776 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 132, 133. 1849. gfggiz fi tion of the long, arduous, and faithful services of William Mac Rea, w,,,_M,, ge; late of the United States army, deceased, commencing in seventeen hundred and ninety-one, and continuing through the Indian wars on the north-western frontierrof the United States, in which he was distinguished for gallantry and good conduct, and was severely wounded in battle, and also through the late war with Great Britain, in which he rendered valuable and etncient service, as well in battle as in preparation of the means of defence, to the period of his death, while in service, in eighteen hundred and thirty-two, comprising a period of more than forty YGBIS, continuous service, embracing two wars, and of the destitute condition of his widow, there be granted and paid to Mary Mac Rea, widow of the said Licutenant·Coloue1 William Mac Rea, annually, for five years, in semiannual payments, a sum equal to one half the pay to which the said William Mac Rea was entitled ut the time of his decease, commencing on the nrst day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, She should live so long. ' Approved, March 3, 1849. March 3, 1849. Ciur. CXXXII. -.6n Act for the Relief of James G. Carson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the James Q. Our- United States of America in Congress assembled, That James G. Car-
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- g£ son be, and he is hereby, authorized and permitted to make and complete his pur- plete his purchase of lot numbered sixteen, of township numbered
$E:iO;’fo? ,;;"(i nineteen, of range thirteen east, in the district of lands north of Red in the dimm of River, subject to entry and sale at Ouachita, in the State of Louisiana, Qgmchita. Lou- by paying at the said land office the sum of one dollar and twenty-five ‘S‘“n“‘ cents per acre for the same; and it is hereby made the duty of the United States olhcer at the said office to receive from him the said price, and issue to him a certificate therefor, upon which he shall be entitled to a patent, as in other cases of purchases of land from the overnment. Seteceicnshere- g Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the selection heretofore
- {g’°_,,;‘;gf fg; made, imder the directions and approval of the Secretary of the Treasuse Oyschools in ury, of lots numbered twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven, in said
ggxargeéet ,16, towlnship ninetepu, fpr the pse pif schools, in lieu of lot sixteen, be, an the same is iere , con rme . Approved, March 58, 1849. Much 3, 1349, Cin?. CXXXIII.— An Act for the Relief of William L. Wigmt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the WiHiv·mI»-WP United States of America in Congress assembled, That William L. hgggtgsgggzf Wigent be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter and purchase, at the chase a certain minimum price of the public lands, the south-east quarter of section {fu';;),;' 1**** in numbered twelve, in township numbered thirty-five north, range num- ` bered eleven east, of the third principal meridian, in the northeastern land district of Illinois; it being the same tract of land on which the said Wigent resides, and has im roved and cultivated : Provided, The said Wigent, at the time of said) entry and purchase, shall satisfy the register and receiver of said land district that there are no adverse or other claimants to said tract of land, or to any part of the same. Approved, March 3, 1849.
