688 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 30, 38, 41, 42. 1847. Feb. 25, 1847. Cas?. XXX. —An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Morrison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the A pension of United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be f,}Zwg§‘ J';;;;}; granted to Joseph Morrison, late first lieutenant in the thirty-third Morrison. regiment of infantry, a pension, at the rate of seventeen dollars a month, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to continue during his natural life—the said Morrison having been wounded in battle while acting as lieutenant of marines on board the brig Eagle, in the action on Lake Champlain, September eleventh, one tbousand eight hundred and fourteen. Approved, February 25, 1847. March 2, 1847. Cru?. XXXVIII.— An Act further to extend the Charter of the Union Bank of ‘_’_""""' Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the th;-°;};;_t::*°2? United States ¢y" America in Congress assembled, That the act enti- ,,,,,,1 bank furuler tled "An Act to extend the Charter of the Union Bank of Georgeextended. town, in the District of Columbia," approved the twenty-fifth day of 1838* °h’ 3g' May, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, further extended to the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, until which time said act shall be in full force, for the sole purpose of enabling the president and directors of Promo. the said bank, for the time being, to close its affairs: Provided, That said bank shall not exercise any banking privileges, or any other powers, except to collect and pay its debts, and close up its business Approved, March 2, 1847. E¤F¤l19. l8<Y7· Cnar. XLI. - An Act for the Relief of Hobson Johns. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
msg; United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
and adjust the of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to audit =w¤¤¤¤¢ ¤f H¤b- and adjust the account of Hobson Johns for tobacco furnished the °°° J°°"‘ navy under his contract with the department, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, and if the said Secretary shall be satisfied that said Johns entered into said contract under a mistake as to the standard sample furnished by the department, in consequence of a new and superior sample having been substituted by the department for the one originally shown said Johns, of which substitution he was, at the time of making said contract, ignorant, the said Secretary shall $*1** f¤¤h¢f allow said Johns such further compensation, over and above the price
nm: stipulated in said contract, as shall be just and equitable; which
as his just and allowance, when so ascertained, the Secretary of the Treasury is °‘i“"“b1°· hereby directed to pay out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. A1-mzovnn, March 2, 1847. March 2, 1847. Cru?. XLII. -—An Actfo-r the Relief of Elijah White, and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the W§:°’;;2Hmz;g United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ,0 Pay them the of War be authorized to pay to Elijah White, Charles Saxton, Oms amount of their Brown, M. S. Chapman, the respective losses sustained by them, not
