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lieutenant in the army of the Revolution, to commence and be computed from the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirtyApproved, July 7th, 1838.

six.

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CHAP. 228. An ACT for the relief of Nicholas Verplast.

receive a pension

[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 hereby, N. Verplast to authorized and required to place the name of Nicholas Verplast of $6 a month. on the navy pension list, at the rate of six dollars per month, payable from the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

CHAP. 229. An ACT for the relief of Samuel Potter and James Cassidey, of
Wilmington, North Carolina.

issued for

the

ter and J. Cassi

the Sec'y of the

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be issued, under the direction of the A register to be Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the barque called the barque Calypso, Calypso, built in England, but now owned by Samuel Potter whenever S. Potand James Cassidey, citizens of the United States, and lying at dey shall satisfy the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, unseaworthy, when- Treas. that said ever the said Potter and Cassidey shall furnish the Secretary repaired in the of the Treasury with satisfactory proof that the said barque has been repaired in the United States, and that the cost of repairing her by her present owners exceeds three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved July 7th, 1838.

barque has been

U. S. &c.

CHAP. 230. An ACT to refund to the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company certain duties paid upon railroad iron.

two importations

and Banking

refunded.

[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- The duties of by, authorized and directed to refund to the Georgia Railroad of spikes for the and Banking Company, for the use of the said company, the Georgia Railroad duties paid by the said company, upon two several importations Company to be of spikes, to be used in the construction of their railroad, the one made into the port of Savannah, Georgia, on the twentyfirst day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and the other into the same port, on the eighteenth day of May, of the same year, the whole amount of duties paid and to be refunded upon both importations being three thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and forty-two cents; Provided, That, Proviso. before any repayment of the said duties shall be made, the said

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company shall furnish proof, to the satisfaction of the said Secretary, that their orders upon England for the said spikes were made and transmitted before the passage of the act of the first day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act explanatory of the act entitled 'An act to release from duty iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined planes," that it was out of the power of the said company, after the passage of the said act, to countermand their orders for the said spikes, and that the said spikes have been actually used in the construction of the railways or inclined planes for which they were ordered and imported.

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

paid $2,66 per

CHAP. 231. An ACT for the relief of Henry Barton.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as H. Barton to be sembled, That the Secretary of War be required to place the month, in addi- name of Heury Barton on the roll of invalid pensioners, and pay tion to the pen-him at the rate of two dollars and sixty-six cents per month, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in addition to the pension he now receives. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

sion he now re

ceives.

of Capt. R. Laird,

CHAP. 232. An ACT to authorize the Commissioner of Pensions to cause the unpaid pension of Captain Robert Laird, of the state of Georgia, to be paid to his

executor.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, The executor authorized to cause to be paid over to the executor of Captain dec'd, to be paid Robert Laird, deceased, for the use and benefit of the legatees the amount due to whom the same was bequeathed, late of Clark county, in the the time of his State of Georgia, the amount which was due him, the said Captain Robert Laird, at the time of his death, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

to Capt. Laird at

death.

of R. Harrison to

ing to the Resolu

CHAP. 233. An ACT for the settlement of the accounts of Richard Harrison, lata consular agent of the United States in Spain.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre The accounts sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembe settled accord bled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury De tions of Congress partment be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and settle, and the interest according to the resolutions of Congress of the third of June, on the money ad-seventeen hundred and eighty-four, for the settlement of public relief of Ameri- accounts, the accounts of Richard Harrison, formerly consular agent of the United States at Cadiz, in Spain, and to allow him

of 3d June 1781,

vanced for the

can Seamen to be allowed.

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the interest on the money advanced, under agreement with the minister of the United States in Spain, for the relief of destitute and distressed American seamen, and for their passages to the United States, from the time the advances respectively were made, to the time at which the said advances were reimbursed; and for the expenses of employing an interpreter and clerk in the service of the United States, the sum of one thousand dol- $1000 lars per year for the time he acted as agent, viz: from seventeen interpreter and hundred and eighty to seventeen hundred and eighty-five; and the sum found due shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

a year allowed for an

clerk.

CHAP. 234. An ACT for the relief of Charles Vattier.

Vat

tier to receive a

[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, directed to place the name of Charles Vattier, of Cincinnati, in the State Charles of Ohio, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be entitled pension of 38 a to receive the sum of eight dollars per month, during his natural inonth. life, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

CHAP. 235. An ACT to authorize the payment of the seven years' half pay due on account of the revolutionary services of John McClelland, deceased.

[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 hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the full amount of seven years' half pay of a first lieutenant of infantry in the army of the Revolution, to such person or persons as may be entitled to the same under the resolution of Congress of the twenty-fourth of August, seventeen hundred and eighty, on account of the services of John McClelland, late a first lieutenant in the army of the Revolution, who died in the service.

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

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CHAP. 236. An ACT for the relief of the heirs of Deborah Gannett, a soldier of the
Revolution, deceased.

The Secretary

[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 hereby, of the Treasury directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise to pay the heirs appropriated, to the heirs of Deborah Gannett, a revolutionary 8166,66.

of D. Gannett

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soldier, and late the wife of Benjamin Gannett, of Sharon in the State of Massachusetts, now deceased, the sum of four hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, being an equivalent for a full pension of eighty dollars per annum, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to the decease of Benjamin Gannett in January, eighteen hundred and thirtyseven, as granted in certain cases to the widows of revolu tionary soldiers by the act passed the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act granting half pay to widows or orphans where their husbands or fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes."

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

nierto be paid the

amount

F. Delesdernier, at

CHAP. 237. An ACT to authorize William Delesdernier, to draw the arrearages of pension due the late Lewis F. Delesdernier at the time of his death.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre Wm. Delesder-sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as which sembled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereWestie, F by, authorized to cause to be paid over to William Delesderthe time of his nier, of Calais, in the county of Washington, in the State of Maine, as the late guardian of Lewis F. Delesdernier, late of said Calais, deceased, the amount which was due him, the said Lewis F. Delesdernier, at the time of his death, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

death.

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N. Chittendon to be paid $96.

CHAP. 238. An ACT for the benefit of the widow of Noah Chittendon.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre The widow of sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the widow of Noah Chittendon, the sum of ninety-six dollars. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

be allowed a pen

month.

CHAP. 239. An ACT for the benefit of Tandy Walker.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre T. Walker to sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as sion of $8 a sembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Tandy Walker on the list of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com mence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and to 'continue during his natural life. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

1838.

C. Sanborn to be paid a pension

CHAP. 240. An ACT granting a pension to Coffin Sanborn. [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, directed to place the name of Coffin Sanborn on the invalid of pension-roll, and pay him at the rate of six dollars and sixtysix cents per month; to commence on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, and to continue during his natural life.

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

$6,66 a month.

CHAP. 241. An ACT granting a pension to Phebe Champe, of Franklin county,
Ohio.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as-
sembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, di-
rected to place the name of Phebe Champe, widow of Sergeant
John Champe, deceased, on the list of revolutionary pensioners,
and pay her, during her natural life, one hundred and twenty
dollars annually; the same to commence and take effect at and
from the fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred
and thirty-one.
Approved, July 7th, 1838.

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CHAP. 242. An ACT granting a pension to Sarah Barney, widow of Samuel
Barney, late of Connecticut.

[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 required to place the name of Sarah Barney, widow of Samuel Barney, late of New Haven Connecticut, deceased, on the pension-roll, and pay her forty dollars per annum, during her natural lifetime, the payment thereof to commence and take effect on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one.

Approved, July 7th, 1838.

s. Barney to be paid a pension of

$40 a year.

CHAP. 243. An ACT granting a pension to John M. Jewell.

of $4 a month.

[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, J. M. Jowell to required to place the name of John M. Jewell, of Windsor, be paid a pension Vermont, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of four dollars per month, during his natural life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. Approved, July 7th, 1838.

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