THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 158, 159, 160, 161, 162. 1855. 861 CHAP. CLVIII.-An Act _/or the Relief of Amos Knapp. March 2, 1855. 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, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Amos Knapp, out of any Pgymgglh to money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to eleven A¤¤<>¤ K¤=1>1>- dollars per month from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty- eight, to the date of approval of this act ; and that his pension, granted by act of July twelve, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, is hereby declared to be increased to the rate of eleven dollars per month, to continue during His pension his natural life: Provided, That any sum which the said Knapp may i¤<>1’°¤¤°d· have received under the act approved July twelve, eighteen hundred and 1852 h 63 fifty-two, shall be deducted from the amount required to be paid by the ’°` provisions of this act. APPROVED, March 2, 1855. CHAP. CLIX. ·—An Act jbr the Reliefof VWIIiam G. Howison. March 2, 1855. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William G. Howison be w, G, Howmm allowed by the proper accounting officers of the treasury, the sum of one W b° ?U<>W°d hundred and sixty-seven dollars, in full for all services as a member of $167 m ML the Auxiliary Guard of the city of Washington. Ari>1z0vn1>, March 2, 1855. Omar. CLX. ———An Actjbr the Relief of Willz'am G. Preston. March 2, 1g5g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars and twenty-five cents be, and the same is hereby, Wm G Pm appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro· mum {,6 img priated, and that the same be paid to William G. Preston, late a captain $875-26- in the war with Mexico, to reimburse him for subsisting his command, and foraging the horses of his company, from Ozark to Washington, in Hempstead county, in the State of Arkansas. Approved, March 2, 1855. Cmlr. CLXI.—An Act for the Relief1x;" Morriss, only Heir of Robert Mitchell, Mmm 2, 1865. 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 pay to Sarah Morriss, wife of S,,,.,,;, Morris. Robert Morriss, and only heir of the late Robert Mitchell, who was ono to be paid of the captors of the Algerine vessels taken by the American squadron $123*73* under the command of Commodore Decatur, the sum of one hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy-three cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, Merch 2, 1855. Gun. CLXII. ~— An Act for the Relief of Mrs. .L Josephine McClellan. March 2, 1866. 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 bc, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Mrs. J. Josephine Baymont to McClellan, widow of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John McClellan, late of 5*;,135 J&;”°‘ the corps of topographical engineers, half the monthly pay to which her ’ ' said husband was entitled at the time of his death, for five years from the date of the death of her said husband; and in case of her death or intermarriage before the expiration of the said term of five years, then the
