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TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 79,80, 81, 82. 1847. 695 from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty- creased, from 1 six, the sum of eight dollars per month during his natural life, in lieu ·§g‘“:;YmL*f3; *° gf the pension which he now receives under the act of the twenty- P ` third April, eighteen hundred. Approved, March 3, 1847. Can. LXXIX. —An Act to provide for the jmal Settlement of the Accounts of March 3, 1847. John Spencer, late Receiver of public Moneysat Fort Wayne, Indiana. ···;;·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper Aecwms ugaeeeunting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, author- g¤l¤¤ $'p¢¤¢¤¤‘ $0 ized and required to audit and settle the accounts of John Spencer, p%,,$,°;:,1,Q°,fi0,?.l’,;;'f late receiver of public moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana, upon princi- use and equity. ple of equity and justice; and that whatever sum or sums of money, if any, be found due said Spencer, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1847. Cru?. LXXX. — An Act authorizinga Register to be issued to the Brig Leveret. March 3, 1847. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Register to be of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, under such regula- §*';°m“’ img tions as he shall prescribe, to cause a register to be issued to the 6 e ' brig Leveret, formerly a British vessel, which was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey in the month of November, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and afterwards sold at auction under the directions of Christopher Murray, agent for the underwriters, and purchased by Russel Sturges, a citizen of the United States: Provided, It shall be Proviso. proved, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the treasury, that the cost of the repairs made in the United States by the said Russel Sturges, her present owner, after the purchase aforesaid, shall be equal to three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage and materials in the United States. Aprnovnn, March 3, 1847. Gun. LXXXI. —An Act for the Relief of Bernard 0'Neill. March 3, 1847. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary $2,000 to bg of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Bernard p=¤d¤> B·0’N¢i}l O'Neill, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropri- 1§;,;h;i2;;°{8gl,° ated, the sum of two thousand dollars, in full compensation for the and for sand and use of the government of his land since eighteen hundred and twenty- Eggfrom tm"' seven, and for sand and for wood taken therefrom for the use of the ' United States; and in full for any other damages at any time heretofore done to said_lands by agents of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. LXXXII.—An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of John Much 3, 184,7, Lauson, deceased. -—————— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Rep;-esenuuyu of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, required to pay to the legal °*` -l°h¤ L¤¤·°¤