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TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 68, 69, 96, 97. 1839. 759 James Wilson, be, and the same is hereby, released to the legal proprietors of the said lot, on condition that they, or some one of them shall pay to the treasurer of the United States, for the use thereof such sum of money as the Secretary of the Treasury, for the time being shall consider equivalent to the one-third part of the value of the said pr¢> perty, after the consumption of the buildings formerly erected, and prior to the construction of the new buildings now standing thereon: Provided, That the said James C. Wilson, by whom the said deed of trust or mortgage was executed, shall in no event be entitled to or enjoy by force of this law, any advantage, right, or privilege, to which he wduld not have been entitled if it had not been passed. Aernovnn, March 2, 1839. S·rAru·rs IH. CHAP, LXVIII. — An Aol for the regef·q;"t;ke legal representatives of T/wma.; Il March 2, 1839. np e . —————-———- Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to·the legal repre- Payment for sentatives of Thomas T. Triplett, out of any money in the treasury not Y°l“l“E Indian otherwise appropriated, the sum of eleven hundred and thirty-seven dol- 1mpr°V°m°m°' lars, for his services for valuing Creek Indian improvements, and for enrolling Creek Indians, under the Creek treaty of eighteen hundred and twenty-six, deducting therefrom the amount in which the said Triplett stands indebted to the government on the books of the treasury. Approved, March 2, 1839. Srnure III. CHAP. LXIX.—An Act for the relief of John IL Pease. March 2, 1g3Q_ Be it enacted, dec., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John H. Pease, of Nantucket, payment to Massachusetts, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro- him <>Y¤¤9·l¤¤lf priated, the sum of twenty-five dollars; being one-half the amount of a (é:’u;’;"°‘“ f°" forfeiture incurred by him as master of a coasting vessel between said ` Nantucket and New Bedford, in the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, which has been paid into the treasury. Approved, March 2, 1839. Srncre III. CHAP. XCVI. --An Act for the relief of the l?al representatives Qf Michael Fen- March 3, 1839. wich, decease . ·—·—-—-—· Be it enacted, <$}‘c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the legal representatives of Michael Fenwick, deceased, the sum of seven payment {,,1- thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- property depropriated, in full satisfaction for buildings (other than the dwelling- s"°Y°d‘ house) destroyed by the enemy, on the estate of the said deceased, during the late war with Great Britain, in consequence of the occupation of the said buildings by the troops of the United States. Am-Rovnn, March 3, 1839. "'T- Srirurm III. CHAP. XCVII.—./211 Actjbr the settlement of the accounts of Edmund Roberts, late March 3, ]g3g_ dzjalomatic agent of the United States to (Yaclrin China, Illuscat and Siam. —·~;-— Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be authorized to allow to the legal representatives of the late Edmund Auowad the Roberts the salary of a charge d’afl`aires, without the outfit, during the S;l¤¤‘Y,¤l*{ h time he was employed as diplomatic agent of the United States, under €h;l5${H¥u wt his appointment of January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-