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196 FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.1I. Ch.97, 98, 113. 1817. ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid to the said Boisgervais, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Avraovnn, March 3, 1817. Srnurs II. Much 3, jg]; Gun. XCVI1.-dn Act for the rclig of the widow and children of Abraham -—i—- wen. The bgngfjtg Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the widow and children of Abraham Owen, of the 2d section late a volunteer aid-de-camp of General William H. Harrison, shall be

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05%,, and Soy. approved the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, diers who serv- entitled "An act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in °gi“:, 2*: S;"' the late campaign on the Wabash ;" and that they be allowed the same iv§b,,,h_ ex. sum of money to which they would have been entitled had the rank of tended to them. major been regularly assigned to the said Abraham Owen. Appro nation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said allowance be paid Act olp April to the aid widow and children, according to the provisions of the said 10’ 1812* °11'54' act, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Apvaovao, March 3, 1817. Srxrurz II. March 3, 1817. CHAP. XCVIII.-An Act for the relief of dlexander Holmes and Benjamin

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Claim of sur- Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- '°Y°’¤*° b° sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to °°"1°°1' audit and settle the claim of Alexander Holmes, and Benjamin Hough, for expenses incurred in endeavouring to survey military bounty lands in the Michigan territory, and to survey into sections the land on each side of the road, laid out from the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the lake to the Western boundary line of the Connecticut western reserve, and from which survey they were prevented by Indian hostility; and that they allow them, in the settlement of the same, a reasonable compensation for such expenses as were necessarily incurred. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be itfurtlicr enacted, That the amount thereoi when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Alexander Holmes and Benjamin Hough, respectively, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1817. Srarurm Il`. March 3, 1817. Ch.-xr. CXIII.-.00 Act for the reliq" if PV¥lliam Oliver. Chim for d5_ Be it enacted, &·c., That the additional accountant of the war depart- Bn-nmcn of his ment be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle houses to be the claim of William Oliver, on account of the destruction of his houses, °°"1°°1‘ by order of the officer who commanded at Fort Wayne, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and he allow him, in the settlement thereofQ the value of the said houses at that time. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid to the said William Oliver, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1817.