...2D SESS. d States of America in Congress e Secretary of the Interior be, , directed to place the name of of the State of Virginia, upon n roll, at the rate of eight dollars mence on the first day of Janudred and fifty-two, and to conatural life. rch 3, 1853. t for the relief of James Wright, Jr. Laws of the United States. places, for the time he acted in that capacity at Port Mahon and at Spezia, after deducting the amount received by him as compensation for his services as clerk. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. the said goods while kept out of their possession, and will indemnify them for the damage they sustained by the detention of the money exacted of them by the collector, over and above the duty required by law; allowing for such detention interest not exceeding the rate of six per centum per annum, from the time it was paid by them until it was refunded. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. he Senate and House of Represent-eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, [No. 82.]—An Act for the Relief of S. Morris Waln. d States of America in Congress e Secretary of the Interior be, Chorized and directed to place the right, Junior, of Sullivan county, ennessee, on the roll of invalid hat he be allowed a pension of irty-three cents a month, from March, eighteen hundred and during his natural life. rch 3, 1853. t for the Relief of Gardner Herring. the Senate and House of Represent-d States of America in Congress he Secretary of the Interior be, authorized and directed to place mer Herring, of the State of Ohio, pension roll, at the rate of eight , to commence on the first day of hundred and forty-five, and to is natural life. _rch 3, 1853. t to increase the Pension of Henry Cocke County, Tennessee. the Senate and House of Represented States of America in Congress he Secretary of War be, and he to increase the pension of Henry laced upon the pension roll of inby an act entitled "An act for the valid pensioners therein named," the second day of March, one undred and thirty-three, to eight ■, during his natural life, such inng on the first of January, one undred and forty-eight. _rch 3, 1853. t for the Relief of Jasper A. Maltby. The Senate and House of Represent ed States of America in Congress e Commissioner of Pensiona be, authorized and directed to issue by, his heirs or assigns, a certifi-r one hundred and sixty acres of y with an act of eleventh Februndred and forty-seven, entitled for a limited time, an additional d for other purposes." rch 3, 1853. t for the Relief of Cornelius Hughes, of Tennessee. the Senate and House of Represented States of America in Congress he Secretary of the Interior be, authorized and directed to place elius Hughes, of Green county, ennessee, on the roll of invalid hat he be allowed a pension of -three and one third cents per twenty-first day of February, and forty-eight, to continue durch 3, 1853. [No. 77.]-An Act for the Relief of John Huffington. 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, out of any monto John Huffington, the sum of two thousand dollars in full compensation for the loss of the schooner Relief, sunk in eighteen hundred and twenty-two, while in the employ of the United States in transporting stone to the Rip Raps; but no interest shall be allowed on said sum. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 78.]-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Johnston," approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, by correcting a elerical error. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representassembled, That the clerical error in the aforesaid atives of the United States of America in Congress Johnston to read Joseph Johnson, which was inact be corrected by making the name of Joseph tended; and that all the benefits of said act shall accrue to, and the same be, and hereby are, extended to said Joseph Johnson. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 79.]-An Act for the Relief of Mary Baury. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress and he is hereby, directed to place on the roll of assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, revolutionary pensioners the name of Mary Baury, of Boston, Massachusetts, widow of Louis Baury, who served three campaigns as captain of grenadiers during the revolutionary war, and to pay her a pension at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum from the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen ural life. hundred and fifty, and to continue during her nat APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 80.]—An Act for the Relief of John Kerbaugh. 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 hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of John Kerbaugh, of the State of Tennessee, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and that he be allowed a pension of five dollars and thirty-three cents a month, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 81.]-An Act for the Relief of Lewis H. Bates and William Lacon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to audit and allow the claim of Lewis H. Bates and William Lacon, or either of them, for losses and damages sustained by them by the proceedings of the custom-house officers at New York, in exacting from them, upon certain importations of iron into that port, made between the first day of June, eighteen hundred and twentynine, and the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, higher duties than were required by law, and in seizing and libeling some of said goods upon refusal of said Bates and Lacon to enter the same as subject to such higher duty, for the Relief of Harlow Spaulding. not reimbursed; the sum so allowed to be paid out and for certain costs of court paid by them and the Senate and House of Represent- of any money in the Treasury not otherwise aped States of America in Congress propriated: Provided, however, That no other or e Secretary of the Treasury be, greater sum is to be allowed them under this act authorized and required to pay than will reimburse to them certain costs and exling, out of any moneys in the penses actually paid by, and not repaid to them, herwise appropriated, the usual in the various suits touching said 'importations. fe. 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 to pay to S. Morris Waln, who survived Henry Percival, lately in partnership under the firm of S. Morris Waln and Company, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of duties paid on one hundred and sixty quarter-casks, and sixty-two Indian barrels of Malaga wine, imported in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Canning; one hundred and eighty-nine quarter-casks of Malaga wine, imported in May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Virginia; nine pipes and one quarter-cask of Madeira wine, imported in September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in the brig Forrest; ninetyElbe, via New York, and reshipped under bond, nine casks of Oporto wine, imported in the brig per schooner Perseverance, to Philadelphia, in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; and seven pipes and seventeen hogsheads of Sicily Maderia wine, imported via Boston, and reshipped under bond, per brig Echo, to Philadelphia, in June, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, which wines were destroyed in Philadelphia, by fire, while in store in the custody of the custom-house: furnished with satisfactory proof that the goods Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury be were so destroyed by fire and were not insured. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 83.]—An Act for the Relief of James H. Jenkins. 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 to pay to James H. Jenkins, late contractor for carrying the mails, out of any moneys appropriated for the transportation of the mails, the sum of three thousand one hundred and ninety-eight dollars, for damages actually incurred by him, by reason of an order of the Postmaster changing the route upon which he had contracted to run between Knoxville and Sparta, Tennessee. APPROVED, March 3, 1852. [No. 84.]—An Act for the Relief of Robert Gibson. 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 Robert Gibson, of Greenbriar county, Virginia, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 85.]-An Act for the Relief of Ursula E. Cobb. 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 Ursula E. Cobb, widow of the late Charles Cobb, gunner in the Navy of the United States, upon the list of naval pensions, and to pay her a pension at the rate of ten dollars per month, to commence on the ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and to continue for and during the term of five years. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 86.]—An Act for the Relief of Cornelius Covert, of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Postmaster General he and at of the revenues of land situate in the county of Jackson, State of Alanot otherwise appro-bama, on the waters of Jones's Creek, known as ndred and ninety-six William Jones's Reservation, it being the place Eransportation of the first settled by William Jones, and, after his death, thousand seven hun- transferred by his widow and heirs-at-law to said William J. Price: Provided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any minor heir or heirs, or of third persons. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. Marshall to Centregan, instead of two 5, for and during the nd entered into in the fty. lief of Moses Olmstead th Craig. and House of RepresentAmerica in Congress y of the Interior be ce the name of Moses d pensioners, and to ension of eight dollars Dcommence on the one thousand eight acted, That the Secrized and required to beth Craig, widow of Lewis Craig, of the is killed in California eighteen hundred and 1, at the rate of one receiving at the time e to commence from ghteen hundred and er during her widowgain, or die, while her e a minor, the same said daughter during e Relief of George r. id House of RepresentAmerica in Congress naster General of the reby, authorized and ertained the amount ge Poindexter for the perty, by the volunucky, mustered into ates, for the war in ry of the Treasury ized and directed to ned to be due, to be out of any money in appropriated: Proexceed the sum of nount awarded. [No. 92.]-An Act for the Relief of Gilman Smith, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- [No. 93.]-An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Monroe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent atives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to Elizabeth Monroe, widow of Thomas J. C. Monroe, late of the Army of the United States, for the space of five years, to commence from the first day of January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-two, a pension, payable semi-annually, equal to one half the pay to which the said Thomas J. C. Monroe was entitled at the time of his decease, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [March, mencing with the said fifth of November, eighteen [No. 97.]-An Act for the Benefit of John Ozias. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to pay to John Ozias, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, the sum of two hundred dollars, the amount paid by him on the thirty-first October, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, for a quarter section of land which the Government had sold to another. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 98.]-An Act for the Relief of William H. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- subject to private entry, at one dollar and twenty- APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 99.]-An Act for the Relief of Nathan H. dred and fifty-two, and to continue during his life. [No. 94.]-An Act for the Relief of Maria Taylor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- Be 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 Mrs. Maria Taylor, wife of Wil-assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, liam R. Taylor, of the parish of Ascension, State and he is hereby, authorized and required to place of Louisiana, claiming in her own right a certain the name of Nathan H. Darling, of Lake county, tract of land situated in the parish of Ascension in the State of Illinois, on the roll of invalid penaforesaid, near its upper limits, on the left banksioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to of the river Mississippi, containing eleven and a half arpents front by forty in depth, bounded above by the land of late Jean Louis Parent, and below by the land of late Pierre Prospere, together with the tract immediately adjacent to and back of said front tract, containing a front of twelve arpents, by forty additional arpents depth, with such diverging of the lateral lines as to embrace an arrea of five hundred acres, be and she is hereby, confirmed in the title thereto: Provided, That this act shall only be construed as a relinquishment of the Government of all claim to said tract of land: And d House of Represent-provided also, That this act shall not operate against America in Congress the claim of any third person to said tract of land. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. ief of Mary Pearson. of the Interior be, place on the roll of name of Mary Pearsetts, widow of Silas sion at the rate of m, to commence on ghteen hundred and ng her natural life. of of Henry Miller, a undred and twelve. ! House of RepresentImerica in Congress Lenry Miller, a sold States, in the late aced on the roll of of eight dollars per fourteenth day of forty-seven. of William J. Price. House of Representmerica in Congress rice be, and he is Da certain tract of [No. 100.]-An Act to authorize the issuing of a Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- zen, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, which vessel put into said port in distress, and was purchased by said Titcomb, in the winter of eighteen hundred and fifty-one: Provided, That it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of the repairs of said vessel made in the United States subsequent to that time, by the present owner, is equal to three fourths of the value of such a vessel built in the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the ownthey are hereby, authorized to change the name ers of the steamboat " Roger Williams" be, and of said boat to that of "El Paraguay," and that the owners of the propeller Ontario be, and they are hereby, authorized to change the name of the said propeller to the "Carrier Pigeon." APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 101.]-An Act authorizing the Adjustment and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, G....2D SESS. g, deceased, late of the State of for losses sustained by him, the ile retained as a hostage by the during the war of the Revolution. be it further enacted, That the said cers, in the adjustment of the said d they are hereby, directed to allow the sum of thirty-seven thousand nd ninety-seven dollars, with legal che fourth day of March, eighteen fty-one, until the day of stating the losses. be it further enacted, That the SecTreasury be, and he is hereby, auy to William Hazzard Wigg, the e said William Hazzard Wigg, deount that shall be ascertained to be of said losses, including the intermoney in the Treasury not other ted. March 3, 1853. n Act to Incorporate the Georgetown Fatoctin Railroad Company. by the Senate and House of Representnited States of America in Congress t whenever the State of Maryland corporate a company to lay out and road, from any point, in connection nore and Ohio Railroad, at or near ocks, to Georgetown, in the District The right of way, not exceeding sixe, be, and is hereby, granted to such ided, That before any such road, necessary fixtures shall be located , the assent of said city shall first And provided, also, That the same the condemnation of, and payment her private property for the use of s may be made by any act for the of such company by the State of l be, and hereby are, extended to on of and payment for land or other y for the use of the said road within Columbia. March 3, 1853. n Act for the Relief of the Southern higan Railroad Company. by the Senate and House of Representnited States of America in Congress the Postmaster General be authorreby directed, to pay to the SouthRailroad Company, out of any herwise appropriated, the sum of and seventy-one dollars and fortyr services in the transportation of ern mail from Toledo to Hillsdale, , in the State of Michigan. March 3, 1853. ESOLUTIONS. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy cause to be paid to Alexander Y. P. Garnett the sum of one hundred and sixty-six dollars and ten cents, for his services as surgeon on board the ship Cyane, from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, to the sixth day of August of the same year, in addition to any sum or sums which may have been paid said Garnett as assistant surgeon on account of his services. APPROVED, February 3, 1853. [No. 3.]-Joint Resolution granting the petition of William and Matthew Moss. Resolved 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, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the account of William and Matthew Moss, contractors for carrying the mail on route number five thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty, in the same manner as if that sum had been the consideration stipulated in the contract, instead of the sum of seven hundred dollars, for which their bid was erroneously made and a contract executed. APPROVED, February 5, 1853. [No. 4.]-Joint Resolution for the Relief J. P. Converse, of Ohio. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John P. Converse, of Ohio, out of the money of the Post Office Department, the sum of six hundred and thirty-six dollars and ninety-eight cents, ($636 98,) as compensation for his per diem services, and traveling and other expenses, whilst acting as a special agent for the Post Office Department. APPROVED, February 26, 1853. [No. 5.]-A Resolution for the Relief of the heir of John De Neufville and Son. Resolved 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 allow and pay Mrs. Anna C. De Neufville Evans, the heir of John De Neufville and Son, in addition to the eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty cents, or twenty-one thousand nine hundred and nineteen florins, allowed by joint resolution of the third March, eighteen hundred and fifty one, upon the e Senate and House of Representatives report of the Comptroller to the Senate, the followtes of America in Congress assembled, gin sums, to wit: the share awarded to De Neufetary of War be, and he is here- ville and Son in the damages as part owners of the to convey to the City Council of ships Aurora and Liberty, the charges for lighterorgia, the site of the old Ogle-hire, stay-days, traveling to the Texel, &c.; the esolution for surrendering the site of corpe Barracks to the City Council of eorgia. charges for delivering of the goods, storage, &c.; the charges for journey to Paris, of Major Jackson and Leonard De Neufville to obtain Dr. Franklin's acceptance of bills. The amount of these four charges is three thousand three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty cents, or seven thousand two hundred and sixty-one florins, also the balance due by the accounts and papers in the State Department, on notarial agreement dated the twenty-eighth December, seventeen hundred and and one quarter cents; and interest at the rate of eighty-one; the florin to be calculated at forty-six six per centum per annum from the time the debt was contracted to the day of payment; and the former partial settlement of the Comptroller to be corrected upon the above basis, as to the value of the florin and interest, the gratuity of three thousand dollars made the family of De Neufville, in seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, not to be taken from this claim. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 6.]-Joint Resolution for the Relief of Thompson Barnett. Resolved 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 and authorized to pay to Thompson Barnett, of Logansport, Indiana, out of the funds of his department, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy-five cents, ($123 75,) in full for services rendered by said Barnett in carrying the mail from Logansport to Winnimac, Indiana, frem July first, eighteen hundred and forty-two, to February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. [No. 7.]-A Resolution for the Relief of the Estate of Isaac L. Battle. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the estate of Isaac L. Battle, deceased, late of the County of Jackson, in the State of Florida, be, and the same is hereby, released from any liability under a judgment heretofore obtained by the Post Office Department against him as guarantor on behalf of Charles Matthews and William King, late of said county and State, as bidders for a contract to carry the United States mail, three times a week each way between Bainbridge, in the State of Georgia, and Pensacola, in the State (then Territory) of Florida, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper officers of the Treasury ascertain and pay to the legal representatives of David Corderey, deceased, the value of a certain reservation of six hundred and forty acres as unimproved land at the date of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, which reservation was allowed under the eighth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and seventeen, and thirteenth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, made with the Cherokee Indians, and that the amount so ascertained, without interest, be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1853. APPROPRIATIONS, NEW OFFICES, ETC. By the act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. For compensation of the Vice President of the For outfit of a Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark.. $1,638 89 4,500 00 10,000 00 4,414 00 $910,000 00 1,000 00 For incidental expenses of the several land offices For salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys.. For expenses of depositing public moneys, by receivers of public moneys 8,000 00 2,050 00 3,800 00 .$25,000 00 For the extension of the United States Capitol..400,000 00 For the completion of the repairs of the Congressional Library Room, authorized by the act approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two... 20,500 00 For inclosing Lafayette Square with an iron fence.... For compensation of three men, at one dollar per day each, for one year, to finish and keep in order Lafayette Square. 1,095 00 5,100 00 25,000 00 By the act to erect at the capital of the nation an Equestrian Statue of Washington. To enable the President of the United States to employ Clark Mills to erect, at the city of Washington, a colossal equestrian statue of George Washington, at such place on the public grounds in said city as shall be designated by the President of the United States......................... .$50,000 00 For commutation of subsistence............... For forage for officers' horses..... For repairs, fuel, and apparatus therefor, forage for public horses and oxen, postage, stationery, printing, and other incidental and contingent expenses. For increase and expenses of the library... For expenses of the Board of Visiters For completion of the new mess hall... For stable for dragoon and artillery horses...... For forage for dragoon and cavalry horses.. For additional pay of fifty dollars each to the soldier employed in the adjutant's office as clerk, and to the two enlisted men employed in the philosophical and chemical departinents...... .$88,266 00 2,190 00 960 00 For completing the work of the Seventh Census, and to prepare the same for publication... For stationery, printing blank forms and regulations, furniture, binding books, and miscellaneous items in the office of Commissioner of Pensions... For engraving for fifty one thousand five hundred and twenty copies of the mechanical part of the Patent Office Report for eighteen hundred and fifty-one-two... To pay for the Congressional Globe and Appendix, and the Annals of Congress, ordered for the use of the Library of the House of Representatives, under the resolution of the House of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to furnish, pay for, and deliver the same books to five new members of the present Congress, as per resolution of said House passed twenty-sixth July, eighteen hundred and fifty two...... For compensation of five clerks, authorized to be appointed and employed by the Postmaster General, under the thirteenth section of the act of thirty-first August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two For compensation to an assistant day watchman of the General Post Office, from the fifteenth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, until the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three For the payment of the amount due William Williams, under the sixteenth article of the Cherokee treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five and six, being the balance of an award of four hundred and five dollars by the commissioners under said treaty, two hundred and fifty five dollars of which was paid out of the appropriation "for carrying into effect the Cherokee treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five and six". To pay Gregory Ennis, executor of Philip Ennis, deceased, balance due upon a contract for filling up the low ground south of the President's house, authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine..... For expenses of the Board of Visiters at the Military Academy For expenses which may be incurred in acknowledging the services of the masters and crews offoreign vessels in rescuing American citizens 10,000 00 585 00 4,500 00 4,500 00 4,504 90 475 00 150 00 474 54 557 83 |