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666 TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 285, 286, 287, 288. 1836. carried by said Stockton and Stokes, but by the steamboat company, Nor for- any suspension or withholding of money as aforesaid, for allowances or overpayments made as aforesaid, for carrying an express mail from Baltimore to York, or Lancaster. Nor for any suspension or withholding of money, as aforesaid, for allowances or overpayments made as aforesaid, on route number thirteen hundred and ninety-one, from Westminster to McConnellstown as described in the improved bid. Nor for any suspension or withholding of money as aforesaid for allowances or overpayments made as aforesaid on the route from Baltimore to Wheeling for running a certain daily line between Hagerstown and Wheeling, from the first of September, eighteen hundred and thirty- two, to the first of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, when the line referred to only run tri-weekly. Nor for any suspension or withholding of money as aforesaid for allowances or overpayments made, as aforesaid, on the route from Baltimore to Washington, under the contract of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven 1 but nothing in this proviso shall prejudice any application they may make hereafter in reference to these routes, if they shall think it proper to make such application. (a) Approved, July 2, 1836. Srnurn I. july g_ 18g6_ CHAP- CCLXXXV.—-dn Hot for the relief of the widow zyf Peter Smith. Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, Amount of p_~ directed to pay to the widow of Peter Smith, of Walpole in the state of Sminhspension Massachusetts, the amount of pension which would have accrued to her L‘;:’° pwd *° husband, if he had been placed on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty ` dollars a year, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to the time of his death. Approved, July 2, 1836. Srnvms I. ·l¤lY 2, !836- CHAP. CCLXXXVI.—-dn dot for the relief of Larrred Swallow. Be it enacted, drc., That the Secretary of War be directed to place To b<=_Pl¤¤?d the name of Larned Swallow on the invalid pension list, and cause him °" p°°S‘°"hS" to be paid at the rate of twenty-four dollars a month, during life, to commence on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in lieu of the pension to which he is now entitled by law. Approved, July 2, 1836. Snwuwra I. l July 2, 1836. CHAP. CCLXXXVI1.-dn Act fur the relief of Ephraim Page. Be it enacted, dc., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, To be placed directed to place the name of Ephraim Page, a soldier in the late war, °“ P°¤¤*°¤ lm- upon the list of invalid pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars a month, during his natural life, commencing on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Approved, July 2, 1836. Srnvu I. July 2, 1836, CHAP. CCLXXXVIII.~·-dn Act for the relief of Parker Chase. Be it enacted, Src., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, To be placed directed to place the name of Parker Chase, an officer of the late war, °“ ?‘°“s‘°“ *°ll· on the roll of invalid pensioners, and allow and pay to him a pension at (a) See Kendall ·v. The United States, 12 Peters, 544; Kendall against Stokes and others, 3 Howard, B7.