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600 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Su s. I. Ch.256,25'7,25S,259,260. 1834. Srnumm I. June 30, 1834. CHAP. CCLVI. -An Act for the relief of Francis and Jitdith Taylor. Be it enacted, &·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Seven years? hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the treal!“lfp“Y °f“ sury not otherwise appropriated, to Francis and Judith Taylor, the lieutenant al- . . . . lgwgd ,0 ,h,,m_ latter being the child and sole representative of I·1enry Field, (formerly a lieutenant in the continental line of the revolutionary army, and who died while in the service,) a sum equal to the half pay of said Field as lieutenant for the term of seven years, in pursuance of the resolution of Congress of twenty-fourth of August, seventeen hundred and eighty. Approved, June 30, 1834. Srnvrs I. """"" J¤¤¤ 30.1834- Cnn. CCLVII.-dn Act to rqfwidbthe extra tonnage duty paid on the brig "i""‘"" i erator. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized Extra tonnage to refund the extra tonnage duty paid on a vessel called the Liberator, ?“’g Q be *'°‘ which vessel arrived in the United States in the year one thousand eight un °hundred and twenty-seven, and the amount of duty which would have been paid on the same vessel if she had been an American vessel, to the person or persons who have paid such excess; and to pay such amount out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Ar-movmn, June 30, 1834. Sruurs I. `—"" J`un¤*30, 1834. CHAP. CCLVIII. --.411 Act authorizin Edmund Brooke to remove to the District "*""*‘_""* of Columbia, two slaves, owned by lim prior to his removal from Virginia. Be it enacted, dm., That Edmund Brooke, of Georgetown, in the Allcwcdtcrc- District of Columbia, be authorized, and permission is hereby granted {g‘m;§l,’§;f;,;;" him, to bring from the state of Virginia, into the said District of Columof g,,i,,mb,,_ bia, two negro slaves, namely, John and Alfred, the property of the said Brooke; and to have and to exercise the same rights of property, and of ownership, over the said slaves, as if they had been brought by the said Brooke into the said District at the time of his removal to the said District of Columbia, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. This act shall be in force from its passage. AP1‘ROVED, June 30, 1834. Srnun I. ——-— June 30, IBE4. CHAP. CCLIX. —-An Act for the relieyiuof the Roman Catholic Church at St. "“"""""" louis, tssouri. _ Be it enacted, dm., That the duties on a set of five bells, with their t311g2a ;¤6;>gf- necessary appendages of brass, iron, and wood, (being donations by inwbo ,,,m;m°d‘_ drvtduals lrestding in Europe, to the Roman Catholic Church at St. Louis, Missouri,) imported from Havre, in France, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty~four, into the port of New Orleans, by the Roman Catholic bishop of St. Louis, be, and the same are hereby, remitted; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to repay to the said bishop, or to his successor in office, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of such sum or sums of moneyJ as rnéig qzgreplbecn paid for or on account of said duties. PPROVED, une , . Srnvrn I. ·——·-— June 30, 1834, CHAP- CCLX.—J1n ·a6ffo7‘ M6 1‘eliefty°]0h¤n Emerson, Bc it enacted, dns., That the proper accounting officers of the trea·· Account to bg sury, be, and they are hereby, required to settle and adjust the account udiusted. &¤. of John Emerson, and allow him five years' full pay as a lieutenant of