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NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 103, 104,105,106,10`7. 1826. 349 S·u·ru·rn I. Cru?. CHI.-adn dot for the relief of Sarah Vcnabk and Jane Morgan. May gg, ]3g5_ Be it enacted, nyc., That the bounty land which Peter Woosely, alias Oosely, a deceased soldier, is, or was entitled to, be, and the same is Bounpland to hereby, declared to be vested in Sarah Venable, to whom it was devised wlgglgcl dgren by the last will of the said Peter; and that such arrearages of pay, pen- ,m,,d_ vgsted Q, sion, and clothing, as may be found due to him, be paid to Jane Mor- Sarah Venable, gan, formerly Jane Venable, to whom he devised it, out of any money *°°· in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That nothing in ]>m,,;,,~,_ this act shall ailect the right or claim of the heirs of the said Peter, should they be able in any court to assert their claim, and show that said devises are insufficient in law, and of none etfect. Approved, May 20, 1826.

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Crux-. CIV.-An Act to make compensation to Hugh McClung, for a tract of May 20, 1826. land nituate in the state of Tennessee. _"‘°`°‘_°" Bc it enacted, gc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directe to pay to Hugh McClung, of the county of Lancas- 1’ayment to_ ter, in the state of Pennsylvania, the sum of five thousand dollars, in Qml-°*l““d"' full compensation for a tract of land, containing six hundred and forty °nn°m°` acres, situate in the county of Hamilton, and District of East Tennessee, to which the said Hugh claimed title, and which is secured to James Brown, a Cherokee Indian, in fee simple, by the third article of the Convention between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians, made at the city of 'Washington, and dated the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and which was recovered by the said James Brown, by the judgment of the Federal Circuit Court, for said District of East Tennessee, at the October term thereoi one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of money shall Appropriation. be paid to the said Hugh out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 20, 1826. S I _ rnurrr . Can. CV. —-An dot for the relief of Wtlliam Thompson. May 20, 1826. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to place William Thompson, a seaman, who was To boplaced wounded on board the cutter Louisiana, on the tenth of August, eigh- °“ P°”*°” lmteen hundred and nineteen, with a musket-ball, upon the pension list, in the same manner, and upon the same terms, as if he had received the said wound in the naval service of the United States. Arr-novsn, May 20, 1826. -—-- Snzrucrs I. Ch.u=.CV1.-An Act for the realty' of VK and J Montgomery. May 20, 1826- Be it enacted, qc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to W. and J. Montgomery the sum of eight $87|.94 to be hundred and seventy-one dollars ninety-four cents; being the nett gmd 2*6*;* ¤¤ amount of drawback, to which they are entitled, on the shipment of one mw °‘° ' hundred and fifty bags of coffee, from New Orleans to Antwerp, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 20, 1826. ———-—— Srxrvrz 1. CHAP.C`V1I.·—.d1l Act for the reliq ty" Michael Hof May go, ;3g5_ Be it enacted,¢$·c., That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to remgéo Michael Hoi?