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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 22

Chap. XXII.—An Act authorizing the construction of a war-steamer for harbor defence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Sec. Navy authorized to contract with R. L. Stevens for a war steamer. Proviso. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized to enter into contract with Robert L. Stevens for the construction of a war-steamer, shot and shell proof, to be built principally of iron, upon the plan of the said Stevens: Provided, The whole cost, including the hull, armament, engines, boilers, and equipment in all respects complete for service, shall not exceed the average cost of the steamers Missouri and Mississippi.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, towards carrying this law into effect.
Approved, April 14, 1842.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 228

Chap. CCXXVIII.—An Act to provide an insane hospital for the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The old jail to be fitted up for the insane, &c. That the Commissioner of the Public Buildings be, and he is hereby, authorized and required, under the direction of the President of the United States, and upon a plan to be by him approved, to cause such alterations to be made in the old jail as will adapt it for the reception and accommodation of the insane of the District of Columbia, and of such sick, disabled, and infirm ​seamen, soldiers, and others, as may, by competent authority, to be hereafter prescribed, be deemed proper to be received therein, which building, with one half of the ground occupied by the old and new jails, is hereby assigned for those purposes.
Board of inspectors to be appointed; their duties.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the completion of the said building, the President be authorized to appoint three respectable persons, residents of the city of Washington, to be a board of inspectors of the said institution, who shall hold their offices two years from the date of their appointment; and whose duty it shall be to have a general supervision of the concerns of the said hospital; to appoint the necessary subordinate officers thereof; to prescribe rules for the admission and due regulation of patients therein, and to make an annual report to Congress of their proceedings, and of the condition of the said institution.
Appropriation.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be, and there is hereby, appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars for the alteration of the said building, and improvement of the grounds, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 29, 1842.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 22

Chap. XXII.—An Act for the revision of former confirmations, and for confirming certain claims to land in the District of Kaskaskia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the register and ​Act of April 16, 1814, ch. 61. Act of Feb. 27, 1815, ch. 63. Register and receiver of the land-office at Kaskaskia to inquire into validity of certain claims to land. A clerk to be employed by them. Report to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury, which is to be laid before Congress. Commissioners, clerk and agent; their compensation; how to be paid.receiver of public monies of the land-office at Kaskaskia, and such other person as the President of the United States shall appoint for that purpose, be, and they are hereby authorized to examine and inquire into the validity of claims to land in the district of Kaskaskia, which are derived from confirmations made, or pretended to have been made, by the governors of the North West and Indiana territory, respectively. They shall employ a clerk, and shall, in relation to the claims aforesaid, have, in every respect, the same powers which had been vested in the commissioners appointed to ascertain the claims to land in the said district. And they shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be by him laid before Congress at their next session, their opinion on each of the claims aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners and clerk, appointed by this act, and such agent, as may be appointed on behalf of the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall each receive five hundred dollars in full for the services performed by them under this act; which compensation, and also the contingent charges for office rent, fuel, stationery and summoning witnesses on the part of the United States, shall be paid out of the monies appropriated by law for surveying the public lands of the United States.
Decisions of commissioners, when to be confirmed.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the decisions made by the commissioners, heretofore appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons to lands in the district of Kaskaskia, in favour of such claimants to town or village lots, out lots or rights in common, to commons and commonfields, as entered in the transcripts of decisions, bearing date the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine, which have been transmitted by the said commissioners to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, be confirmed to all such rightful claimants according to their respective rights thereto:Proviso as to decisions in other cases. Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be construed to confirm any particular decision, heretofore made in favour of any individual, or to affect the right of any other individual claiming the same land; but such conflicting claims shall be decided according to law by the proper tribunal.
Approved, February 20, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 24

Chap. XXIV.—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to locate the Lands reserved for the use of Jefferson College, in the Mississippi territory.
The Secretary of the Treasury to locate in one body the thirty-six sections of land reserved for Jefferson College by the act of March 3, 1803, sec. 12.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 and empowered to locate in one body, the thirty-six sections of land reserved for the use of Jefferson college in the Mississippi territory, by an act, entituled “An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the sale of the lands of the United States south of the state of Tennessee,” passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, on any lands within the said territory not sold, or otherwise disposed of, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished.
Approved, February 20, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 25

Chap. XXV.—An Act for the more convenient taking of affidavits and bail in civil causes depending in the courts of the United States.
Act of March 1, 1817, ch. 30. Commissioners to be appointed by the circuit courts of the U. States, for taking bail and affidavits, and the acknowledgments so taken to have the same effect as if taken before any judge of said court.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the ​circuit court of the United States, to be holden in any district in which the present provision, by law, for taking bail and affidavits in civil causes, (in cases where such affidavits are, by law, admissible) is inadequate, or on account of the extent of such district, inconvenient, to appoint such ​and so many discreet persons, in different parts of the district, as such court shall deem necessary, to take acknowledgments of bail and affidavits; which acknowledgments of bail and affidavits shall have the like force and effect as if taken before any judge of said court; and any ​person swearing falsely in and by any such affidavit, shall be liable to the same punishment as if the same affidavit had been made or taken before a judge of said court.
Fees for taking them.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the like fees shall be allowed for taking such bail and affidavit as are allowed for the like services by the laws of the state, in which any such affidavit or bail shall be taken.
Discretionary power to courts of U. States, in cases of depositions in perpetuam rei memoriam.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in any cause before a court of the United States, it shall be lawful for such court, in its discretion, to admit in evidence any deposition taken in perpetuam rei memoriam, which would be so admissible in a court of the state wherein such cause is pending according to the laws thereof.
Approved, February 20, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 31

Chap. XXXI.—An Act supplementary to “An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force,” passed on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Act of April 12, 1808, ch. 43. Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 78. Officers of light artillery to receive the same, when mounted, as light dragoons. Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever, in the opinion of the President of the United States, it is expedient to mount the light artillery, or any part thereof, horses and accoutrements shall be provided to equip the whole or such part as he may direct; and when the non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates are so equipped, the officers shall be entitled to the same forage, as is now provided for the officers of the same grade in the regiment of light dragoons: Provided, the officers furnish their own horses and accoutrements, and actually keep in service the same number of horses to entitle them to the aforesaid allowance for forage or its equivalent in money.
​Saddler and farrier to be provided for each company of artillery, when mounted.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said light artillery are ordered to be mounted, there shall be provided one saddler and one farrier to each company, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as are now provided for saddlers and farriers in the regiment of light dragoons.
Approved, February 24, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 27

Chap. XXVII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of an additional Military Force.
Appropriation.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the necessary expense, to the first day of January next, of the troops to be raised by virtue of an act, entituled1812, ch. 14. “An act to raise an additional military force,” passed on the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
Specific appropriations.For pay, one million four hundred and six thousand eight hundred and fifty-one dollars and ninety-five cents.
For forage, one hundred and fifty four thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty cents.
For subsistence, one million seventy-four thousand and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For clothing, eight hundred and sixty-three thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars.
For bounties and premiums, four hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.
For the purchase of horses for the dragoons, and for the purchase of horses for the transportation of heavy artillery, ammunition and baggage, two hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars.
For the quartermaster general’s department, including harness and other equipage, quarters, fuel, tools and transportation, four hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For the medical and hospital department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
​Specific appropriations.For contingencies, three hundred and fifty-five thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and seventeen cents.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums specifically appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 21, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 30

Chap. XXX.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Appropriation for the expenses of the navy. Specific appropriations. 1812, ch. 16.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expenses of the navy, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, the following sums, including therein the sum of four hundred thousand dollars already appropriated by the act, entituled ​“An act authorizing the purchase of ordnance and ordnance stores, camp equipage and other quartermaster’s stores and small arms,” be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For the pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, one million one hundred and twenty-three thousand three hundred and forty-one dollars.
For provisions, five hundred and fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars.
For medicines, instruments, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, forty thousand dollars.
For repairs of vessels, three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
For freight, store rent and all other contingent expenses, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
For the expenses of navy yards, comprising docks and other improvements, pay of superintendents, storekeepers, clerks and labourers, sixty thousand dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising cannon, carronades, muskets, pistols and other small arms, cannon ball and shot of every description, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For the purchase of saltpetre and sulphur, and for making the same into powder, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, including provisions for those on shore and forage for the staff, one hundred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty cents.
For clothing for the same, forty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty cents.
For military stores for the same, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.
For medicines, medical services, hospital stores, and all other expenses on account of the sick, belonging to the marine corps, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For quartermasters and barrack-masters’ stores, officers’ travelling expenses, armorers and carpenters’ bills, fuel, premiums for enlisting men, musical instruments, bounty to music and other contingent expenses of the marine corps, twenty thousand dollars.
For the relief of the legal representatives of David Valenzin, deceased, being the amount of a former appropriation to that object, carried to the surplus fund, two thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy cents.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, specifically appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 24, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 3

Chap. III.—An Act making a further appropriation for the support of a Library.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the ​Appropriation of one thousand dollars.balance of the former appropriations made to purchase books for the use of Congress, there shall be appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars yearly for the term of five years; to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and expended under the direction of a joint committee, to consist of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed every session of Congress, during the continuance of this appropriation.
Approved, December 6, 1811.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 23

Chap. XXIII.—An Act making an appropriation for the expenses incident to the six companies of Mounted Rangers, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Appropriation for six companies.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the pay, subsistence and forage, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, of the six companies of mounted rangers, to be raised for the service of the United States, pursuant to an act, entituledAct of Jan. 2, 1812, ch. 11. “An act authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of rangers, for the protection of the frontier of the United States,” that is to say:
Specific appropriations.For the pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the said companies, the sum of one hundred and four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For the subsistence of the officers, the sum of two thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars.
For forage, the sum of one thousand three hundred and forty-four dollars. The said sums to be paid out of any monies in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 20, 1812.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 26

Chap. XXVI.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Appropriation.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expenses of the military establishment of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, magazines, arsenals and armories, the following sums, including the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars already appropriated by the first section of the act, entituled1812, ch. 16. “An act authorizing the purchase of ordnance and ordnance stores, camp equipage and other quartermaster’s stores and small arms,” be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated; that is to say:
Specific appropriations.For the pay of the army of the United States, eight hundred and sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars.
For forage, one hundred and four thousand six hundred and twenty four dollars.
For subsistence, six hundred and eighty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and five cents.
For clothing, two hundred and ninety-three thousand eight hundred and four dollars.
For bounties and premiums, seventy thousand dollars.
​Specific appropriations.For the medical and hospital department, fifty thousand dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, one million one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, including two thousand dollars for such a number of additional military storekeepers as may be required, two hundred and ninety-six thousand and forty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.
For the quartermaster general’s department, including camp equipage, fuel, tools, barracks, quarters, wagons and transportation, seven hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
For the purchase of horses for the dragoons and light artillery, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For contingencies, fifty thousand dollars.
For purchasing maps, plans, books and instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the clerks employed in the military agent’s offices, and in the office of the inspector of the army, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For the Indian department, one hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred dollars.
For expenses of calling into actual service, in the years one thousand eight hundred and nine, one thousand eight hundred and ten, and one thousand eight hundred and eleven, the militia of the Louisiana and Indiana territories, and state of Kentucky, thirty-two thousand eight hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums specifically appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 21, 1812.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Cassidi, Francis Richard

​CASSIDI, Francis Richard, of Glenbrook, near Magherafelt, Co. Derry, M.A., M D. (T.C.D.), M.B.E. (1918); Associate of the Order of S. John of Jerusalem; b. Feb. 8th, 1858: m. July 20th, 1887, to Marion Elizabeth, dau. of John Duncanson. M.D., of Alloa, N.B. Res.: Glenbrook, Magherafelt, Co. Deny.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Chance, Sir Arthur

​CHANCE, Sir Arthur, Knt. (1905), F.R.C.S., Hon. F.R.C.S., Ed.; Hon. Fellow, R.C.P., etc.; President, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 1921; Past Pres. Roy. Coll. of Surgeons, Ireland; Senior Surgeon Mater Misericordiæ Hospital, Dublin; Consulting Surgeon, Orthopædic Hospital of Ireland, Steevens' Hospital, Dental Hospital of Ireland, St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire; Visitor in Lunacy under the High Court of Chancery in Ireland; Memb. General Medical Council; Member Dental Board, Great Britain and Ireland; Member General Nursing Council for Ireland; Member of Council, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Hon. Consulting Surgeon (Orthopaedics), Ministry of Pensions, South Region; Temp. Col., A.M.S.; Inspector Special Military Surgical Hospitals, Irish Command; formerly Surgeon in Ordinary to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1892-5 and 1906-15; Surgeon, Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin; President Surgical Section, Royal Academy of Medicine Ireland; President Dublin Division, British Medical Association; University Examiner in Clinical Surgery, University, Dublin; Member of the Senate of National University; President Irish Medical Schools and Graduates' Association; son of Albert Chance, of London; b. 1859; m. 1st, 1886, Martha, dau. of D. Rooney of Belfast; 2nd, 1900, Eileen, dau. of Wm. M. Murphy, of Dartry, Co. Dublin. Res.: 42 Merrion Square, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Castlemaine, Baron

​CASTLEMAINE, Baron (Irld., 1812), Albert Edward Handcock, 5th Baron, B.A. (Oxon.); elected a Representative Peer for Ireland in place of 4th Baron Clarina (dec.), 1898, Lieut, and Custos Rotulorum of the County Westmeath (1899), in succession to Francis Travers Dames-Longworth, Q.C.; J.P., Co. Westmeath; formerly Lieut. 4th Batt. Roy. Inniskilling Fusiliers: second surviving son of Richard, 4th Baron, a Representative Peer for Ireland, and Hon. Louisa (d. 1892), dau of 2nd Baron Harris; b. 26th March, 1863; s. his father, 26th April, 1892; m. 23th Sept., 1895, Annie Evelyn, only dau. of Col. Joseph Thomas Barrington, of Charlton, Kent, and has issue a dau. Res.: Moydrum Castle, and the Hare Island, Athlone. Clubs: Carlton, Turf, Wellington. London; Kildare St., Dublin: Royal St. George's Yacht Club, Kingstown; Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Castlerosse, Viscount

​CASTLEROSSE, Viscount, Valentine Edward Charles Browne; Lieut. Irish Guards; served in European War, 1914-16 (wounded); eldest son of 5th Earl of Kenmare; b. 29th May, 1891.