464 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. S12ss.H. Ch.101,102. 1831. of land granted to the said Peter Celestino Walker, by the Spanish Government by warrant, and order of survey, which has been sold by the United States. And that the legal representatives of John Peter Walker, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter and locate on any of the public lands of the United States in the state of Mississippi which have been offered for sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale, five hundred acres of land, in legal subdivisions, in lieu of the quantity of five hundred acres, granted to the said John Peter Walker, by the Spanish Government by warrant and order of survey, which has been sold by the United States. Jmphwdkoy Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Walker be, and he ¤¤¢h<¤i¤<-=d ¤¤ hereby is, authorized to enter and locate on any of the public lands of {::3* ""°°°f the United States, in the state of Mississippi, which have been offered ` at public sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale, Eve hundred acres of land, by legal subdivisions, in lieu of five hundred acres granted to the said Joseph Walker by the Spanish Government, by warrant and order of survey, which has been sold by the United States. Armtovnn, March 2, 1831. Surtrrs II. March 3, 1831. C1-in. CI.-.9rt Act for the relief if William T Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme """"’""°"" Court of the United States. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two thousand dollars be appro- Payment for priated, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money °°"Y,;9°“ l" ml"' in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to compensate William T. ?$ré,::§;::°°° Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court, for engrossing the minutes of the Court, orc. said Court from August term, eighteen hundred and twenty, to August term, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, for transcribing the causes decided in said court for thirty-one terms, entering under each cause, all motions, orders, continuances, judgments, decrees, and other proceedings; and, also, for arranging and labelling the documents of the said Court: all which services, not pertaining to the regular official duties of the said Carroll, were performed in obedience to an order of the Court, made at January term, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. Armtovsn, March 3, 1831. Srnuu H. March 3, 183.1. CHAP. CII.-·-An Act for the relief of Beverly Chew, the heirs of William Emer- ""‘“""""""" son, deceased, and the heirs of Edwin Lorraine, deceased. Pf¤¤ml>l¤· Whereas, the brig Josepha Secunda was condemned in the name of the United States, in the District Court of the United States for the Louisiana District, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, on the seizure and prosecution, and at the sole expense of Beverly Chew, Collector of the District of Mississippi, William Emerson, deceased, Surveyor, and Edwin Lorraine, deceased, Naval Officer of the port of New Orleans, for an infraction of the slave laws: And whereas the one-half of the proceeds of the said brig and her cargo are now deposited, subject to the order of the said Court, which half would have been payable to the said Beverly Chew, William Emerson, and Edwin Lorraine, but for an omission in the laws heretofore passed on that subject: Therefore, Be it enacted, &~c., That the District Court of the United States for Proceeds ofa the Louisiana District, be authorized and directed to order the proceeds grain Q$¤¤¤F¤ of the said seizure now deposited, subject to the order of the said court, p"to be paid over to the said Beverly Chew, and the legal representatives of the said William Emerson and Edwin Lorraine, respectively Approved, March 3, 1831.
