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708 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 6, 13, 14, 15. 1847. Much 2, 1847. [No. 6.] - Joint Resolution fog tl; rgzlpment of the Accounts of Purser W . . y. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the GA§·°°*g*“ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting bé ,,,_,m;,§'7,,,d officers of the treasury be authorized to settle the accounts of the certain 'iterns United States ship Boston, Captain Pendergrast, and pass to the credit g;‘;s§‘;‘g_t° h"" of the purser, G. R. Barry, the items charged to him in the reconciling statement of his accounts. Approved, March 2, 1847. March 3, 1847. [No. 13.] -Joint Resolution for thedlteliefdof the Children of Stephen Johnson, ·—····—‘···· ecease . R?§i”*°'f md Be it enacted by the Senate and House of.Represéntatives of the f,°;§:;"; g,,,,;;? United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commisky to receive a sioner of the General Land Oihce cause the register and receiver at

§'*f)°“fe,§;“‘§ Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to receive a certificate of the heirs of Stephen

srepiieaseimsen, Johnson, granted to them under "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs ygggf of gg [children] of Stephen Johnson, deceased," approved July twentieth, p,,,;,,,,';.,,'.,,, eighteen hundred and forty, m payment for any_haltiseenon of lend one half-section in the Wyandot reserve not otherwise appropriated: Provided, the Q: '“°‘““l"“d’“ minimum price of said half-section shall not exceed two dollars and e Wyandot reserve, fifty cents per acre. PrE;¤vi¤¤. eé te Approved, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. [No. 14.]'—Joint Resolution for the Relief of William B. Stakes, surviving '_""""""'”"‘ Partner of John N . C. Stockton and Company. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gcn€g<{S*:*)¤¤*¤;· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster- Wm_ B_ swig; General be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to William B. Stokes, siren eomperisa- surviving partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company, for carrying f;",; gg;}1 the mail in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, on the lower or muneraiion for Florida route, in consequence of the interruption of the mail by the psrgéeedghgnmit Creelt hostilities on the upper route, such compensation aslshall be yam ,835 and established to be an adequate remuneration for the same, taking into 1836. consideration the value of the services performed, and the loss to the said contractors by the exclusion of passengers, as directed by the then Postmaster-General g and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster- General to pay the amount so allowed out of the current appropriation for mail transportation. Approved, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. [No. 15.] —-Joint Resolution for the Reliefof M. .0. Price and E. .0. White. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Accounts of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmas- 1g·£· Qiige “,!;‘}_ ter—General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the mpi]· mmspom. account of M. A. Price and E. A. White, of the State of Tennessee,

  • i°¤ *<>b<> ¤¤di*·¤¢ for mail transportation, to be audited and settled; and to pay to the said

mgsgtidgm h Price and White, out of the fund appropriated for mail transportation, the; Simp ge the same rate of compensation from the first day of January to the ¤¤id- first day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, as was allowed and paid them from the first of June to the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. Approved, March 3, 1847.