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TWEN TY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 172,173, 174, -175. 1839. 777 Section III. CHAP. CLXXII.-An del for the relief¢y’tl•e legal representatives of James Maw March 3, 1839. well, of Pennsylvania. #;—-· Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of War cause to be issued to the legal representatives of James Maxwell, of Pennsylvania, for his ser· wgggrglthed vices during the war of the revolution, a bounty land warrant for one issued. 0 B hundred acres of land. Approved, March 3, 1839. ·······*** S·ru.·nu III. CHAP. CLXXll1.——An het for the reliq`¢f.1.lbralmm Sllpp. Much 3, 1889. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue scrip to Abraham Stipp, of Land serip to Vermillion county, in the state of Indiana, and in his name, on the au- be i”“°d· thority of a warrant (number four thousand six hundred and thirty-three) granted by the state of Virginia to Charles Fierer, for two thousand acres of military bounty land, or for so much thereof as may remain unsatisfied, in conformity with the provisions contained in the second section of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil Actof March and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight 3= 1835» ch- 30· hundred and thirty-five," approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-five; the said Abraham Stipp first having Bled a bond, with suiiicient security, in a penalty at least double the amount of the scrip so to be issued, conditioned to reimburse to the United States the amount of such scrip in case any other person shall hereafter claim and establish a right to said warrant. The said scrip ·shall be executed in the form prescribed by the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain officers Actof May 30, and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army 183*% ***-215- during the revolutionary war," approved May thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty. It shall be assignable, as in said act is provided, and available for the purposes in that act mentioned, or in the acts amendatory or supplemental thereto. Approved, March 3, 1839. ——- S·r.u·u·re III. CHAP. CLXXIV.-—-dn Act for the relief of Captain John Vannettin and his cam· March 3, 1839, pany, for their services, during the late war. ·—·——·—·- Be it enacted, <.§·c., That the Paymaster-General of the United States pay to Captain John Vannettin, and to each of the commissioned officers, Payment of non-commissioned officers and privates, the amount to which each is ¢•Hi9¤r¤._&;c-of entitled for at tour of duty in the service of the United States as Ohio Ohm mm""' draughted militia, commencing on the eleventh of May, and ending on the twenty-fifth of May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, both days inclusive. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That two hundred and sixty-three Appropriation. dollars and twenty-two cents be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the first section of this act; payment to be made to the legal representatives where the person who performed the service has or shall decease without receiving the amount due to him. Approved, March 3, 1839. Snwucrs III. Cnu. CLXXV. —An Act for the relic of Joseph R. Folsom and the owners and March 3, 183g_ crew of the schooner Galaxy, ej'fBucksport, in the state of Mazrte. -——-—·——-— Be it enacted c. That the collector of the customs for the district of Penobscot, iii the istate of Maine, is hereby authorized and directed ,£,gg;';Q{§0°g°: to pay to Joseph R. Folsom, the owners, master, and crew of the fishing mm; sea, 98