TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 136, 137, 138. 1828. 387 either of their heirs, or legal representatives, a tract of land not exceeding two leagues square, situated in the county of Madison, and state of Missouri, commonly known by the name of the Mine La Motte, according to a field plat and survey, made by Nathaniel Cook, deputy surveyor, of St. Genevieve, made on the twenty-second day ofFebruary, one thousand eight hundred and six: Provided, Said location shall be made, as Pmviso. nearly as may be, conformable to the contiguous public surveys: And provided further, That this confirmation shall extend only to a relin- proviso, quishment of title on the part of the United States, nor prejudice the rights of third persons, nor any title heretofore derived from the United States, either by purchase or donation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- Patents to be sury shall cause patents to issue to the before-named Francis Valle, l°*“°d· Jean Baptiste Valle, Jean Baptiste Pratte, and St. James Beauvois, or to their heirs or legal representatives, upon the exhibition to him, in case of the decease of the aforesaid persons, that those who may claim patents under this act are the legal heirs or representatives of the person or persons deceased. Approved, May 24, 1828. -——- Srnurm I. Crue. CXXXVI.—./2n Jaz for the relief of John Miles. . May MJ 1g2g` Be it enacted, <§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Claim for the sury department settle and adjust the claim of John Miles, for the man- Qagltgatgtltgebgf ufaeturing of one thousand one hundred and thirteen muskets, for the ggtglgd, United States, and make him such further allowance, for each stand of arms, as shall be equal to that allowed to others who contracted with the United States, by Tench Coxe, purveyor, to manufacture arms, and who have had their contracts settled under special acts of Congress; keeping in view the quality of the arms delivered, with the additional labor bestowed more than would have been necessary to have made muskets equal to the pattern gun; and the amount so allowed shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 24, 1828. ——- STATUTE I. Cru?. CXXXVII.—.8n. dot for the relief of Mary Reynolds. Q Be it enacted, ¢§~e., That the sum of one thousand three hundred and Payment tc her twenty-three dollars and eighty-eight cents, be paid to Mary Reynolds, §;,“,:;l“f_‘::b2:§ executrix of the last will and testament of John Reynolds, deceased, out foerevolutionary of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum °l°*m· appears to have been due to the said John Reynolds, in his lifetime, as a commissary in the clothing department for the state of Rhode Island, during the revolutionary war. Approved, May 24, 1828. ·—--—-— S·n·ru·rn I. Cine. CXXXVII1.—An Act for the bene/it of John Winton, of the state of May mV1g2g' Tennessee. _"""""` Be it enarted, £§·o., That there shall be paid to John Winton, of the Pe;/ment W him state of Tennessee, the sum of five thousand dollars, out of any money §°rC;:,°l0§;';°dI;€ in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however, That dian. _ said sum shall not be paid until said Winton shall produce to the Sec- P'°"”°· retary of the Treasury satisfactory proof that, by deed, recorded in the proper office of the clerk of Hamilton county, he has .relinquished to William Brown, all title which he has to a certain tract of land, of six hundred and forty acres, situated in said county, and which was reserved in fee simple to said William Brown, by treaty between the United
