. Hunt, for

ury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any Payment to J. money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John H. Scranton H. Scranton and and James M. Hunt, the sum of seven thousand three hundred and mail services on thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, for conveying the United Puget's Sound. States mail on Puget's Sound, in the years one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXXIX.-An Act for the Relief of Adam D. Steuart, and of Alexander Ran- Aug. 18, 1856. dall, Executor of Daniel Randall.

Alex. Randall,

a

on

certain sums re

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to A. Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Adam D. Steuart and D. Steuart, and to Alexander Randall, executor of Daniel Randall, out (executor of D. of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a commission Randall,) of of one per cent. upon such amounts of money as were respectively col- commission lected by the said Adam D. Steuart and Daniel Randall, and by them ceived in Mexdisbursed or paid into the treasury of the United States, in virtue of the ico. authority specially invested in them, by order of the commanding general of the United States army, and arising from duties on imports, taxes, or other assessments in Mexico, during the late war with that Republic. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXL.-An Act for the Relief of Talbot C. Dousman.

Aug. 18, 1856.

C. Dousman to

1823, ch. 10.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the title of Talbot C. Title of Talbot Dousman, the assignee of James Vieaux, to a certain tract of land at certain land at Green Bay, Wisconsin, confirmed to said Vieaux by the commissioners Green Bay, Wis., appointed under the act of Congress, approved February twenty-one, confirmed. eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An Act to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the territory of Michigan," and which is described as follows: commencing at low water-mark on Fox River, and running west eighty arpents, and bounded on the north by a certain tract occupied by the United States garrison, west by wild lands, south by a tract of land claimed by John Baptiste Longevine, senior, and east by Fox River, being five arpents in breadth, more or less, be, and the same is hereby confirmed to the said Talbot C. Dousman; and that the Commissioner of the General Land-Office cause the said tract of land to be surveyed in the same manner as other private claims to lands at Green Bay have been surveyed; and that he be required to issue a patent thereon to and in the name of Patent. the said Talbot C. Dousman, as the assignee of the said James Vieaux, as in other cases, and according to the provisions of the fifth section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty-three. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Survey.

CHAP. CXLI.-An Act for the Relief of Brevet Brigadier-General John B. Walbach, of Aug. 18, 1856. the United States Army.

sation to be made

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, Extra compenand he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Brevet Brigadier to John B. WalGeneral John B. Walbach, United States Army, out of any money in bach. the treasury not otherwise appropriated, such extra compensation as he may consider just and reasonable for the extra services performed by the said Walbach, as aid-de-camp to General Wilkinson, commissioner of the United States to treat with Western Indians, in the years one thousand eight hundred and one, and one thousand eight hundred and two: ProVOL. XI. PRIV. - 4

Proviso

Aug. 18, 1856.

John Tucker.

vided, The per diem allowance shall not exceed that paid to General Wilkinson, nor be less than that of the secretary to the commission for their extra services while they were engaged in the same service. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXLII.-An Act for the Relief of John Tucker.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War cause to be paid to John Tucker, of Florida, the amount to which he would have been entitled under the act entitled "An act providing payment for certain military services in Florida," approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, had his name appeared upon the 'roll as a private in Major Isaac Garrason's command. APPROVED. August 18, 1856.

1845, ch. 64.

Aug. 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXLIII.

·An Act for the Relief of James Davidson, of Kentucky.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension of Jas. States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the pension now Davidson to be paid to James Davidson of Kentucky, the Secretary of the Interior be, $20 per month and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to said James Davidson twenty dollars per month from the day his present pension commenced, for and during his natural life.

for life.

Aug. 18, 1856.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXLIV.—An Act for the Relief of Isaac Cook and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to I. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the TreasCook, B. A. Na- ury be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Isaac Cook, B. A. Napier pier and P. Shep- and Pelatiah Shepard, or the legal representatives of such of them as spective execu- may be deceased, the sum of two hundred dollars, out of any money in

ard, or their re

tors, &c.

Aug. 18, 1856.

the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full for the use of the schooner Tempest, belonging to them and impressed by Major J. G. Camp, in the month of September, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fourteen. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXLV.—An Act for the Relief of Franck Taylor.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repayment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Franck Taylor. Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Franck Taylor, of the city of Washington, the amounts of duties paid by or for him to the collectors of the ports of New York and Philadelphia, upon importations of quills, by or for him during the years eighteen hundred and fiftythree, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and eighteen hundred and fiftyfive: Provided, said quills shall have been imported and delivered at the navy yard of the United States, in Washington city, in pursuance of any contract with, or orders from, the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography of the United States.

Proviso.

APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Aug. 18, 1856. CHAP. CXLVI.—An Act for the Relief of the Representatives and Sureties of Robert

King, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district attorney of

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