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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 10 STAT. · March 3, 1853 · Chapter CLII

Chapter CLII. *for the Relief of the Southern Michigan Railroad Company.* March 3, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General Payment to the Southern Michigan Railroad.be authorized, and is hereby directed, to

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Chap. CLII.— An Act *for the Relief of the Southern Michigan Railroad Company.* March 3, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General Payment to the Southern Michigan Railroad.be authorized, and is hereby directed, to pay to the Southern Michigan Railroad Company, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty-three cents, for services in the transportation of the great Northern mail from Tole do to Hillsdale, beyond Detroit, in the State of Michigan.
Approved, March 3, 1853. THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 2, 7, 9, 10. 1853. 769 RESOLUTIONS. No. 2: authorizing the Settlement of the Account of the Public Printer, for Paper used by him since the first of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. Private Resolution 2 10 Stat. 769 1852-12-23 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 2.] Joint Resolution *authorizing the Settlement of the Account of the Public Printer, for Paper used by him since the first of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.* Dec. 23, 1852. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the accounts of the Settlement of certain accounts of public printer.Public Printer, for paper furnished and used by him since the expiration of the time specified in the sixth section of the “Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty-three,” and also for the paper to be furnished and used by him until the Superintendent of the Public Printing shall commence furnishing and delivering to him paper to be used for the public printing, be settled and paid as the accounts of the Public Printer have been settled and paid, under the said sixth section of said act, and as is provided for in said sixth section.
Approved, December 23, 1852. No. 7: for Surrendering the Site of the old Oglethorpe Barracks to the City Council of Savannah, Georgia. Private Resolution 7 10 Stat. 769 1853-01-20 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 7.] A Resolution *for Surrendering the Site of the old Oglethorpe Barracks to the City Council of Savannah, Georgia.* Jan. 20, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War Site of the Oglethorpe barracks, to be conveyed to Savannah, Georgia.be, and he is hereby authorized, to convey to the City Council of Savannah, Georgia, the site of the old Oglethorpe Barracks adjacent to said city; which said site has long been abandoned by the Government, and in consideration of the liberality of said city, in surrendering to the Government heretofore certain lands now known as the new barracks in said city.
Approved, January 20, 1853. No. 9: for the Relief of Alexander Y. P. Garnett. Private Resolution 9 10 Stat. 769 1853-02-03 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 9.] A Resolution *for the Relief of Alexander Y. P. Garnett.* Feb. 3, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the A.
Y. P. Garnett, to be paid $166.10.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. 10: granting the Petition of William and Matthew Moss.
Private Resolution 10 10 Stat. 769 1853-02-05 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 10.] Joint Resolution *granting the Petition of William and Matthew Moss.* Feb. 5, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General Accounts of William and Matthew Moss, as mail contractors, to be audited and paid.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 770 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 11, 16, 17. 1853.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. 11: for the Relief of J. P. Converse, of Ohio. Private Resolution 11 10 Stat. 770 1853-02-26 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 11.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of J. P. Converse, of Ohio.* Feb. 26, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General J. P. Converse to be paid $636.98.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 travelling and other expenses, whilst acting as a special agent for the Post-Office Department.
Approved, February 26, 1853. No. 16: for the Relief of the Heir of John De Neufville and Son. Private Resolution 16 10 Stat. 770 1853-03-03 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 16.] A Resolution *for the Relief of the Heir of John De Neufville and Son.* March 3, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Payment to Mrs.
Anna C. De Neufville Evans.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 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 report of the Comptroller to the Senate, the following sums, to wit: the share awarded to De Neufville and Son in the damages as part-owners of the ships Aurora and Liberty, the charges for lighter-hire, stay-days, travelling to the Texel, &c.; the charges for delivering of the goods, storage, &c.; the charges for journey to Paris, of Major Jackson and Leonard De Neufville, to obtain Doctor 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 noterial agreement dated the twenty-eight December, seventeen hundred and eighty-one; the florin to be calculated at forty-six and one quarter cents; and interest at the rate of six per cent um 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. 17: for the Relief of the heir of John De Neufville and Son. Private Resolution 17 10 Stat. 770 1853-03-03 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 17.] A Resolution *for the Relief of the heir of John De Neufville and Son.* March 3, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Payment to Mrs.
Anna C. De Neufville Evans.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 report of the Comptroller to the Senate, the following sums, to wit: the share awarded to De Neufville and Son in the damages as part-owners of the ships Aurora and Liberty, the charges for lighter-hire, stay-days, travelling to the Texel, &c.; the charges for delivering of the goods, storage, &c.; the charges for journey to Paris, of Major Jackson THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 18, 19, 20. 1853. 771and Leonard De Neufville to obtain Dr. F ranklink 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 eighty-one; the florin to be calculated at forty-six and one quarter cents; and interest at the rate of 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 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. 18: for the Relief of Thompson Barnett. Private Resolution 18 10 Stat. 770 1853-03-03 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 18.] Joint Resolution *for the Relief of Thompson Barnett.* March 3, 1853. *Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General Thompson Barnett to be paid $123.75, for mail service.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, from July first, eighteen hundred and forty-two, to February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three.
Approved, March 3, 1853. No. 19: for the Relief of the Estate of Isaac L. Battle. Private Resolution 19 10 Stat. 770 1853-03-03 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 19.] A Resolution *for the Relief of the Estate of Isaac L. Battle.* March 3, 1853. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the estate of Isaac L.
Estate of Isaac L. Battle released from a judgment.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. No. 20: for the Relief of the Heirs of David Corderey. Private Resolution 20 10 Stat. 770 1853-03-03 Little, Brown and Company. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-24 32 2 private [No. 20.] A Resolution *for the Relief of the Heirs of David Corderey.* 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 Payment to legal representatives of David Corderey.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. 33 33 1 1853 1854 773 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the Oily of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the* 5*th day of December,* 1853, *and ended on Monday, the* 7*th day of August,* 1854. Franklin Pierce, President. David R. Atchison, President of the Senate, *pro tempore.* Linn Boyd, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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