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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 62, 68. 1854. 299 Provided, That to any postmaster of n. distributing office at which the Pmviso. commissions, allowances, and emoluments, since the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, have been insufficient to defray actual and necessary expenses, and afford the postmaster the annual compensation derived from commissions at the office before said thirty-nrst of March, the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, allow quarterly, from the date aforesaid, out of the postages collected at any such office, an amount sufficient to supply such deficiency: Provided _Furthex profurther, That to any postmaster of a. separating office whose commis- "”°· sions, allowances and emoluments may be found insufficient to provide the extra labor necessary to e prompt and efficient performance of the duties of separating and despatching the mails passing through his office, the Postmaster-General may make such quarterly allowance, out of the postages collected at such office, as he may deem sufficient to compensate such extra labor: Provided further, That the commissions and allow- Provided furances authorized by this act shall be subject to the provisions of the *·h°"· forty-first section of the act entitled "An act to reduce into one the 1825, eh. 64. several acts establishing and regulating the Post-Oiiice Department;" And provided further, That the Postmaster-General may, in his dis- Provided furcretion, dispose of any quarterly returns of mails sent or received, which thm were made up previous to the first clay of July, eighteen hundred and fifty, preserving the accounts current, and all vouchers accompanying such accounts, and usc such portion of the proceeds thereof as may be necessary to defray the cosh of separating and disposing of the same. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the commence— ment of the next fiscal quarter after its passage. Arpnoven, June 22, 1854. Ciur. LXII. — A12 Act to authorize the Selection of School Districts in lieu of the Six- June 22, 1854. tecnth Sections within the Twelve Miles Square Reservation, Stale of Alabama. "—"’“' Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the school commissioners §choo1 Comof township six south, range one east, townships five and six south, range 3 two east, and townships five and six south, range three east, Huntsville Ships in gums_ District, Alabama, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to select, re- ville district auspectively, by legal subdivisions, from any of the surveyed public lands, gggxfgigixéct the quantity as near as may be, contained in the sixteenth sections of in Twelve Miles said townships, within the Twelve Miles Square Reservation; which se- gggum R°’°*"'“·* lections, upon being approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be 1645, Cb_ 2b' holden by the same tenure, and upon the same terms, for the support of How held. schools in such townships, as the sections numbered sixteen, within the said reservation would have been, had not treaty stipulation made other disposition there0£ Approved, June 22, 1854. Cmxr. LXVIII.-An Act conjirming certain Land Claims in Louisiana, in the Bas- June 29, 1854. tmp Grant. "‘__"—“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That such of the claims entered mg;. in the report dated thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, of claims ,5 in {hg the register and receiver at Monroe, Louisiana, as in their opinion ought vpipivn ¢>f YM to be confirmed, according to the principles recognized in the act of Con- gress of the third March, eighteen hundred and forty-one, pursuant to ought mm conwhich the said report was made, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed *%%*-0, Mm), for the extent and under the limitations referred to in the opinions of the 3, 1841, ch_ gg_ said officers. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the confirmation by this act