Laws of the United States. ay through the pub-Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the said allying in the village lowance to be in full compensation for all extra ounty of Jefferson, services, expenses, and losses, during the period d is hereby, granted aforesaid, according to the spirit of the act of Ellisburg Railroad March third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the opinion of the "to provide for the settlement of accounts of pub, such grant be not lic officers and others who may have received s, and that the loca- moneys arising from military contributions, or resident as to the po- otherwise, in Mexico." lroad: And provided ad shall not be comf, at any time after d be discontinued or ase and determine. APPROVED, January 13, 1853. [No. 9.]-An Act for the Relief of Sidney S. Alcott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sidney S. Alcott be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, within twelve months = of Osborn Cross, of after the passage of this act, with the register of Army. the land office at Ionia, in the State of Michigan, the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, township two north, of range five west; or in case the same has already been entered, then the same quantity of land belonging to the United States subject to entry in said district, which shall be in full of all claims by said Alcott against the United House of RepresentImerica in Congress of the Treasury be, and directed, in adn Cross, a quarterArmy, to give him mount of the Treases of which he was e night of the eighth dred and forty-two, thousand six hunety-two cents, after ed from the robbers, thousand three hunand forty-five cents, deceased, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An act for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida," and that said claims be settled by the Treasury as are other cases under said act: Provided, however, That the petition for the allowance of said claims shall be presented to said judge by the proper parties entitled to prefer the same within one year from the passage of this act: And provided, also, That said parties shall respectively allege in such petition, and prove to said Judge, reasonable cause for such petition not having been presented within the time prescribed and enacted by said act of June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and thirtyfour: And provided further, That the said claims shall not have been previously hereto adjudicated and settled at the Treasury. APPROVED, January 20, 1853. [No. 14.]-An Act for the Relief of Philo Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Philo Smith, of States for and on account of the sum of two hun- the State of Indiana, out of any money in the dred dollars paid to the receiver of said office for Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of land, in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nineteen dollars and ninety-six cents, for the six, for which he has received no equivalent. APPROVED, January 13, 1853. [No. 10.]—An act granting a Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth V. Lomax. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mrs. Elizabeth V. Lomax, widow of Mann Page Lomax, deceased, late Major of the Ordnance Corps, United States Army, on the pension roll, at the rate of one half the monthly pay to which her husband was entitled at the time of his death, commencing on the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty, and to continue for and during the term of five years. APPROVED, January 13, 1853. [No. 11.]-An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Armistead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of Elizabeth Armistead, widow of the late General Walker K. Armistead, || upon the list of pensioners, and to pay to her a pension at the rate of one half the pay per month to which her said husband was entitled at the time of his death; said pension to commence on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and continue during her natural life or widowhood. APPROVED, January 20, 1853. amount due him as an ordinary seaman on board the Macedonian, as his share of the amount awarded to the captors of certain Algerine vessels under Commodore Decatur. APPROVED, January 22, 1853. [No. 15.]-An Act for the Relief of John J. Sykes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to John J. Sykes, the sum of twelve hundred and ninetyeight dollars and thirty-three cents, ($1,298 33,) being in full for clerk hire, office rent, and salary, as special agent for the Post Office Department in California: Provided, That the sum of four hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-three cents, ($446 63,) part of the above sum, being for the service of said Sykes, as special agent as aforesaid, shall not be paid to him until he shall have filed in the Post Office Department, such vouchers in proof of his services, as the Postmaster General shall certify to be satisfactory. APPROVED, January 22, 1853. [No. 16.]—An Act for the Relief of Thomas P. Dud ley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place the name of Thomas P. Dudley, of the State of Kentucky, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eleven dollars and twenty-five cents per month, to commence on the eighth day of January, during his natural life. [No. 12.]-An Act for the Relief of Mrs. E. A. Mc-eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and to continue Neil, widow of the late General John McNeil. 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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Mrs. E. A. McNeil, widow of the late General John McNeil, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the arrears of pension claimed by her late husband, at the rate of thirty dollars a month, commencing on the twenty-fifth day of July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirteen, being the day on which he was wounded at the battle of Bridgewater, and ending on the thirtieth day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty, being the day on which he resigned his commission in the Army. APPROVED, January 20, 1853. [No. 13.1-An Act for the Relief of the Heirs or Legal Representatives of Joseph Arnow, deceased. APPROVED, January 22, 1853. [No. 17.]-An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of William Mc Farland, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representassembled, That any interest which the United atives of the United States of America in Congress States may have in and to a certain tract of land situate in township five, south of range one west, in section three, in the Greensburg land district, in the State of Louisiana, and which tract is laid down in the transcript plat in the General Land Office, in the names of McFarland and Maillard, as though confirmed, is hereby released to the lawful heirs of William McFarland, of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, in said State of Louisiana: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall take away, impair, impede, or affect in any way any right, title, interest, claim or recovery of any APPROVED, January 22, 1853. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent-person or persons whatsoever claiming, or to claim said land. atives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the judge of the district court of the United States, for the northern district of Florida, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and adjudicate the claims of the heirs or legal representatives of Joseph Arnow, || [No. 18.]-An Act for the Relief of Jacob J. Storer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ...2D SESS. he Secretary of the Treasury be, is, directed to pay to Jacob J. g purser of the United States brig of thirteen hundred and sixty-one y-two cents, out of any money in otherwise appropriated, it being ay and rations to which a purser uld have been entitled while pere duties. uary 25, 1853. ct for the Relief of the Widow and n of Colonel William R. McKee, m, Kentucky. the Senate and House of Represent ed States of America in Congress he Secretary of the Treasury be, rected to pay out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the ndred dollars to Mrs. J. H. Mcof Colonel William R. McKee, -self and orphan children of said in payment for a horse killed in her property lost in Mexico, and onsequence of said Colonel Mcin the battle of Buena Vista, on day of February, eighteen hun even. Se it further enacted, That to each ildren of the said McKee, there eby is, granted one quarter secbe located upon any vacant land ates, and to be located where and as the President of the United t. nuary 25, 1853. Act for the Relief of Charles S. harles Wood, and James Hall. Laws of the United States. money, or land to which said Indians now are or eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and the United missioner of the General Land Office to cause the APPROVED, January 27, 1853. [No. 24.]—An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Ann Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent the custom-house lately built in York. =nuary 25, 1853. Act for the Relief of Abigail Stafford. the Senate and House of Representted States of America in Congress the Secretary of the Treasury of es pay to Mrs. Abigail Stafford, gal representatives, two thousand any money in the Treasury not priated, for supplies furnished the lutionary war, and services renther, Henry Smith, of Massachuupon the principles of justice and ■nuary 27, 1853. Act for the Relief of Frances P. titled at the time of his death; her said pension to APPROVED, January 27, 1853. [No. 25.]-An Act for the Relief of Nathan Weston, [No. 28.]—An Act for the Relief of Thompson Hutchinson. 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 is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Thompson Hutchinson, son of Thomas Hutchinson, who was late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who was in error stricken off the pension roll in eighteen hundred and eighteen, the amount of pension which would have been due to him at his death, in February, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, if he had not been erroneously deprived of it; the amount so to be paid to the said Thompson Hutchinson to be computed from the twenty fourth of July, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the date of his pension certificate, to the first day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, at the rate of eight dollars a month for that time. APPROVED, February 3, 1853. [No. 29.]-An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Jones and the other Children (if any) of John Carr. 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 is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elizabeth Jones and the other children of John Carr, (if any,) who was a late revolutionary pensioner of the United States, the amount of pension ascertained to have been due to the said John Carr at his death; the amount so to be paid to be computed at the rate of eight dollars a month, from the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighteen, to the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. APPROVED, February 3, 1853. [No. 30.]-An Act for the Relief of Mary B. Renner, Administratrix of Da iel Renner, deceased. 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 is hereby, authorized and required to cause the claim of Mary B. Renner, as administratrix of Daniel Renner, deceased, who was surviving partner of the firm of Renner and Heath, composed of the said Renner and Nathaniel H. Heath, which Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- claim arises from the alleged burning of a rope-walk atives of the United States of America in Congress and of seine twine therein, in the District of Coassembled, That the accounting officers of the Gov-lumbia, by the public enemy, in the month of ernment are hereby authorized and directed to pay to Nathan Weston, junior, late paymaster [in the] United States Army, the full amount of three months' extra pay, in conformity with the fifth fet section of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act supplemental to an act entitled An act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico,' and for other purposes," approved July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. APPROVED, January 27, 1853. [No. 26.]—An Act for the Relief of Jacob Young. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be required to place the name of Jacob Young upon the pension roll, and pay to him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month during his life, said pension to commence on the eighth day of Decem APPROVED, February 3, 1853. y the Senate and House of Represent-ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. [No. 27.]-An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of the August, eighteen hundred and fourteen, belonging [No. 31.]-An Act for the Relief of Jim Capers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be required to place the name of Jim Capers upon the list of revolutionary pensioners, and to pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month; said pension to commence on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. APPROVED, February 3, 1853. [No. 32.]-An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Relatives of certain Officers and Seamen of the United States brig Washington, who were lost overboard in a hurricane. Be it enacted by the Senate aud House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the same provision as is made by the act entitled "An act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines of the brig-of-war Somers," approved the fourteenth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, be also extended to the widows and relatives of those officers and seamen of the Navy attached to the ef of James Glynn. House of Representmerica in Congress a commander in the ntitled to a credit, in of his accounts as -war Preble, while t of Mexico, in the fty, of the sum of ht dollars and sevo be in full for losses perty stolen or emg his temporary ab y. 3. Laws of the United States. half-breed Indian, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with the Sacs and Fox Indians, and that said Commissioner cause such sum of money as he may find due (if any) to be paid to said Margaret Farrar, and that the sum of four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose aforesaid. APPROVED, February 3, 1853. [No. 39.]-An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jeremiah Wingate. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the representatives of Jeremiah Wingate, deceased, late of Florida, be, and f of Guion and Mc- they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a certain tract of land containing four hundred and House of Represent-twenty acres, lying on the north side of Naussa America in Congress er-General be, and E. P. Guion and m of one thousand from the appropriaeing the amount due s of their contract for two months' ance of the transon route two thou om Raleigh to Fayd eight hundred and eraw; and on route done, from Cheraw on the sixth of Febdred and forty-five; g only paid the ala service upon the it should have been contract. 3. f of Sarah D. Mac ! House of RepresentImerica in Congress of the Interior be Sarah D. Mackay, ay, late a lieutenant tes, on the pension ). Mackay be entin dollars a month mence on the first Ired and fifty. River, in the State of Florida, according to the plats and certificate of survey made by George J. F. Clarke, dated the second and twenty-third of December [and] the sixth of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, now on file in the public archives of East Florida, the said tract being the same confirmed to the said Jeremiah Wingate during his lifetime, on the fifteenth of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, by the " Board of Commissioners" appointed to ascertain claims and titles to land in Florida, pursuant to the act entitled "An act granting donations to certain || actual settlers in the Territory of Florida," approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four; and that the Commissioners of the General Land Office, upon the presentation of the aforesaid plats and certificate of survey of said tract, issue a patent or patents for the same, which patent shall operate as a relinquishment only on the part of the United States. APPROVED, February 5, 1853. [No. 40.]—An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of Bernard Todd, deceased. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, to the legal representatives of Bernard Todd, late of Baltimore County, Maryland, deceased, the sum of four thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars, the same being the appraised value of the buildings of the said Bernard Todd, which were burnt by the British forces in September, eighteen hundred and fourteen, in consequence of their f of Colonel James being used and occupied by troops in the service of the United States for military purposes. APPROVED, February 5, 1853. 3. House of Represent 'merica in Congress hundred and fiftye paid to Colonel oneys in the Treasin consideration of endered by him in ican war. of William Bedient, giment of Artillery. House of Representmerica in Congress of the Interior be, 1 directed to place at present of New, late a sergeant in ry, on the roll of be allowed a penDer month from the undred and fortyural life. of Margaret Far House of Representnerica in Congress er of Indian Afto ascertain the of six per centum [argaret Farrar, a [No. 42.]—An Act for the Relief of Barbara Reily. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be required to pay to Barbara Reily, widow of Captain William Reily, an officer of the Army of the Revolution, the amount of pension due him from the time he was last paid, to the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. APPROVED, February 9, 1853. dred and forty-nine, embracing thirteen certificates, located in township four south, range six east, as per entries thereof: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall operate further than to relinquish the interest of the United States in said land. APPROVED, February 9, 1853. [No. 44.]-An Act for the Relief of Joseph M. Wilcoxon, of the State of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent atives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That entries number twenty-one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, and twentytwo thousand one hundred and thirty-eight, of the south half of section three, and the southeast fractional quarter of section nine, on island number nineteen, in township fifty-one, north of range twenty-two west, in the State of Missouri, heretofore made by Joseph M. Wilcoxon, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the said Joseph M. Wilcoxon, his heirs and assigns, and the title to the said land be, and the same is hereby, vested in the said Joseph M. Wilcoxon, his heirs and assigns: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to interfere with, or in anywise impair, the rights of third persons in and to the said land or any part thereof. || APPROVED, February 9, 1853. [No. 45.]—An Act for the Relief of Asenath M. Elliot. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place upon the list of pensioners, the name of Asenath M. Elliot, widow of the late Captain Edward G. Elliot, United States Army, and pay to her a pension, at the rate of one half the pay per month to which her husband, the said Edward G. Elliot, was entitled at the time of his death; said pension to commence on the fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fortynine, and to continue during her natural life or widowhood. APPROVED, February 11, 1853. [No. 46.]-An Act for the Relief of the Widow of the late John A. Lynch. 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 is hereby directed to pay to the widow of the late John A. Lynch, for his services as a clerk in that department, from the tenth day of August to the seventh day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, at the rate of three dollars per day. APPROVED, February 11, 1853. [No. 47.]—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Issue a Register to the British bark Fanny, under the name of Golden Mirror. 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 hereby is, authorized to issue to William White, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, a register for the British built bark "Fanny," under the name of "Golden Mirror," the said bark having entered Boston in a damaged condition; and was purchased by the said William White, and by him rebuilt or repaired and changed to a ship: Provided, That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the repairs upon said bark shall constitute three fourths ofthe value of the same when so repaired. APPROVED, February 11, 1853. [No. 48.]-An Act for the Relief of the Town of Belleview, and the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa. [No. 43.]-An Act for the Relief of C. L. Swayze, in relation to the location of certain Choctaw Scrip. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress atives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby authorized and required to approve the location of certain Choctaw Scrip, made at the land office at Opelousas, Louisiana, by C. L. Swayze, on the sixth day of August, anno Domini, one thousand eight hun assembled, That there shall be and hereby is granted to the town of Belleview, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Mississippi river, in front of said town, reserved by the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for a public highway, and for other public uses, together with the accretions which may have formed thereto, or in front there 32D Co of; to be disp rate authori grant made quishment o and to said fect the righ use thereof, on applicatio corporate au sioner of the linquishmen this act, shal SEC. 2. A be and herel ton and Dat the Mississi served by t dred and th other public may have fo disposed of thorities of SEC. 3. made by t only of th said prem rights of t of, but she plication b rate author of the Gen ment, in a act, shall b SEC. 4. or parcel o fore set apa city as a cer of Congres dred and th ing off the t in the coun Belleview, Dubuque, purposes,' eighteen thereof, the Comm to make s in said ce mon Cou APPRO [No. 49.1 also the rig to the inte further, T Secretary ..2D SESS. of in such manner as the corpoof said town may direct. The is act shall operate as a relinthe right of the United States in ses, and shall in no manner afthird persons therein, or to the hall be subject to the same; and a duly authorized agent of the cies of said town to the Commisneral Land Office, a patent of reccordance with the provisions of ssued therefor, as in other cases. it further enacted, That there shall granted to the cities of Burling, in Iowa, the land bordering on iver, in front of said cities, reof second July, eighteen hunx, for a public highway, and for ogether with the accretions which thereto or in front thereof; to be uch manner as the corporate auties may direct. it further enacted, That the grant shall operate as a relinquishment of the United States in and to d shall in no manner affect the sons therein, or to the use thereubject to the same; and on aply authorized agent of the corposaid cities to the Commissioner and Office, a patent of relinquishnce with the provisions of this ed therefor, as in other cases. Laws of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the right of way shall be and hereby is granted to the Alleghany Valley Railroad Company for the road of the said company over and across the grounds of the United States at and near the Alleghany arsenal, in the county of Alleghany, and State of Pennsylvania: Provided, That the route of the said railroad across the said grounds shall be approved by the Secretary of War before the same is entered upon for the purpose of constructing said railroad: And provided further, That the same can be granted without detriment to the public interest in the opinion of the Secretary of War. APPROVED, February 14, 1853. [No. 50.]—An Act for the Relief of John Millar. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whereas John Millar, formerly of Belfast, Ireland, but now of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, merchant, has, according to law, declared his intentions to become a citizen of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue certificates of registry to such vessels built in the United States, as may be owned in whole or in part by the said John Millar, which said certificates shall have the same force and effect during five years from the time of the passage of this act, and no longer, as though issued to a citizen of the United States: Provided, That before issuing said certificates, the said John Millar shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury, a duly certified copy of his said declaration of intentions to become a citizen of the United States: And it further enacted, That the lot in the city of Dubuque, heretod used by the authorities of said or burying-ground, under the act le second of July, eighteen hunix, entitled "An act for the layof Fort Madison and Burlington, Des Moines, and the towns of que, and Peru, in the county of || [No. 51.]-An Act to change the Name of the Steamry of Wisconsin, and for other the act of the third of March, I and thirty-seven, amendatory the same hereby is granted to incil of the said city of Dubuque, position of the said land included or burying-ground as that Com7 deem proper. bruary 14, 1853. provided also, That if the said John Millar shall not, during the said five years, become such citizen, the certificate issued under this act shall be void. APPROVED, February 14, 1853. the Senate and House of Represented States of America in Congress he right of way, sixty feet in he lands in which the St. Louis. ouis marine hospital, and Jeffersituated, in the State of Missouri, s hereby granted to the St. Louis in Railroad Company, for the railroad from the city of St. d lands: Provided, That the locathrough the lands aforesaid shall o the approval of the Secretary 1 further, That said location can t injury to the public interest in e said Secretary of War. it further enacted, That the right he same is hereby granted to the tsburgh Railroad Company, and ay to the Cleveland, Painesville, ailroad Company across the hos called, belonging to the United of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio; h of said roads across said host to exceed sixty feet where said pectively located: Provided, That can, in the opinion of the Secreury, be made without detriment the United States: And provided said grant shall be, and is hereto such conditions as the said 'reasury shall impose on the said tively, for the protection and sends from abrasions by the waters A provided further That whenever boat Forest City. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the owners of the steamboat "Forest City," be, and they are hereby, authorized to change the name of the said boat to that of "Bay City," and to make a new registry of said boat in that name, at the port of Detroit, in the State of Michigan. APPROVED, February 14, 1853. [No. 52.]—An Act for the Relief of Captain George P. Smith. Whereas it appears that George P. Smith, late a quartermaster in the Army of the United States, with the rank of captain, was taken prisoner, and the train, baggage, and public property under his charge were captured, and his vouchers and papers destroyed: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That George P. Smith, late an assistant quartermaster in the Army of the United States, with the rank of captain, be, and is hereby, released from the bond executed by him for the discharge of his duties as quartermaster, and that he be discharged from all responsibility on his official bond aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the United States pay to the said George P. Smith, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred dollars, for so much money paid and expended by the said George P. Smith of his private means, for the use of the United States. troops to the following militia forces of the Territory of Florida, for the period of their respective service, as hereinafter specified, to wit: Captain Bush's company of mounted troops from the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to the twentyfifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; Captain Price's company of mounted troops from the twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, to the twentieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; Captain Suarez's company of mounted troops from the twentieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to the twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirtynine. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the muster-rolls according to which the above payments shall be made, shall be sworn to by the captain or senior surviving officer in Florida of each company, and approved by the Governor of that State. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much money as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 14, 1853. [No. 54.]—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a Register to the American-built Steamship Albatross. 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 hereby is, authorized to issue to Simeon Draper, a citizen of New York, a register for the American-built steamship Albatross, said ship having been sold to a citizen of Great Britain, and reconveyed to said Simeon Draper. APPROVED, February 14, 1853. [No. 55.]-An Act for the Relief of John Williams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be required to place the name of John Williams, late a marine in the service of the United States, upon the list of pensioners, and to pay him a pension for entire disability; said pension to commence on the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and continue during his life. APPROVED, February 14, 1853. [No. 56.]—An Act for the Relief of Rosanna Sowards. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be required to place the name of Rosanna Sowards, of the county of Lawrence, in the State of Ohio, upon the pension roll, and pay her at the rate of eight dollars per month for five years, commencing on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. APPROVED, February 16, 1853. [No. 57.]-An Act for the Relief of Joseph Morehead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, be, and they hereby are, directed to pay unto the legal guardian or guardians of Joseph Morehead, late a passed midshipman in the United States Navy, now a confirmed lunatic, the furlough pay of a passed midshipman, from the fifteenth of February, eighteen hundred and forty, when he was dismissed, as if he had not been dismissed from the Navy, and were on furlough for life. APPROVED, February 16, 1853. [No. 58.]—An Act for the Relief of Mary W. Thompson, and Mrs. Elizabeth V. Lomax, and Mrs. A. M. Dade. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of Mary W. Thomp widow of I ioutanent Calanal Alamandan undred and fifty-two;|| Roberts, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the full amount of his ief of Josiah P. Pilcher, F, second Kentucky rer with Mexico, and for d House of RepresentAmerica in Congress fficers of the Governiah P. Pilcher, late a d Kentucky regiment from the seventh of I forty-six, until the 3 company; and also e from New Orleans any were paid; also, pay; also, that he be 7; also, that the proper warrant for one hun r enacted, That five to Christine Barnard, vet Major Moses J. y H, regiment of Volt services in the Mexa disease greatly enposure, and fatigue of to commence with the July, eighteen hunheld by her or by the provisions of the made in reference to those who died from 1853. [No. 67.]-An Act for the Relief of John Charles Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized and required, to liquidate and satisfy the judgment, damages, and costs recovered, and such expenses in defense of said suit as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem reasonable, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which has been recovered, or may be recovered, against John Charles Frémont, late a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, by Anthony Gibbs and Sons, assignees of F. Hüttman, in her Britannic Majesty's court of exchequer, at WestBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent-minster, in England, on four several bills of exatives of the United States of America in Congress [No. 64.]-An Act to authorize the Secretary of the assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, APPROVED, March 2, 1853. [No. 65.]-An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of the change or each and every of them drawn by the APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 68.]-An Act for the Relief of L. M. Golds- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- and S. F. Blunt, for expenses incurred by them, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Eliza Matthews, Eleanor Cummings, Mary O. Stonestreet, Mary Stubbs, Sarah Mitchell, Eliza Snowden, Ann O'Hare, and Ann R. Osborn, with such female associates as now are or may hereafter become sisters or lay-sisters of the Visitation, according to the rules and by-priated, to L. M. Goldsborough, G. J. Van Brunt laws thereof which have been or which may be hereafter established, and their successors, be, or contracted during and they hereby are, made a body-politic and corporate forever, by the name of "The Sisters of the Visitation of Washington," for purposes of charity and education; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure; may adopt and establish rules, regulations and by-laws, not repugnant to the laws of the United States, for properly conducting the affairs of the corporation; may take, receive, purchase and hold estate, real, personal, and mixed, not exceeding in value one hundred and fifty-thousand dollars at any one time, and manage and dispose of the same at pleasure, and apply the same, or the proceeds of the sales thereof, to the uses and purposes of the association, according to the rules and regulations which now are or which may hereafter be established. elief B. B. Bennett. nd House of Represent= America in Congress er the passage of this nnett shall be placed sioners, at the rate of and during his life. 3. Eef of Frances E. Baden. nd House of RepresentAmerica in Congress of the Interior be, and required to place the apon the pension roll, a major in the United her pension to comanuary, one thousand 3. Zelief of Edward Box. nd House of Represent-America in Congress y of the Interior be, o place the name of upon the revolutionte of six dollars and ts per month, to comMarch, eighteen hun- continue during his SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time amend or repeal this act. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 66. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Proctor Hayden, only child and heir of John White, deceased, late a Lieutenant Colonel in the Fourth Georgia Battalion of the Revolutionary Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Catharine Proctor Hayden, only child and heir of John White, deceased, late a lieutenant colonel in the fourth Georgia battalion of the revolutionary army, the sum of six thousand seven hundred and three dollars and fifty-seven cents, the said principal sum being the amount found due to said John White, by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, for the seven years half pay of the said John White, Relief of Benjamin S. and for advances made by him to the Government during the revolutionary war, and for which treasnd House of Represent-ury certificates were improperly issued to Susanna America in Congress Richardson and John Richardson, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-three. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. 3. y of the Treasury be, pay to Benjamín S. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the three Army officers, J. L. Smith, C. A. Ogden, and D. Leadbetter, of the Corps of Engineers, who were associated with the said Navy officers in the joint duty aforesaid, be allowed and paid, as aforesaid, commutation of fuel and quarters from the first of April, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to the twenty-seventh of November, eighteen hunauthorized to a major of the Army on duty at San dred and fifty, equal in amount to the allowance Francisco during that time; deducting therefrom the commutation to which they would have been entitled respectively, at their posts in the Atlantic States. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 69.]—An Act for the Relief of the Legal Repre- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 70.]-An Act for the Relief of Jacob Shade, Jr. 32D atives of th assembled, and he is Jacob Sha the invalid per month ary, eighte tinue duri APPROV [No. 71.]Be it ena atives of th assembled, and hereb name of Ja in the Sta pensioner five dollar the fourt forty, to APPRO [No. 72. Be it e atives of assembled, and he is the name upon the dollars pel January, continue d APPROV [No. 73.] C Be it ena atives of th assembled, is hereby Click, wh valid pen relief of c and appr thousand dollars p crease col thousand APPRO [No. 74.] Be it en atives of t assembled, and he is to Jasper cate or wal land, in com ary, eighte "An act to military for APPROVE [No. 75.]— Be it enac atives of the assembled, and he is h the name of in the Stat pensioners, five dollars month, fro eighteen hu ring his nat APPROVE [No.76.] Be it ena atives of th assembled, and he is 1 to Harlow Treasury compensal |