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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 99, 100, 101, 102. 1855. 855 the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, to continue during his life. APPROVED, February 13, 1855. CHAP. XCIX.-·· An Act for the Reliefqf the Heirs of Larkin Smith. I56b_ 13, 1g5g_ Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives ey" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required, out of any money *°PY€S€9mlV€S in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the legal represen- of Lmkm Smith' tatives of Larkin Smith, five years’ full pay of a captain of cavalry, the same being due the said Larkin Smith for services as a captain of cavalry in the army of the United States, in the war of the Revolution. APP1z0vn1>, February 13, 1855. CHAP. C. ·-An Act to change the Name of the Schooner "Hemjq Plantagenet" to that of Feb. 13, 1865. " A. G. Brow~¢." -..---- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United RG .S,, Y ,0 is States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the suetdl'1‘1feHenry Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to admit to register, Pl¤¤¤¤s<¤¤<>t ¤¤— under the name of “A. G. Brown," the American-built schooner now (Xr§fg1§,32;Ih° owned by Ebenezer Clark, of Jackson county, in the State of Mississippi, and known as the “Henry Plantagenet? Approved, February 13, 1855. CHAP. CI.-An Act for the Relief rg; the lgidow and Children if Ezra Chapman, Feb. 14, 1855. CCCGSC . .-—---—-—·—·—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting oflicers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, required to pay to the lawful administrators of Ezra Chapman, late of Tolland, Connecticut, deceased, for the benefit of his widow and children, the sum of eight admiggiggglsgz. hundred and forty dollars, the same being the aggregate amount of seven Em, Chapman, years' half-pay of Ezra Chapman, the father of the aforesaid Ezra Chapman, deceased, who was an ensign in the army of the Revolution, and died in the service of the United States, on the first day of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, and which sum of money was due to the said Ezra Chapman, deceased, on account of the services of his said father, by the provisions of the resolution of Congress passed the twenty-fourth day of August, seventeen hundred and eighty. Approved, February 14, 1855. - CHAP. CII. -—— An Accjor the Relief of D0n B. Jaan Domereq, a Spanish Subject. Feb, 14, 1355, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to examine and investigate the claim of Don B. Juan Domercq, a Spanish subject, for a quantity of tobacco belonging 56,,,],,,,,,,,,, of to him, and taken and used for purposes of defence, by order of Colonel claim of Don B. Childs, at the siege of Puebla, in Mexico, in the year Anno Domini J“““D°m°'°‘l‘ eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and to allow and pay said Domercq for so much of said tobacco, not exceeding in quantity seven hundred and twenty-one bales, and at a price not exceeding twenty-four dollars the bale, as shall be proved, to the satisfaction of~> said secretary, to have been destroyed or lost in consequence of said tobacco having been taken and used as aforesaid. And the said Secretary of War shall also allow