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592 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 224, 225, 226, 227. 1834. deducting therefrom any sum or balance standing against him on the books of the treasury, be paid to him out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, June 30, 1834. Snruu I. ·""*“ June 30, 1834. CHAP. CCXXIV.-dn dct for the reliq" of James Fife, a Oreck Indian. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, Value ofa authorized and directed to cause to be ascertained the fair value of one gg2Q2E; horse, stolen from James Fife, a Creek Indian, by white men, in the and paid_ spring} of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three; and that the said value, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said James Fife, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 30, 1834. Sruurn I. ———-— JH11B 30. 1834- CHAP. CCXXV.—-An det for the relief of Willz'am Mann. Be it enacted, ¢§•c., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Accouutto be sury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to

g£"’,E§g;l(;*':,‘%1° adjust and settle, upon the principles of equity, the accounts of William

paid_Mann, late deputy marshal of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia; and that the sum, if any, found due to him, be paid out of proviso, any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The said William Mann shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that he is legally entitled to the claims contained in his accounts,-and the said accounting officers are to be restricted in making said settlement to such claims as the proper judge is authorized by law or usage to allow in other cases, and when made and certified by him, are properly chargeable on the treasury. Approved, June 30, 1834. Snrun I. ——-— June 80, 1834. CHAP. CCXXVI.-—An Act for the relig offolm .0. Webster, and for the legal ’_-"""*" representatives of Jo n Coleman, deceased. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is Pension grant- hereby, authorized and required to place the name of John A. Webster, Qgggsfglln A· late a sailing-master in the navy of the United States, on the navy pen- ` sion list, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, payable from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. payment of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy prize money to pay to the legal representatives of John Coleman deceased the sum of

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;:;“ one hundred and twenty dollars and forty-two cents, reported on the

'books of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury to the said John Coleman, for his share of prize money for the British vessels captured on Lake Champlain, during the late war; to be paid out of any money not other- Wise appropriated. Armovnn, June 30, 1834. Srnurs I. —·-··--— June 30, 1834. Cr-nv. CCXXVII.——An .0ct granting to General Philemon Thomas, of Louisiana, "'”"""""" a tract of land in consideration of the military services rendered b him in taking lgossession of that portion of West Florida included in the district of Baton ouge. Be it enacted, <§·c., That Major-General Philemon Thomas be, and Authorize;} to he is hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, at the proper Land

silsndln Office, on any of the public lands within the state of Louisiana, the

"°‘ quantity of twelve hundred and eighty acres of land: Provided, That Provigg, the same shall be located in tracts of not less than six hundred and forty acres, according to le al subdivisions. Approved, June 35, 1834.