services as pro CHAP. 118.-AN ACT for the relief of Lewis C. Sartori. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress To be paid assembled, That there be, and is hereby, appropriated the $806 30, with sum of eight hundred and six dollars and thirty cents, with interest, for his interest from the eighth day of December, eighteen hundred fessor of mathe- and forty-two, to be paid to Lewis C. Sartori, of Philadel matics on board phia, or his legal representative, in full payment for his serstitution. vices as professor of mathematics on board the United States frigate Constitution, from the tenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to the twenty-fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-one. the frigate Con Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 119.-AN ACT for the relief of Captain James Pennoyer. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Value of the U. assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treaS.brig Porpoise, sury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to her tackle, &c., to be estimated, make, or cause to be made, a full and accurate estimate of and one half the value of the United States brig Porpoise, her tackle, appart of gross a parel, and furniture, together with that of all the property of paid Capt. Pen- every description on board of her at and before the twelfth noyer as com- day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and, the pensation for saving her, her same being ascertained, to pay over the one equal half part officers & crew. of such gross amount to the said Captain James Pennoyer, mount to be as a full and complete compensation for his services in saving the said brig Porpoise, her officers and crew; and that the said sum be paid out any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 120. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Gideon. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress To be paid assembled, That there be, and is hereby appropriated, out $597 26 for his of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the ing Purser on sum of five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-six board the U. S. cents, to be paid to Joseph Gideon, of the city of New York, brig Porpoise. or his legal representative, in full payment for his services as services as act an acting purser on board the United States brig Porpoise, CHAP. 121.-AN ACT for the relief of Job Hawkins. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be authorized, and Name to be he is hereby required, to place Job Hawkins, of the State of placed on the Massachusetts, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, in pension roll. revolutionary conformity with the act of the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, allowing pensions to the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution; and that the pension hereby allowed to him be paid as other pensions are, and so as to include any amount which was due to him when he was dropped from the rolls on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, at which time the pension now allowed is to commence. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 122.-AN ACT for the relief of the estates of Benjamin Metoyer and François Gaiennie, deceased. examine & ad [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Secretary of is hereby, authorized to examine into the circumstances of the Treasury to the estates of Benjamin Metoyer and François Gaiennie, just the claim deceased, and to adjust and settle the claim upon the said of the U. S. upestates aforesaid, in behalf of the United States, and to dis- on them, &c. charge such claims upon such terms as he shall think most for the interest of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 123.-AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Hyacinth Lasselle. Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, Preamble. entitled "An act for the relief of Hyacinth Lasselle," approved the twenty-first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, the said Hyacinth Lasselle was authorized to locate five hundred and sixty acres of land at any land office in the State of Indiana, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by paying the minimum price fixed for such lands, for eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths of an acre, part and parcel of said tract of five hundred and sixty acres and whereas, also, the said Hyacinth Lasselle has deceased without perfecting the location of said land: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress asAuthorized to sembled, That it shall be lawful for the heirs of the said locate a certain Lasselle to locate the said tract of land in said act contemtract of land at any time prior plated, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, eighto 4th March, teen hundred and forty-nine, at any land office in said State 1849. Proviso. of Indiana, after any lands therein may have been offered at public sale, by paying the said minimum price for the said eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths, as by said act is provided: Provided, That no tract of land shall be selected, in virtue of this act, upon which there may be improvements made, without the consent of such person or persons who have made such improvements first obtained in writing, and filed with the proper land officers where the location may be made. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act for the relief of Jubal B. Hancock," be so amendof Jub. B. Han- ed that the time allowed for the location of the land therein cock amended. specified be extended to thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Act for relief Approved, March 3, 1847. Pension of $80 CHAP. 124.-AN ACT for the relief of Thankful Reynolds. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of Thankful Reyper annum al- nolds on the revolutionary pension roll, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, to commence the first January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and to be continued five years. Approved, March 3, 1847. lowed. CHAP. 125.-AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Warren Newcomb. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is To be paid $8,321 48, the hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money balance due M. in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph WarGen. Warren, ren Newcomb, only descendant and heir of Major General tions of Con-Joseph Warren, who was killed at Bunker Hill, the balance gress of 1 July, due and unpaid, under resolutions of Congress of the first under resolu 1780. Proviso. day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty, being the sum of eight thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty-eight cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that the said Newcomb is the only surviving heir. Approved, March 3, 1847. RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.]-JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the exami nation and settlement of the claims of Alexander M. Cumming. with the P. O. Idited and the Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the His accounts Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department be under contracts directed to examine and audit the claims of Alexander M. Dept. to be exCumming, of New Jersey, late mail contractor on routes amined and au nine hundred and fifty-one, and nine hundred and fifty-two, amount found between the cities of Philadelphia and New York, between legally due bim the years eighteen hundred and thirty-five and eighteen hun- to be paid. dred and thirty-nine; and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to pay to him the balance (if any) that may be justly and legally due him under the contracts and orders from the Department and its agents, out of the current appropriation for mail transportation. Approved, February 18, 1847. [No. 2.]-JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of John and Charles Bruce. years to be Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That New patent for the Commissioner of Patents be, and he is hereby, authorized the term of 7 to grant a new patent to John and Charles Bruce, of Jersey granted them City, State of New Jersey, for the term of seven years from for their ma. and after the passage of this resolution, for their machine 13 March, 1832. chine patented secured to them by letters patent bearing date the thirteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two: the same to be granted under the same provisions and restrictions as are now provided by law for applications for original letters patent, except so far as the existing laws prohibit and invalidate the grant of letters patent for inventions which have been before patented, or used for more than two years before the date of application for letters patent: Pro- Proviso. vided, Upon an examination of the case the said Commissioner shall deem the parties hereto entitled to a patent, Approved, February 22, 1847. for her relief of receive the rate [No. 3.]-A RESOLUTION to correct an error in the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the relief of Mary Ann Linton. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Error in the act United States of America in Congress assembled, That the June 17, 1844, error in the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and corrected so as forty-four, for the relief of Mary Ann Linton, in the words to allow her to who was lately a pensioner of the United States under the of pension al- act of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two," and any lowedto widows expression contained in said act, shall not be so construed by the act of. as to prevent said Mary Ann Linton from receiving the same July 7, 1838. rate of pension as is allowed to widows by the general act of July seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in cases where their husbands have served two years as captains of infantry. Approved, February 25, 1847. [No. 4.]-A RESOLUTION respecting the maps and charts of the surveys of the boundary lines of the United States of America with foreign states. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Copies of cer- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tain maps and charts to be pre- Secretary of State be directed to cause to be prepared, and pared & trans- transmitted to the executives of the several States having mitted to the boundaries with foreign states, a competent number of aucertain States. thentic copies of the settlement of such boundaries, and the maps and charts relating thereto, and the evidence thereof in the State Department. Approved, March 1, 1847. executives of [No. 5.1-RESOLUTIONS giving the thanks of Congress to Major General Taylor, and the officers and men under his command, in the late military operations at Monterey. Resolved, unanimously, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asThanks of Con- sembled, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby gress tendered Major Gen- tendered to Major General Zachary Taylor, his officers and eral Taylor, his men, for the fortitude, skill, enterprise, and courage which officers and men distinguished the late brilliant military operations at Mon terey. A gold medal to Resolved, That the President be requested to cause to be be struck and struck a gold medal with devices emblematical of this splenpresented to General Taylor. did achievement, and presented to General Taylor as a tes timony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his judicious and distinguished conduct on that memorable occasion. |