Chapter CXXV. for the Relief of Joseph Warren Newcomb
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Chap. CXXV.— An Act for the Relief of Joseph Warren Newcomb. March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Joseph W. Newcomb to be paid $8,321 48, the balance due Major-General Warren, under resolutions of Congress of July 1, 1780. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph Warren Newcomb, only descendant and heir of Major-General Joseph Warren, who was killed at Bunker Hill, the balance due and unpaid, under resolutions of Congress of the first day of July, seventeen hundred and eighty, being the sum of eight thousand three hundred and Proviso.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. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 1, 2, 3. 1847. 707 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: authorizing and directing the Examination and Settlement of the Claims of Alexander M. Cumming. Private Resolution 1 9 Stat. 707 1847-02-18 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private [No. 1.]— Joint Resolution authorizing and directing the Examination and Settlement of the Claims of Alexander M.
Cumming. Feb. 18, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Auditor of theAccounts of A.M. Cumming, under contracts with the Post-Office Department to be examined and audited, and the amount found legally due him to be paid. Treasury for the Post-Office Department be directed to examine and audit the claims of Alexander M. Cumming, of New Jersey, late mail contractor on routes nine hundred and fifty-one, and nine hundred and fifty-two, between the cities of Philadelphia and New York, between the years eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and eighteen hundred 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: for the Relief of John and Charles Bruce. Private Resolution 2 9 Stat. 707 1847-02-22 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private [No. 2.]— Joint Resolution for the Relief of John and Charles Bruce. Feb. 22, 1847. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the CommissionerNew patent for the term of seven years to be granted to John and Charles Bruce for their machine patented March 13, 1832. of Patents be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant a new patent to John and Charles Bruce, of Jersey City, State of New Jersey, for the term of seven years from and after the passage of this resolution, for their machine 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: *Provided*, Upon an examination of the case,Proviso. the said Commissioner shall deem the parties hereto entitled to a patent.
Approved, February 22, 1847. No. 3: to correct an Error in the Act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the Relief of Mary Ann Linton. Private Resolution 3 9 Stat. 707 1847-02-25 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private [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.
Feb. 25, 1847. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the error in thePension of Mary Ann Linton.1844, ch. 132. act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the relief of Mary Ann Linton, in the words “who was lately a pensioner of the United States, under the act of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,” and any expression contained in said act, shall not be so construed as to prevent said Mary Ann Linton from receiving the same rate of pension as is allowed to widows by the general act of July seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in cases1838, ch. 189. where their husbands have served two years as captains of infantry.
Approved, February 25, 1847. No. 6: for the Settlement of the Accounts of Purser G. R. Barry. Private Resolution 6 9 Stat. 708 1847-03-02 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private 708 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 6, 13, 14, 15. 1847. [No. 6.]— Joint Resolution for the Settlement of the Accounts of Purser G.
R. Barry. March 2, 1847. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Accounts of G. R. Barry to be settled, and certain items charged to him credited. That the accounting officers of the treasury be authorized to settle the accounts of the United States ship Boston, Captain Pendergrast, and pass to the credit of the purser, G. R. Barry, the items charged to him in the reconciling statement of his accounts.
Approved, March 2, 1847. No. 13: for the Relief of the Children of Stephen Johnson, deceased. Private Resolution 13 9 Stat. 708 1847-03-03 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private [No. 13.]— Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Children of Stephen Johnson, deceased. March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Register and receiver of land office at Sandusky to receive a certificate granted to heirs of Stephen Johnson, under the act of 1840, ch. 96, in payment for any one half-section of vacant land in the Wyandot reserve.Proviso, as to price.
That the Commissioner of the General Land Office cause the register and receiver at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to receive a certificate of the heirs of Stephen Johnson, granted to them under “An Act for the Relief of the Heirs [children] of Stephen Johnson, deceased,” approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty, in payment for any half-section of land in the Wyandot reserve not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, the minimum price of said half-section shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 14: for the Relief of William B. Stokes, surviving Partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company. Private Resolution 14 9 Stat. 708 1847-03-03 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private [No. 14]— Joint Resolution for the Relief of William B. Stokes, surviving Partner of John N.
C. Stockton and Company. March 3, 1847. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Postmaster-General to pay Wm. B. Stokes such compensation as shall be an adequate remuneration for carrying the mail in Florida in the years 1835 and 1836. That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to William B. Stokes, surviving partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company, for carrying the mail in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, on the lower or Florida route, in consequence of the interruption of the mail by the Creek hostilities on the upper route, such compensation as shall be established to be an adequate remuneration for the same, taking into consideration the value of the services performed, and the loss to the said contractors by the exclusion of passengers, as directed by the then Postmaster-General: and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General to pay the amount so allowed out of the current appropriation for mail transportation.
Approved, March 3, 1847. No. 15: for the Relief of M. A. Price and E. A. White. Private Resolution 15 9 Stat. 708 1847-03-03 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 2025-12-15 29 2 9 private [No. 15.]— Joint Resolution for the Relief of M. A. Price and E. A. White. March 3, 1847. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Accounts of M.
A. Price and E. A. White for mail transportation to be audited and settled.Rate at which they shall be said. That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the account of M. A. Price and E. A. White, of the State of Tennessee, for mail transportation, to be audited and settled; and to pay to the said Price and White, out of the fund appropriated for mail transportation, the same rate of compensation from the first day of January to the first day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, as was allowed and paid them from the first of June to the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.
Approved, March 3, 1847. 30 30 1 1847 1848 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTIETH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the 6th Day of December, 1847, and ended on the 14th Day of August, 1848.* James K. Polk, President; George M. Dallas, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; David R. Atchison, President of the Senate on and after the twenty-ninth day of July, 1848;
Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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