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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS or rum UNITED STATES, Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth day o December 1824, and ended on the third dar o Jllarch 1825. s _ J s Jruvrns Mormon, President ; Dnmnr. D. Tomrxms, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Joni: GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore; HENRY CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Dec. 28, 18% STATUTE II. ··············—··· CHAP· II.-—An Act concerning General Lafayette. 200,000_dol1nrs Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

  • >° {>¢L§¤d t€·e¢¤· United States of America in C0ngrc$S assembled, That, in consider;;,-

°" m ‘ tion of the services and sacrifices of General Lafayette, in the war of the Revolution, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to him the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Om township Sno, 2. And be it further enacted, That there be granted to the of umd to be said General Lafayette and his heirs, one township of land, to be laid €"‘“*‘°d l“'”· out and located under the authority of the President, in any of the unappropriated lands of the United States. Approved, December 28, 1824. Srarvrn II. *""" Feb. 6, 1825. Crux-. VII1.-Andct authorizing the Ygssuing of letters patent to Adolphus G. """*""‘*" oct. Letters patent Be it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, L‘{mb°,°;““§;°&nf° authorized and required to issue letters patent, in the usual form, to 5,,,, of ,, mw Adolphus G. Trott, for his invention of a new and useful dye for the dN¤· coloring of cloths, upon his complying with all the provisions of the several acts of Congress relative to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts require, on the part of aliens, a residence of two years. Approved, February 5, 1825. Sn-rurn II. -——--— M"-¤'°h 3; 1825- Crux-. XVII.-An Act for the relief of Samuel Baylies. Payment to him Be it enacted, Qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he 2;,'§g{m:?:'“K is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherd,,,,m,,s_ G wise appropriated, to Samuel Baylies, the sum of two hundred dollars, for apprehending and delivering twenty deserters to the commanding pihcer at Fort Armstrong, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ourteen. Approved, March 3, 1825. Srnvrm II. M"°h 3* 1m' Cr-ur. XIX.—.»9n Act for the relief of Jacob A. Blackwell. Bwsns ,0 be Be it enacted Qc., That there be paid to Jacob A. Blackwell, out paid him, being of any money m the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ‘·h° *'“°““* W four hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents, being the ($20)