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590 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sms .I. Ch. 215, 216, 217,218. 1834. Srnurs I. June 30, 1834. CHAP. CCXV.-An Act for the relieyééf theuiegal representatives of Joseph Torrey, ——··-———-——-——- tear Bc it enacted, ¢§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Five years' sury do settle the account of Joseph Torrey, a Major of the revolutionf““.P‘Y °f *1 ary army, in Colonel Hazen’s regiment of the revolutionary army, and {lf,;}:: °u°w°d allow him five years’ full pay of a major, as a commutation for the half i pay for life, which, by the resolve of October twenty-one, seventeen hundred and eighty, Congress engaged to pay to the officers of the revolutionary army, who should serve to the end of the war. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum so found due be paid to the legal representatives of the said Joseph Torrey, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 30, 1834. S·rn¤·rs I. June 30, 1834. Gun. CCXVI.-dn Act for the reIig" if Margaret Riker. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Seven yeanf is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Margaret Riker, the widow

l{B';Y£{°;cd of Abraham Riker, a captain in the army of the revolution, who died in

h,¥_°l service on the seventh day of May, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, seven years' half pay of a captain of the second regiment of New York, on continental establishment. Armovmu, June 30, 1834. Srnurs I. W June S0, 1834. CHAP. CCXV'1I.—.»Q¢z Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Lucy Bond, "‘···*·‘·· Hannah Douglass, Elizabeth Goodwin and Margaret Leitch. Be it enacted, eye., That there be paid, out of any money in the trea- Seven ye¤rs’ sury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of the late hell Pay vt CW- Lucy Bond, widow of the late William Bond, a colonel in the army of j:;},,°é,g°:;’éi:l' the revolution, who died in service on the thirty-first day of August, widows or ro- seventeen hundred and seventy-six; to the legal representatives of the P¤'¤¤¤¤¤¤iV¢¤· late Hannah Douglass, widow of the late William Douglass, also a colo— nel in said army, who died in service on the twenty-seventh day of March, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven; to the legal representatives of the late Margaret Leitch, widow of the late Major Andrew Leitch, a major in the army of the revolution, who died in service the fifteenth of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, and to the legal representatives of Elizabeth Goodwin, widow of the late Nathaniel Goodwin, a Captain in the army of the revolution, who died in service on the first day of May seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, the seven years’ half pay of said officers, respectively, to which their widows and children were entitled by the resolution of Congress of the twenty-fourth of August seventeen hundred and eighty. Approved, June 30, 1834. Srnura I. W {func 30, 1834. CHAP. CCXVIH.-——An ./Zcl for the relief ty" Col. .0. R. Woolley. Be it enacted, eye., That the sum of nine hundred and sixty-eight Pgymgngof dollars and seventy-nine cents, out of any moneys in the treasury not nrraumges. otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid to Col. A. R. Woolley, late of the army of the United States, for his arrcarages of pay and subsistence and emoluments, while held accountable for the public property with which he had been charged, and settling and closing his accounts for the same. Approved, June 30, 1834.