Chapter CLXI. further to indemnify the owner and underwriters of the British ship Union and her cargo
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Chap. CLXI.— An Act further to indemnify the owner and underwriters of the British ship Union and her cargo. May 26, 1828. *Be it enacted, &c., * Indemnified for destruction of ship Union and her cargo, destroyed after the peace with England in 1815. That there be paid to Captain Robert Holl, owner of the British ship Union, and assignee of the underwriters on said ship and her cargo, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars, in full satisfaction of the claim of the said owner and underwriters, for the capture and destruction of the said ship Union and her cargo, taken and burnt by the American ship of war Peacock, after the period fixed, by the Treaty of Ghent, for the termination of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain and her dependencies.
Approved, May 26, 1828. RESOLUTION. Resolution 2: authorizing an examination of the claims to land of John F. Carmichael. Resolution 2 6 Stat. 394 1828-05-19 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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 2025-12-05 20 1 private No. 2 Resolution authorizing an examination of the claims to land of John F. Carmichael. May 19, 1828. *Be it resolved, &c., * Claim to two tracts of land under the Spanish government, to be examined.
That John F. Carmichael, of Wilkinson county, state of Mississippi, be authorized to present to the register and receiver of the Land Office at Washington, Mississippi, the papers and documents having relation to the title to two tracts of land which he claims by virtue of what he alleges to be complete grants from the Spanish government, in favor of Claudio Bougard, one dated the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for one thousand arpens, the other dated the sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, for one thousand and thirty-four arpens, lying and being in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, divided by the line of demarcation which then existed between the two governments, and the said register and receiver are hereby authorized to examine and report upon the same; under all the rules, regulations, and responsibilities, which were made applicable to the Board of Commissioners appointed west of Pearl river.
Approved, May 19, 1828. 20 2 1828 1829 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December,* 1828, *and ended on the third day of March,* 1829. John Quincy Adams, President; John C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Samuel Smith, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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