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TWENTY-FIFTII CONGRESS. S. [H. Ch. 118,119,120,l21,122. 1839. 765 Sts1U!! III. Crux-. CXVIH.— An .Bel for the relief of Joseph Pierce andothers. March 3, 1839. Be it enacted, rye., That the sum of ninety-three dollars and eighteen cents, with interest thereon from the first day of September, one thou- Moneypaid sand eight hundred and seventeen, until the pa sage of this act, be paid f°’ °°’***“ *****1 to Joseph Pierce, Mary Pierce, Jeremiah H. Pierce, David Z. Pierce, t° b° '°f°°d°d' James Steele, Horatio G. Phillips, Elnathan Carey, and Daniel Hubble, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; which sum was paid by the said Joseph Pierce and company for seventy-six acres and eighty-five hundredths of land lying within the reserve of twelve miles square at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, in the state of Ohio, and the title to which tract was confirmed to Samuel Ewing by an act of Congress dated seventh of May, one thou- Act of May 7, sand eight hundred and twenty-two; and that the said Joseph Pierce 1822»°h-W9- and company be, and they are hereby, exempted from all further pay- ments for said lands. Am-Rovmn, March 3, 1839. _"`“ Scrum-: III. CHAP. CXIX.-—An Act granting a pension io Harvey Reynolds. Much 3_ 1g3e_ Be it enacted, ctc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Harvey Reynolds, of the To y,, pim,,,; state of Vermont, on the list of invalid pensioners, and to pay him out on pension list. of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four dollars per month; to commence from the lst of January, eighteen [hundred] and thirty-four, and to continue during his natural life. Approved, March 3, 1839. ······· Srsrur: III. CHAP. CXX. —An Act for the benefit of Eliphalct Spajard. Much 3, l539, Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Eliphalet Spafford on the list of invalid To beplaced pensioners, at the rate of four dollars a month; to commence the first °¤ P°¤¤°¤ lmday of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and to continue during his natural life. Avrnovnn, March 3, 1839. """" S·n·rv·rs III. CHAP. CXXI.-—An Jai for the reliefo/' Rosaline Prod/wmmc. Much 3, ;33g_ Be it enacted, rfc., That Rosaline Prudhomme, widow of the late Jean Baptiste Prudhomme, of the county of Natchitoches, in the state Lnpd claim of Louisiana, is hereby confirmed in her claim to a tract of land situated ¤¤¤h¤¤=¤d· in the aforesaid county, on or near the bayou La Deesa, containing six hundred and forty superficial acres, being section six, in township number twelve, north of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and range number eleven, west of the basis meridian; on which said ltosalme resides : Provided, This confirmation shall only operate as a relinquish- Pmvim, ment to said Rosaline Prudhomme of such rights as the United States may have to said tract of land, and shall not in any manner adject the rights of third persons to the same; nor shall this confirmation give any right or claim upon the United States for indemnification, in case the whole or any part of said land shall be lost. _ Approved, March 3, 1839. Srnurs III. CHAP. CXXII.-An det for the reliq of Isaac Miller-. March 3, 1839. Be it enacted, rfc., That Isaac Miller, of Union county, Illinois, bc, ,g‘g:7c;‘:{;,?;‘3‘l;‘ and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such and receive mf form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may require, cer- other therefor. is