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922 TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sass}. Ch.125,l26,127,128,l29. 1844. Surura I. June 17, 1844. Cm?. CXXV.—.Rn Act for the relief ry" George Harrison and his surelies. Be it enacted, &c., That George Harrison, a regimental paymaster of Exonerated Kentucky militia during the late war with Great Britain, be, and he is 53;; dba1a?,:; hereby, exonerated and acquitted of and from the sum of three hundred U_ Sq gm? and ninety-three dollars and twenty-six cents, part of the balance reported and claimed as due from him and his sureties to the United States, upon his accounts as such paymaster, together with all interest accrued on said sum; and that the surety or sureties of said Harrison, as such paymaster, be, and are hereby, acquitted of and from all responsibility or liability for or on account of such suretyship, and from all judgments or demands of the United States on that account. Aprnovmn, June 17, 1844. Snruu I. -—i June 17, 1844. CHAP. CXXVI.-An dcifor the relief of (Ftarles Wl Morgan. Bc it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be autho- Payment for rized and directed to pay to Captain Charles W. Morgan, of the United 3?;;°‘“ °""°°*'• States’ navy, the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars for extraorpe,.,s;,;_°x` dinary expenses incurred by him while he commanded the United States’ squadron in the Mediterranean in the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, in conducting the negotiation with the minister plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Morocco, in relation to the indignity offered to the United States' Consul, Thomas N. Carr; in entertaining the Queen of Prussia and her suite; and in relation to the reception and entertainment of the Prince of Syracuse and the Prince of Lucca; including, also losses on stores, laid in at Toulon for a cruise, which were abandoned and sold upon being suddenly recalled by the Navy Department; the said allowance being made in full compensation for all extraordinary expenses incurred by the said Captain Charles W. Morgan during his command of the Mediterranean squadron, as aforesaid, and to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 17, 1844. Sntrurn I. {_. June 17, 1844. Gun. CX)(VII.—An Act for the relief of Lathrop Foster. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of War be directed to place To be placed the name of Lathrop Foster on the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate °“ P°“S‘°" *°u· of one-half the pay of a private, from the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. APPROVED, June 17, 1844. Snrurs I. M June 17, 1844. CHAP. CXXVIII. —.An Act for the relief of Harvey Helh. Be it enacted, qc., That the Secretary of War cause to be paid to Payment for Harvey Heth, of Cass county, Indiana, the sum of {bur hundred dollars, §°"'fn‘£;l’sY"d out of the annuity which is or shall be due to the Wabash band of the YPottawatomie Indians; the said sum of four hundred dollars being the value of a field of corn used and destroyed by the said Indians, of the property of said Heth, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Approved, June 17, 1844. Snrurz I. —-- June i7_ ;g44_ CHAP. CXXIX.-An Act for the relief of Daniel W Church. Be it enacted, dj·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, T., bguplgcgd required to place the name of Daniel W. Church on the invalid pension vn p<·=¤¤10¤ YOU- roll; and there shall be paid out of the treasury of the United States, to