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80 TENTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 21,32, 35, 37. 1809. Srnura II. Feb. 28, 1809. Crux-. XXI.———.tln Act for the relief of Daniel Cotton. Be it enacted &c. That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Au,,,,,,,c,, ,-0, sury be, and tlreiy are hereby authorised and] dgected to segtle thef aadetemionof ship count of Daniel Cotton, and allow hrm for the etentron an use o hrs Anm M'*'“*· ship, called the Arma Maria, from the twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, when she was arrested by the Boy of Tunis, until the twenty-third day of May following, when she discharged her Tunisian cargo at Marseilles, allowing him while in port the usual rate of demurrage, and whrle on the_voyage the usual rate of freight, agreeably tcllphe bérphen og me said ship; and after deductin from the whole sum owe or suc etentron, emurrage and freight, five thousand dollars paid to the master of said ship by William Eaton, then consul for the United States at Tunis, they pay the balance, with interest, to said Daniel Cotton, out of any moneys rn the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 28, 1809. Snrcrr II. Much 3I 18097 Camp. XXXII.-adn .0z:t for the reltef of Jacob Barmtz. _"""""` Be it enacted, r$·c., That there be allowed to Jacob Barnitz, formerly an ensign in Captain Christian Stoke’s company, in Colonel Swope’s Allowance on _ . . accounzcfsutl battalion of the Pennsylvania dying camp, the sum of one thousand f°"“‘8°> *l'·°· dollars, on account of sufferings, and expgnses gn procprrng medical ang surgical aid, incurred by wounds receive rn the revo utronary war wrt Great Britain, and that the same be paid to him out of any money remaining in the treasury not otherwise approprrated. Awnovsn, March 3, 1809. Sururs II. Much 8 1g0g_ Crux-. XXXV.-do Jct to extend to Amos Wlfiftemorc and I/Wiliam I/Vhéttemore, .4 junior, the patent right to a machine for mamtfrustue-ing- cotton and wool cards. Be it enacted, rfc., That all the privileges and benefits granted to Parent right Amos Whittemore, of the state of Massachusetts, in consideration of a °*‘°'*d°d- machine invented by him for the manufacture of cotton and wool cards within the United States, by a patent issued from the Department of State, and bearing date the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, be, and the same are hereby extended to Amos Whittemore, and William Whittemore, junior, as joint proprietors of the said machine, for and during the term of fourteen years, to commence on the fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand Act0,·Fcb_m, eight hundred and eleven; any thing in the act entitled "An act to 1793, ch. rr. promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose," to the contrary notwithstanding. _ Arr-rtovrxn, March 3, 1809. Srnurs II. —-———-—· March 3, IBO9. CHAP. XXXVH.-—JIn Act concerning invalid pensioners. .Bc it enacted, •$·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby Secretary of directed to place the following named persons, whose claims have been y;*¥0“’°l3v;*:° transmitted to Congpess, pursuant to a law passed the tenth of April, mmm pmgm, one thousand eight undred and six, on the pension list of invalid pencn the pension sroners_of the United States, according to the rates, and to commence 1*2:, JA 1 at the times herein mentioned, that is to say: l0_ ,805, 6W2S_ Oxford Tash, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per month, t0 Pensioncrsand commence on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and lll6U' YBKBS. g6vgn_ Hezekiah Sawtell, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per month,