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730 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 131,132, 133. 1848. 1813, ¤h.12. act of Congress approved January twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirteen. A W¤¤’¤_¤¤ ¤¤ Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the Commissioner of the izlgcigs g}?,,?; General Land Office shall bc, and is hereby, authorized and required to issue a warrant in favor of Amzy Judd, for one hundred and sixty acres ofland, to be located upon any unlocated land belonging to the United States, and now subject to entry. Approved, August 5, 1848. A¤g·5, T84B- C1-ur. CXXXI.-—An Act for the Relief of Catharine Fulion, nf Washington ”""""" County, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhe Func °l` C¤*l*· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary gglisacgglgxltgg of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the revolutionary name of Catharine Fulton upon the revolutionary pension roll, under P°““'°" '°u· the rates fixed by the acts of the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, as the widow of Captain Samuel Fulton, for twelve months' service as a captain in the revolutionary army; and that her pension commence on the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five. Arwnovma, August 5, 1848 Aug. 5, 1818. Can. CXXXII. -.8n Act for the Rcliqf of the legal Representative of William '1;_"‘ McKenzie, late a Seaman. on board the United States Ship Vincennes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represmtatives tf the ‘v'§l::;’R}:I?€:$ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum due to ,,0, deceased, ,0 William McKenzie, late a seaman on board of the United States ship be puid ¤0 hi¤`Vincennes, at the time of his death, as determined by the proper ac- {$**1 "°p'“s°"t°; lzountincr officers of the treasury, may, and shall be, paid to the legal e on presenta ¤ _ _ _ _ _ , tion ofduly cern- representative of the said \¤Villiam McKenzie, on such representative {fd °°Pl_"* °H*"j presenting to the proper officer an exemplification or duly certified rs testamentary ° . . . 0,. 0,- admmism- copy of letters testamentary, or letters of administration, granted, or ¤i<>¤- which shall be granted, to such representative by any State court of competent jurisdiction and authority to grant the same. Armoviau, August 5, 1848. Aug. 5, 1848. Cru?. CXXXIII. -—»9n. Actfar the Relief ofJ. Urrockmorlmz. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the The claim of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary

 of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to audit and

hy rescinding ora adjust the claim of J. Throckmorton against the United States, for any °°'“‘i“ F°“*'"·’°* damage or loss sustained by him in consequence of the rescinding of to be audited and . . . ,dj,,,,,,d_ a certain contract on the twentieth August, one thousand eight hundred and forty, without any fault and against the wish of the said Throckmorton; which contract was entered into between him and Major McRae, a quartermaster of the army of the United States, on the sixteenth day of August, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty, who was duly authorized to make the said contract ; and by the terms of which contract the said Throckmorton, as master of the steamer Chippewa, was required to transport Brigadier-General Atkinson, together with eight companies of the infantry of the United States army, from Jefferson barracks, near St. Louis, to Fort Crawford, in WVisconsin, and to furnish two keel boats of the first class, in addition to the steamer, for the use of the said troops; for which he was to