TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch.'7,8,9,10. 1828. 371 Snrvzre I. Crmp. VII.--An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issue a patent to Eliza- F°b· 2L 1828- betlz H. Bu//lcley, widow of Chauncey Bulkley, deceased. W Be it enacted, ¢$•c., That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State A_P¤¢¢¤¢ *0 to issue letters patent to Elizabeth H. Bulkley, widow of Chauncey b‘?d‘”“°‘}°g°b° Bulkley, deceased, two-thirds of the proceeds to be in trust for the chil- ds; dren of said Chauncey Bulkley, for the invention of a plan for making $=¢¤S¢¢L Y0? #16 shovels, spades, and scythes, by welding iron and steel together, and "}v°*¥’°" ZL;) rolling the same, alleged to have been discovered by the said Chauncey ghzgeggc. g Bulkley, in his lifetime, upon the presentation at the Patent Office of the original specification and application, made out by the said Chauncey Bulkley, which patent shall have the same force and effect as if it had been granted to the said Chauncey Bulkley, himself Approved, February 21, 1828. Sururs I. Crux-. VIII.—An Hot for the relief of Hampton L. Boone, of Missouri. Feb- 21. l828· Be it enacted, rye., That the accounting officers of the treasury are hereby authorized and required to allow and pay to Hampton L. Boone, $36275 *<> b¤ late clerk in the Registefs Office at Franklin, in Missouri, the sum of f’;dI;° g;;:?` three hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-five cents, in full, for for Canaan duperforming the duties of register of that office, from the fourteenth day ties Peffmmedof November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-tive, to the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. Approved, Februarv 21, 1828. Srnnrx I. CHAP. IX.-./2n Act authorizing a regéstez to be issued for the brig Liberator, of Merch 10, 1828. at . ""—”; Be it enacted, 4§·e., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby _ authorized to order a register to be issued to the brig Liberator, of Bath, bA.“"€'§‘i" *3] formerly a British vessel, called the Liberator, the said vessel having b;éSEi,€,.,3_0,,_° been stranded on the coast of the United States, and purchased by Patker McCobb, a citizen of the United States, and by him repaired: Pro- Proviso. vided, That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owner, exceed three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Aernovrm, March 10, 1828. Sruurs I. CHAP. X.-An Act for the relief of ¥WlIiam Thompson. March 1Q, 1828. Be it enacted., ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to William Thompson, late paymaster of the thirty-sixth regiment of Virginia $Q98.6$ to be militia, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, }i?;‘gnYV*U§';*n the sum of two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents, accounqsgf EL for so much money paid by said William Thompson on account of the sey Farr and services of Elsey Farr, Thomas Waters, William Gibbs, William °‘b"’°~ M’Clanahan, John Pennquite, Isaac Silvey, Caleb Walker, Henry Way, Robert Shackleford, Fauntly R. Stone, George Appleby, Ignatius Mitchell, William Remus, and George Scott, an allowance whereof was suspended for the want of proper vouchers, deducting therefrom any _ sum due from the said William Thompson to the United States: Pro- PYOYM- vided, That, before any money be paid under this act, the said William
