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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS or was UNITED STATE S, Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on ]VIonday, the fifth day of December, 1842, and ended on the third day of Jllarch, 1843. JOHN TYLER, President of the United States; Wr1.L1r1 P. Msucum, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Joim Wnrrn, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE III. pm 23 1g4g_ Crisp. I.—An det to authorize the issuing of a new register for the American ship ·——-——;-—— Westchester of Maw York, by the name of the Atlantic of 1\‘ew York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United Anewregister States ry America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, under °°b° “°“° · the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a new register for the American ship Westchester, by the name of the Atlantic of New York, which vessel is now owned by Taylor and Merrill and Augustus Whitlock, and which, having been wrecked and condemned, was purchased by them, and which they have caused to be rebuilt with a new keel, kelson, stem and new bottom, and throughout to be thoroughly repaired Proving. and relitted: Provided, That satisfactory evidence be first furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury, that the provisions of the existing laws relating to new registers to be issued to vessels in such cases, except as to the name thereof, have been complied with. Approved, December 23, 1842. Srnore III. "";‘ J un, 20, 1843, CHAP. V.—An Act for the relief of Cornelius Wilson and James Canter. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of War cause to be made up Payment for a pay-roll for the services of Cornelius Wilson and James Canter, pri- ¤1€1’*:<:*E¤ um vates in the company of volunteer militia from the state of North Caromi'E,,¤_ "° lma, commanded by Captain William W. Pedru or J. J. Bryan, raised by a requisition of General Winfield Scott, on the Governor of said state of North Carolina, dated April eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty- eight, to aid him in removing the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi, allowing them the same pay, pro rata, which was allowed the other privates of said company, from the time they arrived at the place of rendezvous to the time of their rejection for insufficiency of health, including pay and rations for travel each way, to and from the place of rendezvous, and certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby required and directed to pay the amount thereof to the said Cornelius Wilson and James Canter, or to their respective legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being for services rendered by said Cornelius Wilson and James Canter in a company of North Carolina volunteer militia called out to aid in the removal of the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi. Ammovnn, January 20, 1843. (878)