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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 141, 142, 143, 144. 1857. 513 regiment of Kentucky militia, commanded by Colonel Parker in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve with Great Britain, be placed upon the pension roll, and that he be allowed the half-pay of a second sergeant, to commence from the first day of the present Congress. Approved, March 3, 1857. CgA1>, CXLI.—-An Aclflr the Relief of Emilie R. Hooc, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. March 3» 1857- Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted CB,,,,,,,1,,,d,,t to Mrs. Emilie R. Hooe, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the widow of Prairie du Chien the late Alex. S. Hooe, a. tract of land, at said Prairie du Chien, con- §';?§;d,{°g‘fé taining about sixteen acres, it being the same tract of land conveyed for' a specific purpose and .without consideration, by Joseph Rolittle, the father of said Emilie R. Hooe, to the United States, on the nineteenth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, the same being no longer used or wanted for the purpose for which it was conveyed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall only operate as a This act to release of the United States from all claim to the premises hereby ;_’§{;‘;?é’,}‘g1;‘S ° ranted. ` g Approved, March 3, 1857. cine. CXLII.—An Aecfm the Reznrgueenw G-. Emery. Merch 3. 1857- Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y" 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 £§°’>i;5,\f,f;g;EBw not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Matthew G. Emery the sum of Emcryin {uu three thousand three hundred and seventy-tive dollars, in full of his ac- ofan accountcount for hauling marble for the government from the seventh day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty~three, which account is set out in the petition filed by the claimant in this cause. Approved, March 3, 1857. CHAP. CXLIII.—An Act for the Relief of Thomas M Mwed. March 3, 1957- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Settlement of ofiicer be and he hereby is authorized to settle and pay to Thomas M. §i’°g,‘;’;;§f U‘°S· N ewcll, a commander in the navy, such sum as may be due to him in his` capacity of commander, from the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, to the thirteenth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, under existing laws, in the same manner as though no application had ever been made to Congress by the said Newell in relation thereto. Approved, March 3, 1857. CHAP. CXLIV.—An Act for the Relief of Dolly Empson. March Sv 1857* Be it enacted by the Senate and [base <y" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of Dolly Empson, Dolly Empson of the State of Tennessee, widow of Jacob Empson, deceased, a. private to b? Phiftg °¤ in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, be placed on the pension roll; §:g?l;):l1g§6_ mm and that she be allowed and paid, by the proper officer of the government, such pension as is now allowed by law to the widows of soldiers who were killed in battle or died in the service of wounds received in battle or of disease contracted in the service in the line of their duty, or who died at any time after being discharged of wounds received or of