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558 TWENTY-TIiIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crr.2’7,28,29,30. 1834. Land tm., ven acres of land, situate and lying in the parish of East Baton Rouge, confirmed. in the state of Louisiana, in township number seven, of range one, east, in the district of lands offered for sale in the parish of St. Helena, which tract of land·is bounded on the north, by P. Hickey; on the west, by A.Grass; on the south, by Henry Thomas; and on the east, by William and Francis Thomas; upon his paying to the proper officer of the land office at St. Helena, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five Proviso. cents per acre. Provided, however, That this act shall not be so construed as to interfere with any adverse claim to the land hereby authorized to be purchased, if any such there be. Arimovnn, April 15, 1834. Srunmr; I. ‘_"‘* April 15, 1834. CHAP. XXVII.·——.x]n Act for the reliq of Thomas Richardson. Be it enacted, tfc., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Payment {Oi- sury liquidate the claim of Thomas Richardson, a sutler in the army 8°<>d¤ Pm`- of the United States, in one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and gig'? by s°l' one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, against such soldiers as had permission to purchase goods of him, where such soldiers are dead, and where a balance is due to them from the United States, and where the said Thomas Richardson has, or shall take out letters of administration on the estates of said soldiers; and allow to said Thomas Richardson the amount so due to him, with the interest, and allow to him the amount-paid for taking out letters of administration on said estates, with the interest thereon. Appmp,-;mi,m_ Sec. 2. Anil be it jizrtlicr enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to said Thomas Richardson, out of any money not otherwise appyovgw propriated, the amount so found to be due to him: Provided, That no more shall be paid on each account than is due to such soldier from the United States; and the amount so paid shall be charged to the individual account of said soldiers. Al‘PROVEl), April 15, 1834. Srarurc I. ’*···· April 15, 1834. CHAP. XXVIII. -.071 Ac! for the relief of Samuel Thempsmz. Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Sam- Payment for uel Thompson one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-tive cents, l>l¤¤k¤*¤· out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for that value of blankets fiirnished to diflerent detachmeuts of militia, alter General Hull’s surrender, in the service of the United States. Aimnovnn, April 15, 1834. Smrurs l. -—·——- April 15, 1834. CHAP. XXIX. ··—An He! fm- the relief of Daniel Ilazlelzm and Wil/iam Pzzlmer. Be it enacted, e§~e., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of payment ,-0,. any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven exim work on hundred and soventy-eight dollars and twenty-tive cents, to Daniel Hal‘gh‘*l‘°““°· zleton and Williairi Palmer, lor extra expense incurred in copper-bolting the ibuudation of the light-house on Whale’s Back ledge, near Portsmouth, in the state of New Hampshire, under the direction of the superintendent, according to the terms of their contract. A1’1’ROVED, April 15, 1834. Sryrurn I. ""_" April ,8, ISM_ CHAP. XXX. ——.lln Act for the relief of Ja/ui 7%0mps0n. Bc it enacted, ch., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Payment for Thompson, two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars, for materials lnglemls Md furnished for the erection of public works at Gosport navy yard, and ” °t' for labor performed on said works, and for damages sustained by his