the highest rate of disability, and so in proportion; which several pensions shall be paid, by direction of the Secretary of the Navy, out of the fund above provided, and from no other.
Commanding officers to enter the names, &c. of wounded persons in a journal.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commanding officer of every vessel having a commission, or letters of marque and reprisal, shall enter in his journal the name and rank of any officer, and the name of any seaman, who, during his cruise, shall have been wounded or disabled as aforesaid, describing the manner and extent, as far as practicable, of such wound or disability.
Collectors to transmit a transcript of such journals to the Secretary of the Navy, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every collector shall transmit quarterly to the Secretary of the Navy, a transcript of such journals as may have been reported to him, so far as it gives a list of the officers and crew, and the description of wounds and disabilities, the better to enable the secretary to decide on claims for pensions.
Approved, February 13, 1813.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XXIII.—An Act confirming certain claims to lands in the district of Vincennes.
Act of April 21, 1806, ch. 40.
Act of March 3, 1807, ch. 47.
Act of Feb. 19, 1814, ch. 14.
Act of April 16, 1816, ch. 52.
Certain decisions of the register and receiver of public monies confirmed.
1810, ch. 35.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the decisions of the register and receiver of public monies for the district of Vincennes, made in favour of persons claiming donation lands in said district, as entered in a list of claims which in the opinion of the said register and receiver ought to be confirmed in pursuance of the act, entitled “An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes,” passed on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ten, which list is a part of their report to the Secretary of the Treasury, bearing date of the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and the same are hereby confirmed.
Claims of certain persons confirmed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following persons whose claims, according to the aforesaid report, are not embraced by the provisions of the above recited act, but which nevertheless in the opinion of the register and receiver ought to be confirmed, shall be, and their claims are hereby confirmed respectively, to the following quantities of land, that is to say: the heirs of Francis Peltier, the heirs of Bernice Lefevre, and the heirs of Jean Btt. Valecour, respectively, four hundred acres; Rene Campeau, Francois Cardinal, the heirs of Joseph Pancake, the heirs of Jacob Howell, the heirs of Alexander Wilson, the heirs of Daniel Sullivan, and the heirs of Jacob Tevebaugh, respectively, one hundred acres.
Locations to be entered accordingly.
1806, ch. 40.
1814, ch. 18.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several persons whose claims are confirmed by this act, are hereby authorized to enter their locations with the register of the land-office at Vincennes, on any part of the tract set apart for that purpose in said district, by virtue of the act, entitled “An act respecting claims to lands in the Indiana territory and state of Ohio,” and in conformity to the provisions of that act: Provided, that such locations shall be made prior to the first day of October next; and the right of any person who shall neglect to locate prior to that day shall become void and for ever be barred.
