160 FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 36, 3*7, 38, 42. 1816. A11°W°<1 *119 claim of Erastus Loomis, and allow him the pay and emoluments of a li?;,§£,:tS°2?"d second lieutenant of marines, from the first day of August, one thoumarines. sand eight hundred and fourteen, to the twenty-eighth of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen ; also the expenses incurred by said Loomis, in consequence of a wound received by him whilst gallantly doing his duty on board the brig Eagle, in the action on Lake Champlain, on the eleventh of September, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; the amount whereof shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 25, 1816. Sryrurn I. .-- April 2. 1816- onli-. xxxvr.-an no for me may of Jenn r. wm. Umm ,0 be Be it enacted, dm., That the proper accounting officers of the war _ scene.}, sm, department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the claim of John T. Wirt, assistant deputy quartermaster-general, and to allow him, in the settlement thereof, such credits as may be equitable and 'ust. Approved, April 2, 1816. Srarvrn I. ... 5*11 2r wm- Crur. XXXVII.-.01:. Actplacing certain persons on thelist of.N'av·y Pcrtsioners. Secretary of Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is 2;°,,fgg:f)1’ll‘;flf hereby, authorized and required to place on the list of navy pensioners Bmw-, ih., gc,. those persons who were wounded at Dartmoor prison, in England, in gamnzztgindsi OM the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; also the and the 5d?,;,; widows and children of such as were killed, or who died in conseand children of quence of wounds received there; and that, in the allowance of pen-
- l,’,;’:°d;:l"`j)‘b °' sions to the persons aforesaid, the regulations established by law, in
wounds received relation to the placing persons on the list of navy pensioners, be
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B';:;: ,‘§f)‘nf‘},f:1‘° Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be construed Gui April, 1815. to take effect from the sixth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. Approved, April 2, 1816. S·rs·r¤·rs 1. AP1'11 2» 1816- Gun. XXXVIII.—-An Act authorizing and requiring the Secretary of State to """“"""""""" issue letters patent to Andrew Kurtz. S?;**;;°£"';*` Be it enacted, ¢$•c., That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, im,,,, p,,,,,,,, to authorized and required to issue letters patent to Andrew Kurtz, for his Andrew Kurtz. invention of a new method of manufacturing the charcoal of wood, and purifying the pyroligneous acid, obtained by the distillation of wood, lpé? utf; Fpp 21, upon his complying with the requisites of the act entitled "An act to ’° ‘ ‘ promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore Ac,,,,,- A ru 1.-, made for that purpose; " and an act entitled "An act to extend the 1800, ch. l privilege of obtaining patents for useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein mentioned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights of patentees," except so far as the said acts, or any part or parts of them, require a residence of two years within the United States, in like manner, in all respects, as if the said Andrew Kurtz had resided two years within the United States. Avrnovnn, April 2, 1816. S·rwru*rr·: 1. April 9, 1816. Cr-rn. XLII. ·—An Act for the remission of certain duties on the importation of ""*"‘*····‘·· books for the use of Harvard College, and on the carriage and personal baggage tg; 7::1;.:Ia/czccllcncy William Gore, Governor of the British. Province of Upper bg*;g;¤n°¤g>°1¤¤ Be it enacted, dec., That all duties due and payable to the United g States on an invoice of books belonging to Harvard Co1lege‘in Cam-
