TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 15, 18, 19. 1847. 685 claims of Joshua Shaw upon the government of the United States, and of Joshua Shaw report to the proper oflioers of the treasury, for payment, such amount imdb *° ’°p°*”* as may be found due him, upon principles of justice and equity, not :3:,, beaujggumgs exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; which amount is hereby di- ¤¤t exceeding rented to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise amount appropriated, as a full compensation for the past and future use of found due to be his invention of percussion caps and locks for small arms, and percus- Pm him ¥¤ ml sion locks and wafer primers to be applied to the tiring of cannon. °°mP°°Sm°°' Approved, February 20, 1847. Crux-. XV.—An Act granting a Pension to Patrick Kelly. ]_T‘6b_ gg, ]g4,7_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House- of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary if P°¤'l*:E gf of War be directed to place the name of Patrick Kelly upon the in- {gwé? m°’§,,mc1Q valid pension roll; and that a pension be granted to said Patrick Kelly- Kelly, at the rate of eight dollars a month, from and after the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Approved, February 20, 1847. Crrar. XVIII. — An Aetfor the Relief of Ray Tompkins and others, the Children Feb. 22, 184-7. and Heirs-at Law of the late Daniel D. Tompkins. **—"i' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary The sum of of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, $@379502 ;°.b° out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the lg;] ctr? D_°u5f children and heirs of Daniel D. Tompkins, late governor of the State Tompkins. of New York, deceased, the sum of forty-nine thousand even hundred and ninety-five dollars and two cents. Approved, February 22, 1847. Crnr. XIX. — An.Aet to authorize the Issuing rig? a new Register for the Amer- Feb. 23, 1847. ican Barqua Pons, of Philadelphia, by t c name of the Cordelia. *****1*-* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, A new register under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a new register E l°° lS¤'¤=d *`°* for the American barque Pons, by the name of the Cordelia, of Phil- by°tlf:,rq::mE°’:{ adelphia, which vessel was recently sold in that city, in pursuance of the Cordelia. an order of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as having been unlawfully engaged in the slave trade, and is now owned by Edward Harris Miles: Provided, That this act If1‘¤vi¤¤ ¤¤ I0
hall not be so construed as to dispense with the requirements of ex- '°g‘“°"‘
isting laws relating to new registers to be issued to vessels, except as to the name thereof; and that satisfactory evidence of a full compliance with those requirements shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury before a new register shall be issued, as herein provided. Approved, February 23, 1847.
