NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 141, 142, 143, 144. 1826. 353 widow of the said decedent now resides, and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon being furnished with a plat and certificate of the survey of the land, executed by any authorized surveyor of the United States, issue a patent for the same: Provided, however, pw,g,,,_ That this act shall be construed as a mere relinquishment on the part of the government, and as not affecting the rights of any third person. Approved, Muy 20, 1826. ""' Snrura I. Cen. CXLI.—-An dot for the relief of Jesse E Royston, if Missouri. May 20, 1826. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Jesse F. Royston, of Mis- To bg paid {hg sour-i, the sum of eighty dollars, being the value of a horse lost by said value ¤f¤ 1101*86 Royston, while in the service of the United States, during the late war, l?,:,'" °h° lm out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. ` Approved, May 20, 1826. Srn-urn I. CHAP. CXLII.—.»2n dct for the relief of Walker K Jrmistcad. May 22, 1826' Be it enacted, ¤§·c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to ad- Account to be just and settle the accounts of Wallrer K. Armistead, late Lieutenant- ?°“l°d· md 31* Colonel of Engineers, and allow him not exceeding four hundred dollars, °w°n°° me °' for moneys advanced for the recruiting service in eighteen hundred and thirteen, and that the sum be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 22, 1826. Srnurs I. Orme. GXLIII.-An Act for the relief of .dlfred Flournoy. May 22, 1826. Be it enacted, rye., That Alfred Flournoy, of the state of Tennessee, lately a Lieutenant in the army of the United States, and who, in con- May e,,,,,.,,,,,, sequence of the loss of a leg, from a Spanish battery at Pensacola, has sections of land been placed on the pension list at fourteen dollars a month, be, and he *';.‘£d'“°ll°'€° is hereby, authorized and empowered, within eighteen months from the ° p°n°i°n` passing of this act, to enter in any office in the states of Mississippi or Alabama, two sections of land, in commutation of; and in full discharge of his pension: Provided, That no entry shall be made, but of land Proviso. which may have been previously oH`ered at public sale: And provided, Prcviso. He shall not enter a less quantity than a quarter section, unless where it may be a fraction, nor any lands which may have been heretofore relinquished, until altor they may be again offered at public sale. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, on making any entry, in 0,, makin pursuance of the provisions of this act, with any Register, the said any entry, gis Alfred Flournoy shall deposite his pension certiiicate, to be returned by g::;¤;°': °°*’“*l· _ _ . . . s obo said Register to the Secretary of War; and thereupon, his said pension ,,,,,,,,,,,,;_ shall cease and determine, on the next quarter day after such surrender. Approved, May 22, 1826. ‘ Scrururs I. Cru?. CXLIV.-Jln Act for the relief of William Biggs. May 22. 1826- Be it enacted, dw., That William Biggs, of the state of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter three sections of land, in quarter Authorized to sections, of the lands subject to entry at private sale in the Sungamon fi‘;_:’;;;.",';il(§°fl; district, in Illinois, in consideration of his services as lieutenant in the m,,,,,,s_ regiment of the late General George Rogers Clark, which marched against, and subdued, the posts of Kaskaskias and Vincennes. Approved, May 22, 1826. 45 21:2
