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TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 139, 141}, 141, 142. 1836. 643 and allow him the same pay and emolument that a major of engineers Allowed the would have received, (if discharging the same duties,) for the time he WY °*l“ m”·l°*' was actually superintending the construction of the Delaware break- °f°°gm°c”‘ water, under orders from the Quartermaster-General : and that the sum so found his due be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Arwxzovrzn, June 23, 1836. ""**" Smnurs I. CHAP. CXXXIX.—An Act to revive and extend the provisions of an act passed on June 23, 1836. the twentyfourth May, eighteen hundred and twentyjfour, entitled "An act for "’**——‘— the relief of the representatives of John Donelsan, Stephen Heard, and 0lhers." Be it enacted, ¢$·c., That an act entitled "An act for the relief of ActofM¤rch the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others," be, 2* *82*% °h· . . . . 142, extended. and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the term of Ac, ,,,1,1,},19, twelve months from and after the passage of this act, and that the said 1832, ch.81. representatives, in addition to the states of Alabama and Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter said lands at any of the land offices in Louisiana or Arkansas. Armzovmi, June 23, 1835. _"; Snrrnra I. CHAP. CXL. —An Act for the relief of David Browning. June 23, ]g36_ Be it enacted, &c., That David Browning be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Com- May relinquish missioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the south—east ¤**¤¤¤0fl¤¤d. quarter of the north-cast quarter of section number twenty, and town- zlllsleflgaeiédli" ship number forty-nine, north of the base line, range number two, east thereoti of the fifth principal meridian, in the district of lands now offered for sale at Palmyra, in the state of Missouri; and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Browning shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter any other quarter quarter section of land in the said district, which shall be liable to entry at private sale. Apmzovno, June 23, 1836. _. Sururs I. CHAP. CXLI.—-An Act for the relief of James Robertson, of South Carolina. I une 28, 1836. Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not Amountofadotherwise appropriated, to James Robertson of Charleston, South Caro- dllmal duty °¤ lina, the additional duty imposed by the act of the third March, eigh- §E;?,l?S;“g],,, teen hundred and thirty-three, on thirty bales of plains, ordered in refunded. October, in eighteen hundred and thirty-two, under the act of fourteenth lg}; °{h·l;lY 14- July, of that year, and imported at the port of Charleston, in the months ’ °2T' of June and August, eighteen hundred and thirty-three : Provided, That Proviso. satisfactory proof shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury, that the said plains were ordered previous to the passage of the act of the third Act of March of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; and that said duties have 2»1833· **1*55- not been returned in debentures on the exportation of said merchandise. Approved, June 28, 1836. _—·—·· Snruriz I. CHAP. CXLI1.—An Act for the relief of Samuel Hunt. June 28, 1836, Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to place the name of Samuel Hunt, of Oakham, in. the county To be placed of Worcester, in the state of Massachusetts, on the roll of invalid pen- °¤ P°¤¤¤°¤ ¥°U· sioners, and pay to him eight dollars per month, during his natural life, commencing on the tirst day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Aeruovan, June 28, 1836.