THIRTIETH CONGRESS. S1-zss. II. Ch. 36, 37, 38. 1849. 757 ward Quinn on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be paid, l<>*!¢d Edmrd during his natural life, a pension at the fate of three dollars per month, Q""m‘ to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Approved, January 26, 1849. Can. XXXVI. - An Act to authorize the Issuing of o. Register or Enrolment to Feb. 1, 1849. the Ship Annie T ift. "*"""‘—""“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, A register to under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register or en- ;’§,;?;gi;°1§};€ rolment for the ship Annie Tift, formerly a British vessel, called the Kestrel, but now owned by Asa F. Tift, a citizen of the State of Florida; and which said vessel, having been wrecked on the Florida reef, and condemned and sold, was purchased by him, and which he has caused to be repaired and refitted for sea again: Provided, It shall Proviso. be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of repairing and refitting said ship in the United States after purchase by the present owner, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, February 1, 1849. Cnn. XXXVII. —- An Act for the Relief of the forward Officers of the late Ez- Feb. 1, 1849. ploring Expedition. '*___°"' Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper ac- Extra pay alcounting officers of the Treasury Department be authorized and di- Eggdcécgsfff rected, in the settlements of the accounts of the forward officers of the the Exploring late Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, Es- EXP°dm°¤· quire, to allow them the extra pay of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, credited to said officers on the pay-rolls rendered on the arrival of said expedition in the United States, agreeably to the direction of said commander. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of Lieuaqadwatthe Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in the l‘;d,f;a,£Qg,f:£ settlement of the accounts of Lieutenant Cadwallader Ringgold, late tmpayfor ,,,3,,,,. commanding the United States brig Porpoise, attached to the Exploring tifie S¢¤i¢=¢¤· Expedition, to allow and credit him in the extra pay for scientific duties, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, and upon the principle applied to the accounts of Lieutenant W. L. Hudson, then commanding the United States sloop Peacock, attached to said expedition. Arpnovmn, February 1, 1849. Cum-. XXXVIII. —-An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Claim of Henry Feb. 1, 1849. Washington, late a Deputy Surveyor of the Public Lands in Florida. —··········· -· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper Cl=§¤¤}*;fH°¤· accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, author- E', d,,?,;?;; ized and required to settle and adjust the claims of Henry Washing- account of the ton, late a deputy surveyor of the public lands in Florida, for damages 3)’;;§;3°“ gd: sustained by him on account of the abrogation, by the surveyor-general wm, mm fg bg of the district of Florida, of a contract, made by him on the twenty- ¤<i.i¤Sf¤d-
