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EIGHT EENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 63, 67, 68, 69, 70. 1825. 329 Snrura II. Cmir. LXlll.—.fln Ac! for the relief if gre representatives of Noel Soileau, de- March 3, 1825. cease . """';‘_ Be it enacted, rfc., That the heirs and legal representatives of Noel Soileau, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to Their claim to six hundred and forty acres of land, lying near the Bayou Crocodile, in f‘*°d*?°"‘f_ °‘l . the Grand Prairie, in the county of Opelousas, in the state of Louisiana; ,1; ,,:,l:,;;,;:1Q2` it being the same on which Hilaire Bordelou resided in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen: Provided, This act shall be con- proviso_ sidered only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and as not operating to the prejudice of any third person. Approved, March 8, 1825. '—""" Srn·U:rr·: II. Cmur. LXV`II.—.drn dclfor the relief of Francis PV`ri_ght, San, and other heirs of Mm-ch 3, ]3g5_ Francis Wright, deceased. ?—·-—·· Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Francis Wright, Son, and other Alana way- heirs of Francis Wright, deceased, a military land warrant for one hun- Hm #100 ¤°¤'€¤ dred acres of land for revolutionary services of the deceased, in lieu of Eel: 1°S“°d t° a warrant for the same quantity of land which had been issued to the ` said Francis Wright, Son, and other heirs of Francis Wright, in February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and which is proven to have been lost before the same was located. Approved, March 3, 1825.

—— Survive II.

CHAP. LXVI1`L—AnJct for the relief of Stephen Thatcher. March 3, 1825. Be it enc ctcd, &c., That, in settling the accounts of Stephen Thatcher, collector of the customs of the district of Passamaquoddy, in the state To be nllowcd of Maine, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and required to $2£*;,°,?:g°d allow to said Thatcher the sum of two thousand eight hundred and two ag ` dollars and sixty-one cents; which sum is charged said Thatcher in his accounts with the treasury department, and claimed by him as a foreign tonnage duty on certain British colonial vessels, which entered in said district in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, said Thatcher having admitted them to enter on the payment of the same duties as American vessels. Approved, March 3, 1825. Snwn H. CHAP. LXIX.-.Lln Ac! for the relief of Captain Richard Hightower. Mamll 3v 1825- Be it enacted, &§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- paw 2, E sury department admit to the credit of Captain Richard Hightower, the credit of Capt. sum of five hundred dollars, and if that sum shall exceed the amount gx3Q3i8h?'?,:,, of his account, or the judgment which the United States have obtained ofa j,{d mem against the said Hightower, that such remaining balance be paid to him obtained against out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. h"“ by ‘h° U·S· Approved, March 3, 1825. ·········· Srn·urn II. CHAP. LXX.— An Act for the relief of Jlloses Plumcr. March 3. 1825_ Be it enacted, &c., That it shall and may be lawful for Moses Plumer, a soldier in the late war, to locate and enter, with the Register of the Any umppl-C,- Land Office for the proper district in the territory of Arkansas, accord- Dfiafed mi itu? ing to the sectional and divisional lines, any unappropriated quarter gill};;?,; f:?,?? section of land within the military district in said territory; and, upon kansasm be such location and entry being made, it shall be the duty of the register •¤¤t¢r¢d by himto issue to the said Moses Plumer, a certificate, specifygrg therein the 42 2 c