802 TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 40, 45, 46, 55, 56. l840. S·r,uu·rs I. July 3, 1840. CHAP. XL.-An Act to continue the corporate existence of certain Banks in the -——————-— District of Columbia, for certain purposes. Be it enacted, <§·c., That the provisions, restrictions, and enactments Act of May 25, of the Act of (Jongress of the twenty-fifth May, eighteen hundred and §?;;d‘g5 gs- thirty-eight, entitled "An act to extend the charter of the Union Bank ,hEm_ 0 of Georgetown in the District of Columbia," be, and the same are hereby, extended to the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown, the Bank of the Metropolis, the Bank ofWas}1ington, the Patriotic Bank of Washington, the Bank of the Potomac, and the Farmers Bank of Pr0viB<>· Alexandria: Provided, That whenever in the original act the hrst of July eighteen hundred and thirty-eight occurs it shall be so construed as to mean the fourth of July eighteen hundred and rbrty; and whenever the first of July eighteen hundred and forty-two occurs it shall be construed to mean the fourth of July eighteen hundred and forty-four. Aeenovnn, July 3, 1840. Snrurs I. "" July 4, 1840. CHAP. XLV. -An det to refund a fine imposed on the late Matthew Lyon, under "'"""‘" the sedition {law, to his legal heirs and representatives. _ Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is ¢;?"¤l¤ H¤°· hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal heirs and repre- Eire}:;?;;?' t° sentatives of Matthew Lyon, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand and sixty dollars and ninety-six cents, with interest thereon from the ninth day of February, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine to the passing of this act. Arnnovnn, July 4, 1840. , Srururs I. -—;- J¤lY 4, IBN- CnAr·.XLVI.-./Zn Act for the relief of John WC Monette. Be it enacted rfc. That the President of the United States cause bLand pgtent to patents to be isshed to John Wesley Monette, for lots numbered one, ° ‘"“° · three, and four, in townships sixteen, of range twelve, east, in the district north of Red River, in the state of Louisiana, said lands having been duly entered and paid for by said John Wesley Monette. Approved, July 4, 1840. Sururn I. -——· July 20, 1840. CHAP. LV. —An Act for the relief of Ichabod Beardsley, of Mw York. Be it enacted, @*1:. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, Tv b¤ Pl¤<>¢•l authorized and requiied to place the name of Ichabod Beardsley on the °2§°3?l_?`?nl;’7l; roll of Revolutionary Pensioners, under the act of Congress passed the 1832, (5;,125, seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and that he pay to the said Ichabod Beardsley the pension of a private for the service of eighteen months under saidlaw, from the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, during his natural life. Approved, July 20, 1840. Sruurs I. ········ Jul? 20- lS40· CHAP. LV].-An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Davidson, widow of John Davidson. _ Be it enacted, <§·c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, GTG be pl¤¢¢<ll directed to place the name of Elizabeth Davidson on the revolutionary “ p°"S‘°“ m ‘ pension roll, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum during her life, to commence on the tenth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty- four, the day of the death of her husband. Aer-irovsn, July 20, 1840.
