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872 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch.241,242,243,244. 1842. Srnvrre II. Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCXLl.—An Act for the reliq" of T/Wiliam H. Robertson, Samuel IL ‘_"——‘"‘ Garrow, and J W Simonton. Be it enacted, Sw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Inmestdue is hereby, directed to remit to William H. Robertson, Samuel H. Gar- ¤¤d_¤h¤¤:¢d row, and J. W. Simonton, the interest due and charged against them

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mem, to be them in favor of the United States, in the district court of the United Y°¤¤m€d» &¤· States for the southern district of Alabama, on the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, for the sum of tive thousand one hundred and nine dollars and seventy-five cents, as the value of the schooner Merino and her cargo, condemned mr a violation of the laws prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the United States, and two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ninety cents for costs of suit; it appearing that the damages and costs of the said judgment have been fully paid; that the violation of law for which the said schooner was condemned was unintentional on the part of the owners of the said schooner, and committed by them before the existence of the law came to their knowledge, and that the principals have become insolvent, and the said interest, if collected, must be collected from their sureties; and the said Secretary is hereby directed, upon payment of all costs incurred, which are legally chargeable upon any suit now pending for the recovery of the same, to suspend all further proceedings for the collection of the interest due and unpaid upon the said judgment, and to cancel all charge for the same upon the books of his office. Avenovnn, August 29, 1842. Sururs II. ... Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCXLll.——An Act for the relief of the legal heirs and representatives of """";"' Hugo Lrebs, deceased. Be it enacted, &c., That the report (number eight) of the register _ Claimjo a lot and receiver of the land office at St. Stephens in the state of Alabama, EI;/5:,b‘l“ °°“° of date twenty-first January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, on the ` claim of Mary J. Krebs, Etienne Krebs, Genevieve Krebs, and Placide Krebs (in right of inheritance to Hugo Krebs,) to a lot of land in the town of Mobile, on Royal street, of ten toises front, with a depth of sixty feet, extending to the river, reported on pursuant to the act of ,8,,9 ch'40_ second March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, be, and the same is p,0,};,,0_ hereby, confirmed: Provided, Such confirmation shall only operate as a release of all right on the part of the United States. Approved, August 29, 1842. STATUTE II. Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. SCXLIH.-—An Act for the relief of Dennis Dygert. Be it enacted, eye., That the Secretary of Wzrr be directed to place To be placed Dennis Dygert, of Herkimer county, in the state of New York, on the ¤¤ P¤¤S¤¤¤ USL list of invalid pensioners, at the rate of ten dollars per month, during his natural life; said pension to commence on the tirst day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. APPKOVEI), August 29, 1842. STATUTE II. ._. Aug. 29, 1842. CHAP. CCXLIV.-—An Act granting 11 pension to ./Zmaziah Goodwin. Be it enacted, dc, That the Secretary of the Navy cause the name To bg placed of Amaziah Goodwin, of the state of Maine, to be placed upon the roll 011 pension wl}- of invalid pensioners, and pay to him six dollars per month during his natural life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty. Approved, August 29, 1842.