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536 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. 1833. ized to be entered, and in case said west half of the north-west quarter of section thirteen, township eleven, range seventeen, shall have been entered, the register, upon the surrender of the original certificate of purchase, shall issue to said Adams a certificate, or scrip, for the amount paid, which shall be received in payment of any other lands within said district, now subject to private entry. STUUTE IL Approved, February 20, 1833. -· Crux-. XLVI.—.22n Act for the relief of the widow of Joseph Knight. 1;,),,,,,,,,, of Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, amount due J. directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- §“‘§l:f”,:.*h° priated, to the widow of Joseph Knight, late a soldier in Captain Bend;“,,,,,m_ is jamin Pierce's company, in the corps of artillery, the amount due to said Joseph at the time of his decease, by virtue of the certificate of John Gale, assistant surgeon of the corps of United States' artillery, now on tile at the war department. S.,,,.,.,,.,.,, IL Approved, February 20, 1833. Feb. 27, 1833. —-··————-— CHAP. XLVII.—.£n Act for the relief of Glover Broughton, ry` Marblehead, lale ownerrf the jishiing oc otmcr Union; and, also, for the relief of the crew qf said vessel. Allowance ma Be it enacted, &c., That the Collector of the port of Marblehead, in

,h,,,g,,(,h,,,,,,,,,. the state of Massachusetts, be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to

lon atsea. Glover Broughton, and the officers and crew of the said schooner Union, which was lost at sea, to be distributed according to law, the same sum said vessel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty, or drawback, if she had safely arrived in port, having complied with all the requirements of law necessary to secure such drawback or bounty for having been engaged four months or more in the cod fishery. Am-novan, February 27, 1833. Sruurr: II. Feb ”· lm c»n¤·.xLv111.-an an for at may ty rm:. rn amy, .1 aam. Be it enacted, &§•c., That the Collector of the Customs for the Disn*:,g:":;‘,f:;:°: trict of Marblehead, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to

O,,,,,?,,,,_ Josiah P. Creesy, and the heirs and representatives of the persons who

composed the crew of the schooner_ Panther, of fifty-four eighty ninety- fifths tons burthen, lost at sea, and not having been heard from since, such allowance or bounty, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive, had the said schooner completed her fishing term, and returned into port. Approved, February 27, 1833. Srnwsll. ········—· Feb. 27, 1833. Ci-rar. XLIX. -- An dc! for the relief of John S. Devlin. Be it enacted, dec., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Acccunt of I. sury be, and they are hereby, directed to settle the accounts of John S. §;“?:;’:g';g;’;"‘ Devlin, Quartermaster Sergeant in the United States' marine corps, ,0 be ,,,,;,,,1; upon principles of equity and justice. &·c- Approved, February 27, 1833. Snrura II. —·*··* Foggy, yg33_ CHAP. L.-·An Aut for the relief of Jllescamler Doruzlson. ""“""""""‘ Be it enacted, qc., That the Third Auditor of the Treasury ascer- Qlgim {0,- {OBS tain the amount due to Alexander Donelson, assignee of David G. of a horse, dw. Howard, for the loss of a horse for the want of forage during the Semi-

mdm'L£d nole campaign, and for his horse equipments; on the same principles

` that the like cases have heretofore been decided by him ; and the