THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 16, 17, 21, 22. 1853. 743 per centum upon the amount of military contributions received by him while acting as purser to the United States frigate Congress, and pay- master and oommissary to the land forces, on the coast of the Pacific, during the Mexitan war, and that the same be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; the said allowance to bein full compensation for all extra services, expenses, and losses, during the period aforesaid, according to the spirit of the act of March third, 1849,ch. 12s. eighteen hundred and forty-nine, “ to provide for the settlement of accounts of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions, or otherwise, in Mexico? Approved, January 13, 1853. Crmr. XVI. — An Act for tbe Relief of Sidney S. Abwtt. Jim. 18, 1853. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sidney S. Alcott be, and Sidney S. A1- he is hereby authorized to enter, within twelve months after the passage °°t'* °·“°W°d !° of this act, with the Register of the Land Office at Ionia, in the State 3K?;,,;;, 0°}°f:;gi of Michigan, the south-east quarter of section thirty-four, township two north, of range five west; or in case the same has already been entered, then the same quantity of land belonging to the United States subject to entry in said district, which shall be in full of all claims by said Alcott against the United States for and on account of the sum of two hundred dollars paid to the receiver of said office for land, in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for which he has received no equivalent. Approved, January 13, 1853. CHAP. XVII. —An Act granting a Pension to M·s. Elizabeth V Loma::. Jan. 13, 1853. Be it enacted by the Senate and [muse ty' Representatives of the United States of America in Obngress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Elizabeth v_ terior be, and he is hereby directed to place the name of Mrs. Elizabeth L<>¤¤¤< to b¤ V. Lomax, widow of Mann Page Lomax, deceased, late Major of the gggign ,,%?]_ tm Ordnance Corps, United States Army, on the pension roll, at the rate of one half the monthly pay to which her husband was entitled at the time of his death, commencing on the first day of January, A. D. eighteen 1853, ch, 53, hundred and fifty, and to continue for and during the term of five years. Approved, January 13, 1853. Cmxr. XXI.- An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Armistead. Jam gg, 1353, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Euzabethmmterior be directed to place the name of Elizabeth Armistead, widow of i’g°"d **E’°Pl“°‘ the late General Walker K. Armistead, upon the list of pensioners, and §i,,,,°;,u_ ° pcm to pay to her a pension at the rate of one-half the pay per month to which her said husband was entitled at the time of his death; said pension to commence on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and continue during her natural life or widowhood. Approved, January 20, 1853. CHAP. XXII. —-An Act jbr the Reliefqf Mrs. E. A. Mcllkil, widow of the late General Jim- 20, 1853- John McNeil. ""‘”""*"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the Dbzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mrs. E. A. Me- Treasury be, and lie hereby is authorized and directed to pay to Mrs. E. il;;:; of Pggl A- McNeil, widow of the late General John McNeil, out of any money sim, of my Hug. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the arrears of pension b¤·¤>d- claimed by her late husband, at the rate of thirty dollars a month, com-
