436 '1`WENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sress. I. Ch. 145, 154, 155, 156, 157. 1830. Srlrruwrz I. CHAP. CXLV.——.£ln Hctfor the relief of Ann Brashears, of Mississippi. May 98.1830. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That upon the return of a plat and certificate of
survey, legally made, to the General Land Office, a patent shall be
issue. P issued to Ann Brashears for four hundred and eighty arpents of land, in the county of Claiborne, and state of Mississippi, on the north side of the North Fork of Bayou Pierre, being the residue of a tract of eight hundred arpents surveyed for her, under the Spanish Government, by one William Thomas, then Deputy-Surveyor for William Vausdan, Surveyor, after deducting therefrom the quantity of three hundred and twenty arpents which has been confirmed to one Richard Sparks; which survey of eight hundred arpents included the place called the White Lick Ground, and a camp near the centre thereon in which one Benja- Proviso. min Foy once resided: Provided, however, '1`hat such patent shall convey such title only as the United States now may have to it, and shall not include any land to which any other person has a legal title, and shall not be issued until satisfactory evidence be laid before the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that it does not include any land to which any other person sets up a legal title. Approved, May 28, 1830. _____ Srarurn 1. May QQ, ,830 Gnu. CLIV.—·—.·Hn Act proniding for t/te settlentent of the accounts of certain Diplomatic F uncttonarzes. Certain aa- Be it enacted, ¢$•c., That the proper accounting officer of the treaf,;‘:,“fn:,;:’$,:;;: sury be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the direction of the Section or- $,,,,,,3;,,. retary of State, to settle the accounts of William B. Lawrence, late W of S¢¤*·¤· charge des alfairés of the United States at London; of Alexander H. Everett, late Minister of the United States to Spain; and of James Barbour, Junior, late acting Secretary of Legation at London; of William Radcliftj late Consul of the United States at Lima, for diplomatic services performed upon the death of the charge des affairés of the United States, and of William H. D. C. Wright, Consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, for diplomatic services performed upon the retirement of the charge des atfairés of the United States; as far as the same shall appear to the Secretary of State to have been sanctioned by instructions from the Department of State, or to have a just and equitable foundation in usage. Avenovnn, May 29, 1830. S·rArv·rm I. —;— MW 29» l83°· Crue. CLV.--.tln. Act for the relief of Thomas Blackwell. Five year¤’ pay Be it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the trea-
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- w;3P°°l“ ‘*l‘ sury be, and they hereby are, authorized and required to settle and ad-
' just the account of Thomas Blackwell, a captain of the army of the revolution, and allow to him five years’ full pay; which five years’ full pay is the commutation of his half pay for life; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. _ Avvnovrzn, May 29, 1830. b·u·rv·rz l. -—————— May E9; 1830- Crux-. CLV1.—.»él:i Act for the rclief of ./Jlexcmder Scott. payment yo, Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the sum of one thousand four hundred and
*1;:: seventy-one dollars and ninety-seven cents be paid, out of any money in
v,;m,z,,5,,_ the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Alexander Scott, on account of his services as a political agent of the Government of the United States in Venezuela. Approved, May 29, 1830. Snrurr: I. May 29, 1830. CHAP. CLVII.-——.r]n Het for the relief of Charles Collins. 1,,,),,,,,,,,, to mg, Be it enmriezl, rye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is on account of hereby, directed to pay to Charles Collins, late Collector of the Port bng Nedeshdt and District of Bristol, in Rhode Island, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, two hundred and forty-five dollars and
