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434 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 138, 139, 140. 1830. John Wil. by, authorized to relinquish to the United States, the west half of the ¤<>¤’¤ h¢if¤ south-west quarter of section thirteen, in township seven, of range

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tain tract of fore paid thereon towards the payment of the east half of the same land. &¤· quarter; and upon payment in full being made for the said east half in cash, at a discount of thirty-seven and a half per cent., the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall cause apatent to be issued for that tract. Approved, May 28, 1830. Sruurn I. —-——· May 2*% 1830- can-.oxxxw1i..a» na far the meg of mmm mmm, Be it enacted, @*0., That the proper accounting officer of the trea- ¤5:X;‘;‘;'l'p‘;€l_ sury department be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay 8km_ to William Tipton the sum of one thousand one hundred and forty dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; that sum being the amount of the arrears of pension, due him from the United States, as an invalid pensioner from the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four; at which time, the pay- ment of his pension ceased, until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and three, when he was restored to the pension roll. Approved, May 28, 1830. Surun: I. ·········· May 28. 1830- CHAP. CXXXIX.—-./Yn Aci for the relief of General Simon Kenton, Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, To l>¤_Pl¤¤9d authorized and required to place General Simon Kenton upon the list °" p°°S‘°“ lm' of revolutionary pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of twenty dollars a month, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. Appropriation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the pension aforesaid shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, in the same manner that other pensions are now paid. Approved, May 28, 1830. Srnvre I. ""*"" Mw 28, 1830. Can. CXL.—An Act for the relief of Alexander Claxton. 183:* °h· u8" Be it enacted, rye., That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the P¤Y¤?¤€¤¥0f Navy, to pay to the person or persons who may be legally entitled to g°,?;l,;;,"_f£:,;°;S° receive the same, or who may have legally paid the same, the taxable Mitchell, costs decreed to be paid by Alexander Claxton, a Master Commandant . in the Navy of the United States, in the suit prosecuted by him against the English merchant-ship James Mitchell, in the Superior Court of the District of East Florida; and that a sum, not exceeding five thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-eight cents be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Expenses in Sec. 2. And be it fhrtlzcr enacted, That the proper accounting ofii-

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ull6W0d_ directed to audit and allow the accounts of the said Alexander Claxton, for his reasonable expenses, incurred by him in and about the prosecution of his claim for salvage against the English merchant-ship James Mitchell, in the Superior Court of the District of East Florida, so as that said expenses shall not exceed eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents; and that the amount of the said expenses, when ascertained, be paid to the said Alexander Claxton, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Avrnovnn, May 28, 1830.